Reality hits McConnell and his cast of merry men as they realized the Senate must go ‘bipartisan’ to achieve anything close to acceptable health care reform but Trump Admin not gonna like it – PB/TK
White House ‘surprised’ by McConnell’s talk of bipartisan health care approach – By Jeremy Diamond / July 8 2017
The White House was caught off-guard by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion Thursday that Republicans might need to work with Democrats to prop up Obamacare if they fail to pass repeal and replace legislation.
Two White House officials said Friday they were taken aback by McConnell’s comments, which clashed with President Donald Trump’s statement a week earlier expressing support for a backup proposal favored by hardline conservatives to pass a standalone repeal bill, with a replacement to come later.
One senior White House official said they were “surprised” by McConnell’s comments and said the White House sought assurances from McConnell’s office that the top Senate Republican wasn’t breaking with the current strategy.
Continue to cnn.com article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/politics/mitch-mcconnell-bipartisan-health-care/index.html
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