Senate Republicans Fail (Again) In Attempt To Repeal Obamacare

ANOTHER ATTACK ON HIM.
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ANOTHER BOAT AND ANOTHER
LOSS FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE
SENATE WHO ARE TRYING TO
CHANGE OR ELIMINATE
OBAMACARE.
JEFF: FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A
ROW THEY FAILED TO GET ENOUGH
VOTES TO OVERTURN THE
HEALTHCARE LAW.
LEYNA: DAVE BRYAN HAS DETAILS
OF THE LATEST DEFEAT.
REPORTER: NOT DONE TRYING BUT
THEIR OPTIONS ARE GETTING
NAR NARROW.
THE FIGHT GOES ON FOR THE
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE
SENATE BUT THEIR OPTIONS
APPEAR TO BE WHITTLING DOWN TO
ONE.
THE SENATE HAS NOW REJECTED A
MAJOR REPLACEMENT HEALTHCARE
PLAN AND THE REPEAL PLAN AND
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE HAIL
MARY IS CALLED SKINNY REFORM,
BUT ITS CONTENTS ARE TIGHTLY
HELD SECRET.
THE DAS ARE TEN AND THE
NOSE ARE 90.
REPORTER: A PLAN TO OPEN
APPEAL OBAMACARE WAS BLOWN
AWAY BY DEMOCRATS AND SOME
MODERATE REPUBLICANS.
THE SENATE WAS SPINNING ITS
WHEELS WITH NOTHING BEING
ACCOMPLISHED AND SUMMER RECESS
LOOMING AHEAD.
THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED
TOO.
REPORTER: THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
PLAN WAS TO REPEAL NOW IN
PLACE LATER.
SEVEN REPUBLICANS DEFECTED IN
THE BILL FELL SHORT.
HERE'S WHAT ONE OF THE NO
VOTERS SAID.
I DIDN'T THINK REPEAL ONLY
WAS APPROPRIATE.
IT DOESN'T PROVIDE HELP FOR
THOSE PEOPLE.
CLEARLY THE SENATE BILL
REPEAL AND REPLACE HAS FAILED.
SENATOR PAUL'S BILL, REPEAL
WITHOUT REPLACE HAS ALSO
FAILED.
REPORTER: DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN
UNITED AGAINST ALL OF THE
REPUBLICAN PLANS WHICH THEY
CHARGE WOULD LEAVE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WHO NOW HAVE HEALTH
COVERAGE WITHOUT IT.
REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS OF
REPEAL AND REPLACE LIKE BILL
CASSIDY, A PHYSICIAN WHO
WORKED FOR 25 YEARS IN PUBLIC
HOSPITALS IN HIS STATE SAID
HIS PARTY IS DOING EXACTLY
WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT
THEM TO DO.
WE ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW
TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE VOTED
IN FOR SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS
FOR SUCH A REPLACEMENT.
YOU CAN ASK YOURSELF IF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS SO
GREAT, WHY WOULD THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WANT TO
HAVE A DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
WHAT WILL THE REPUBLICANS
DO NOW.
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
MCCONNELL IS ACTUALLY TALKING
ABOUT REACHING ACROSS THE
AISLE.
I KNOW MEMBERS IN BOTH
PARTIES HAVE HEALTHCARE IDEAS
THEY WOULD LIKE TO OFFER.
IF YOU'VE GOT ONE, BRING IT TO
THE FLOOR.
WITH THE FIRST TWO OPTIONS
ALREADY HAVING CRASHED AND
BURNED, THE FINAL ACTION MAY
BE A SKINNY REPEAL WHICH WOULD
KNOCK OUT OBAMACARE MANDATES
THAT MOST AMERICANS EITHER
SUBSCRIBE TO OR PAY A
PENALTY.
IT WOULD ELIMINATE SOME OF THE
TAXES.
THE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO VOTE NO UNLESS AND
UNTIL THEY SEE WHAT THE SKINNY
REPEAL WOULD
UNDER SUCH A PLAN AS
REPORTED IN
16 MILLION AMERICANS WOULD
LOSE HEALTH INSURANCE AND
MILLIONS MORE WOULD PAY A 20%
INCREASE IN THE PREMIUM.
IN THE MEANTIME PRESIDENT
TRUMP TOOK HIS TWITTER REVENGE
AGAINST SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI
WHO VOTED AGAINST STARTING THE
DEBATE ON THE OBAMACARE
REPLACEMENT WITHOUT HAVING A
CLEAR PLAN.
HE TWEETED SHE REALLY LET THE
REPUBLICANS AND OUR COUNTRY
DOWN.
HER REACTION TO THE PRESENT
STREET.
IF I WERE TO FOCUS ON EVERY
MORSEL THAT COMES OUT EVERY
DAY, I WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO
DO THE JOB I NEED TO DO.
THE INCOMING FIRE ON THE
REPUBLICAN REPEAL AND REPLACE
PLAN IS ALSO COMING FROM
OUTSIDE WASHINGTON.
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING
THAT TEN GOVERNORS THIS
EVENING FROM BOTH PARTIES
SIGNED A LETTER URGING THE
SENATE TO REJECT A SKINNY
REPEAL MEASURE AND THE BLUE
CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION,
THAT'S A BIG INSURANCE
ORGANIZATION WARNED THE SENATE
THAT REPEALING THAT MANDATE
THAT MOST PEOPLE MUST HAVE
HEALTH COVERAGE COULD BE
DISASTROUS.
THE ASSOCIATION DECLARED
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PURCHASE
HEALTH COVERAGE ONLY WHEN THEY
NEED IT WOULD DRIVE UP COSTS
FOR EVERYONE AND BY A LARGE
MARGIN.
ON TOP OF ALL THAT, I
UNDERSTAND WE HAVE LATE
DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE
NEW MEDICATIONS DIRECTOR.
YES, JUST COMING IN THIS
EVENING.
THIS INFORMATION, HE JUST
TWEETED HE'S CALLING THE FBI
TO INVESTIGATE A LEAK OF HIS
OWN PERSONAL FINANCIAL
INFORMATION.
IT CAME RIGHT AFTER POLITICAL
REPORTER THAT HE HAS TIES TO
HIS OLD HEDGE FUND AND STILL
MAKES MILLIONS FROM THE FIRM.
HE CALLED THAT A LEAK IN THE
POLITICAL REPORTER WHO WROTE
THE PIECE JUST RESPONDED,

Senate Republicans Fail (Again) In Attempt To Repeal Obamacare

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