U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch says that senators for now are too divided to keep working
on healthcare overhaul legislation and that he and other senior Republicans will take that message to the White House.
Not exact matches
In contrast to its
healthcare -
overhaul push that saw many intraparty divisions, the GOP has been relatively cohesive
on taxes — not a single Republican voted against the bill in the Senate.
On Friday, Senate Republicans» plan to
overhaul the US
healthcare system came to a dramatic end as leaders failed to garner enough votes to move forward legislation.
U.S. House Republicans are working
on changes to their
healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, House Speaker Paul Ryan said
on Sunday.
In a sign of deepening concern among Republicans about the bill's future, Trump will speak to the party's lawmakers in Congress
on Tuesday about the
healthcare overhaul, two House Republican aides said.
However, despite high expectations, so far Trump's efforts to
overhaul healthcare and reform taxes have fallen flat and have been short
on substance.
Liberals have criticized Obama and his staff for moving to the middle and bargaining
on healthcare reform, as well as the financial regulatory
overhaul and even the $ 787 billion economic stimulus package, which some liberals said should have been larger.
A House Republican aide said Thursday that the new GOP House majority would be focused
on repealing Obama's
healthcare overhaul, cutting spending and reining in government.
So even if you don't have to switch from Plan A to Plan B, you should — should — benefit from an
overhaul on how we spend
on healthcare.