McConnell pushes back the Senate’s August recess by 2 weeks so they can debate the GOP Healthcare plan while putting everything else on hold till vote – PB/TK
Top Senate Republican to unveil revised healthcare plan – BY Yasmeen Abutaleb and Susan Cornwell / July 11 2017
The top U.S. Senate Republican said on Tuesday he would unveil a revised version of major healthcare legislation sought by President Donald Trump on Thursday but deep divisions within the party left the stalled bill’s prospects uncertain.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would take steps to begin debate and hold a vote on the reformulated plan next week, but did not disclose any of the changes to legislation that some Republican moderates and hard-line conservatives have opposed.
McConnell also pushed back the Senate’s planned August recess by two weeks to allow senators more time to tackle the measure that would repeal key parts of the Obamacare law as well as pursue other legislative priorities.
McConnell said the plan was to vote on the healthcare bill next week, and said he hoped to have a fresh analysis of the bill from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office at the start of the week.
“We’re going to do healthcare next week,” McConnell told reporters.
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