McConnell: 'We're going to stick with' ObamaCare repeal and replace despite Trump tweet

Source: The Hill



BY JOHN BOWDEN - 07/01/17 12:02 PM EDT

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters on Friday that the Senate will continue to pursue a joint repeal and replace of ObamaCare, despite President Trump's tweet urging a clean repeal followed by a later replacement.

The Associated Press reported Friday that McConnell said he has no plans to abandon the current bill being considered by Senate Republicans. "We are going to stick with that path," McConnell said at an event in Kentucky. "Failure has to be possible or you can't have success."

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McConnell said he's still working to get to 50 votes for the bill. This week, McConnell and other Senate GOP leaders announced that the vote would be delayed until after the July 4 recess.

We're "trying to figure out how to twist the dials to get to 50 to replace this with something better," McConnell told reporters. The original version of the Senate's healthcare legislation, unveiled last week, did not have the support it needed among Republicans to pass. No Democrats support the bill.

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