Trump cautions GOP to pass Obamacare repeal or face the consequences

Source: Politico




By LOUIS NELSON 09/22/2017 06:53 AM EDT

President Donald Trump warned Republicans Friday morning to fall in line behind last-ditch legislation in the Senate to repeal and replace Obamacare, writing online that any GOP lawmaker who votes against the bill will be remembered as "the Republican who saved Obamacare."

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), one of the repeal-and-replace bill’s loudest opponents in the Senate, was singled out by the president’s Friday morning warning.

“Rand Paul, or whoever votes against Hcare Bill, will forever (future political campaigns) be known as ‘the Republican who saved ObamaCare,’” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Weeks after their initial effort to undo former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law stalled out in the Senate, Republicans have begun to throw their weight behind legislation written by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) that would block grant federal government spending on Obamacare to the states. Senate Republicans have until the end of the month to pass the legislation via a procedure called reconciliation, which would allow them to approve with as few as 50 votes instead of the typical 60 required by the chamber’s filibuster rules.

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