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Washington (CNN)- Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.

It will be a pivotal moment for the Senate health care legislation.

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Health Care Reform and Small Business: 7 Key Policies Now that the new legislation has made it through House and Senate reconciliation, certain aspects of how it will affect small businesses have become clear - but depending on the size of your outfit, the ramifications will vary tremendously.

The Hill reports that a possible Senate provision would actually gut Medicaid even more than the House - passed American Health Care Act does (and that legislation hacks some $ 830 billion from the health program for the Health Care Act does (and that legislation hacks some $ 830 billion from the health program for the health program for the poor).

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The Senate released another version of its health care legislation to undo Obamacare on Thursday.

Senate Republican leaders unveiled a new version of their health care legislation Thursday.

Republican leaders have set Friday as the goal for working out changes to Senate legislation that would repeal extensive parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the law dubbed Obamacare that expanded health insurance coverage to 20 million people.

«The collapse of the Senate's healthcare strategy is a near - term negative for the GOP's broader legislative agenda, but we contend that failing to pass health care legislation dramatically increases the sense of urgency surrounding the tax reform conversation,» Boltansky wrote.

After a fairly brutal assessment of what the Senate GOP's health care bill to repeal Obamacare would do to the insurance market, the Congressional Budget Office delivered another surprising analysis of the legislation on Thursday.

A number of GOP Senators are saying that the Senate's health care bill probably won't get a vote until the later part of July — a pretty clear departure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hope to get the legislation out of the way before last week's 4th of July recess.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).

After a successful preliminary health care vote on Tuesday, Senate GOP leaders may have a new plan to get their health legislation over the finish line: pass what, in effect, could amount to a blank legislative check.

The push also comes as a version of the health care legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate this past week.

President Donald Trump promised a «great, great surprise» on the Senate Republican health care bill as McConnell worked to restart the stalled legislation.

Trump told Republican senators that the House GOP health - care bill was «mean» and he expects the Senate to «improve» the legislation considerably, according to several Republicans familiar with the gathering.

A once - quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vCare Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vcare legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote.

On health care, Gillibrand commented on the legislation being negotiated in the U.S. Senate.

Senator Chuck Schumer urged the Republican - led Senate to seek out help from Democrats in moving ahead with health care legislation.

The call came just days before the Senate is expected to approve its health - care legislation this morning.

Republicans are getting ready for U.S. Senate votes on legislation scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday among growing indications that the climactic vote could occur next week.

Once the Senate votes on its own bill, the two bills will be reconciled into final health care reform legislation.

The AG is again threatening to sue the federal government if the health care legislation being considered in the U.S. Senate becomes law, warning of unconstitutional provisions that remain in the latest draft.

The revised health care legislation is facing a battery of skeptical lawmakers as the GOP leadership in the Senate seek a vote on the measure in the coming weeks.

Lawmakers in the Senate are preparing their own health care legislation that's expected to differ in key ways from the GOP - backed plan in the House.

Senate Republicans still don't know if they have the support to even take up a final vote on proposed health care legislation.

Trump has called for ending the filibuster in the Senate in order to speed up legislation like health care and tax code reform — a call that's being rejected by Senate Republicans.

Trump rallied supporters last night in Louisville, Kentucky, alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after meetings and phone calls in Washington aimed at steadying the troubled health care legislation.

Obama had been pushing for both the House and Senate to pass health care legislation before going on their summer break - a goal that has appeared increasingly unlikely due to fierce Republican opposition and cost concerns cited by fiscally conservative Democrats.

Vermont's governor says he's not so sure Tom Salmon will run against Bernie Sanders, there's a new Senate candidate in Texas, Allen West could be a vice-presidential contender, and Mitt Romney is defending his health - care legislation.

Americans for Prosperity - Florida sent out mailers today to Floridians in six legislative districts to say thank you to state House and Senate members who sponsored legislation aimed at health care reform and eliminating government overreach.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Senate Republicans still don't know if they have the support to even take up a final vote on proposed health care legislation.

The Senate has yet to take up health care legislation, and it appears the House bill could undergo substantial changes there before any vote is taken.

It would be a last - ditch attempt to repeal Obamacare before the GOP's power to pass health care legislation through a party - line vote in the Senate expires on Sept. 30.

Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders say the Republican Senate health care proposal is the «most harmful» piece of legislation he has ever seen.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Several influential organizations urged passage of health care legislation Wednesday in the face of growing liberal discontent with what many Democrats believe is now a watered down Senate bill.

After the vote, the Senate immediately returned to the debate on health care legislation that has consumed its time and energy for weeks.

The apparent success of a strategy to marshal congressional support for the deal, linked to a carefully orchestrated rollout of endorsements (although Democratic Senate Whip Dick Durbin and other officials disputed the suggestion of coordination [445]-RRB- was attributed to lessons learned by the White House and congressional Democrats during struggles in previous summers with Republicans, in particular, over Obama's health care legislation.

(CNN)-- After three days of debate in the Senate over health care reform, Senate Democrats accused Republicans Wednesday of slow - walking the legislation and searched for parliamentary procedures to speed up the discussion.

«Opt out,» is the current favorite in the Senate Democratic leadership on the issue of whether health care legislation should include a government option to compete with private insurers.

White House spokesman Bill Burton said Obama «thanked members of the Senate for their hard work so far and encouraged them to continue forward on this historic opportunity» to pass health care reform legislation.

You look at so much recent legislation — the health care legislation, financial services legislation, appropriations legislation — the biggest conflicts in recent years have been between the House and the Senate.

July 31, 2017 • Sarah Kliff of Vox talks with NPR's Audie Cornish about ways the executive branch can undermine the Affordable Care Act, after the Senate failed to pass legislation repealing the health care Care Act, after the Senate failed to pass legislation repealing the health care care law.

July 31, 2014 • A 91 - 3 vote in the Senate will send the landmark VA legislation, meant to address widespread problems in the VA health care system, to President Obama for his signature.

The U.S. Senate's version of proposed health care reform legislation includes an excise tax on so - called «Cadillac» health care plans, such as the plans that cover teachers and their family members.

But between stiff opposition from energy interests and the overwhelming distractions of health care reform and the economy, the legislation has been stalled in the Senate.

Climate legislation has taken a back seat to health care reform in the US Senate, raising concerns that the US will be unable to lead the way to a major global climate deal in Copenhagen.

And with the lack of Republican support for the stimulus bill, the relatively small (partisan) margin by which the House passed Waxman - Markey, the then - upcoming challenges of health care and financial regulatory reform dominating the legislative calendar, and concerns voiced about climate legislation by moderate Senate Democrats, success in the Senate was always a long - shot.

Rather than press forward with a climate bill in the Senate last summer, after the House had passed landmark legislation to curb carbon pollution, the administration repeated many of the same mistakes it made in pushing for health care reform.