Poll: Majority disapprove of Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 09/25/2017 07:52 AM EDT
A majority of Americans reached by a new poll released Monday said they disapprove of Republican legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, while less than 10 percent said they believed the GOP proposal would help them.
Fifty-two percent of respondents to the CBS poll released Monday morning said they disapprove of the repeal-and-replace legislation authored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.). Just 20 percent of those polled said they approve of Republican efforts overall to undo former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.
GOP lawmakers in the Senate are expected to rush this week to try to pass the Graham-Cassidy legislation, considered a last-ditch effort at repeal and replace. Time will be of the essence for Republicans, who have until the end of the month to undo Obamacare via a procedure called reconciliation, which would allow them to approve the measure with as few as 50 votes instead of the typical 60 required by the Senate’s filibuster rules.
Already though, the legislation appears to be on shaky ground among Republican lawmakers. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced Friday that he would oppose the bill, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been vocal with his complaints about the bill. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), both of whom voted along with McCain to scuttle the previous GOP repeal and replace effort, have yet to take a public position on the legislation, although the former is widely expected to vote “no.”
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