Trump Turns Bully Pulpit on Senate Republicans [View all]
Source: Roll Call
President says it is time to vote on health care measure
Posted Jul 24, 2017 4:35 PM
John T. Bennett
@John T. Bennett
President Donald Trump turned up the heat on his own party Monday when he sent a blunt message to Senate Republicans: end years of merely talking about overhauling Barack Obama’s health law and send him a bill to get it done.
“There has been enough talk and no action. Now is the time for action,” Trump said in a Monday afternoon statement ahead of a planned Tuesday Senate vote on whether to officially take up a health bill.
Trump used his typically harsh rhetoric to criticize his party mates in an attempt to pressure them to first vote for the motion to proceed to the health bill, then later to pass whatever Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. decides to tee up. McConnell announced Monday afternoon the Senate would vote on the motion to proceed on Tuesday.
“Senate Republicans have not done their jobs in ending the Obamacare nightmare,” Trump said. “They now have a chance.”
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