Dem senator: GOP using Russia, Scalise shooting as 'cover' for healthcare

Source: The Hill


BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 06/20/17 09:19 AM EDT

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Tuesday that Republicans are using the Russian investigation and last week's shooting at a congressional baseball practice as "cover" to try to move their healthcare bill.

Murphy said news of the Russian controversy and the shooting that left House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) seriously wounded were crowding out coverage of the Senate's healthcare debate, and that the GOP was using this as an advantage.

"There's been a lot of coverage of the Russia investigation, obviously focused last week on the devastating shooting here in Washington," he said on CNN's "New Day."

"Republicans have used all that news as cover to try to move a bill to the Senate floor that is deeply unpopular," he said. Murphy also criticized GOP lawmakers for a secretive process, saying they have "locked themselves in a room and shut out Democrats and all of our constituents."


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