Tag: Affordable Care Act

White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said President Trump and his fellow Republicans will discuss a path forward on healthcare, among other agenda items. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump invites Republican senators to lunch at White House after healthcare failure

Josh Siegel · July 18, 2017 11:59 pm

The bill will replicate a 2015 measure Senate Republicans passed which would have repealed much of Obamacare after a two-year delay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mitch McConnell holds off on repeal vote until next week at Trump’s request

Susan Ferrechio · July 18, 2017 10:30 pm

Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., said powerful interests like insurance companies, which benefit from having government involvement in their industry, align with Democrats to obstruct limited-government conservatives and limit competition. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Ron DeSantis: Lobbyists knew what was in GOP healthcare bills before members of Congress

Emily Jashinsky · July 18, 2017 9:44 pm

DeSantis believes politicians should aim to be "in Washington," but not "of Washington." (Flickr)

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Republicans cannot decide if Washington is a swamp or a hot tub

Emily Jashinsky · July 18, 2017 8:47 pm

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine said that they would not support the repeal of Obamacare without a replacement plan stopping the bill from proceeding in the Senate. (AP Photos)

Lisa Murkowski, Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins take heat on Twitter for opposing Senate healthcare bill

Matthew Trunko, Leah DePiero · July 18, 2017 8:36 pm

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said they would block a motion to proceed to debate on the 2015 bill, dooming McConnell's revised strategy. (AP)

Conservative group threatens to fund primary challengers to GOP senators who oppose Obamacare repeal

Melissa Quinn · July 18, 2017 8:33 pm

President Trump said Tuesday that he believed Republicans should let Obamacare fail, but it is not clear if he plans to help it along by cutting off the law's funding to insurers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House sidesteps ‘nuclear option’ possibility on Obamacare insurer payments

Kimberly Leonard · July 18, 2017 8:23 pm

"You have Republicans who run against Obamacare but actually like Obamacare," DeSantis said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Rep. Ron DeSantis says Republicans in Congress ‘actually like’ Obamacare

Philip Wegmann · July 18, 2017 7:45 pm

"He wants to throw up his hands rather than roll up his sleeves," Schumer said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chuck Schumer: Trump ‘actively trying to undermine’ healthcare system

Al Weaver · July 18, 2017 7:24 pm

Moran had spoken with reporters before bolting. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP Sen. Jerry Moran leaps across subway tracks to escape reporters after he sinks healthcare bill

Caitlin Yilek · July 18, 2017 7:23 pm

The President and Obamacare

TWS Podcast · July 18, 2017 7:14 pm

"NO GAMES! HOUSE @GOP MUST DEFUND OBAMACARE! IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY OWN IT!" Trump wrote in a tweet posted Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Flashback: Trump told Republicans in 2013 if they don’t defund Obamacare ‘THEN THEY OWN IT’

Anna Giaritelli · July 18, 2017 7:10 pm