GOP Senators' Late-Night Huddle With Price Ends In Another Draw

July 20, 2017 at 8:33 AM
Republican senators huddled late Wednesday night (July 19) with HHS Secretary Tom Price but couldn't cohere around one of the two health care bills Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has presented: the Republicans' 2015 budget reconciliation bill that repeals most of the Affordable Care Act – but doesn't touch the essential health benefits or restructure Medicaid – or the Better Care Reconciliation Act that as of Monday didn't have the votes to advance. Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly...


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