Obamacare repeal battle back on the Senate floor

Record ID: 904448

  • Title: Obamacare repeal battle back on the Senate floor
  • Date: 26th July 2017
  • Summary: YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, UNITED STATES (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAVING TO HIS SUPPORTERS AT A CAMPAIGN STYLE RALLY VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS CHEERING AT THE RALLY (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING: "We're now one step closer to liberating our citizens from this Obamacare nightmare." VARIOUS OF TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS AT THE RALLY (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED TRUMP SUPPORTER SAYING: "I think we're going to finally get the votes." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED TRUMP SUPPORTER SAYING: "Maybe not quite as fast as we want it to but it will pass." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED TRUMP SUPPORTER SAYING: "I don't care what it is. I want it repealed." TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS AT THE RALLY (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED TRUMP SUPPORTER SAYING: "Maybe taking baby steps is a good way to start, instead of trying to just cancel everything before you have something, so. One way or the other, I hope they fix what we have." WIDE OF THE RALLY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE STARTED TO LEAVE
  • Embargoed: 9th August 2017 18:07
  • Keywords: legislation U.S. Senate Republican bills healthcare Obamacare congress Trump repeal and replace
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. + YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C. + YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026RCV3NR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday (July 26) continued a freewheeling debate that could stretch through the week on undoing major portions of Democratic President Barack Obama's 2010 framework, which expanded health insurance to about 20 million people, many of them low-income.
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell exhorted senators to bring amendments to the floor. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer urged the Senate to scrap the entire exercise and move to bipartisan discussions on improving Obamacare.
    Senators will grind through potentially scores of amendments in the coming days - in a process called a "vote-a-rama".
    At a large campaign-style Trump rally in Ohio the night before, some of the president's supporters told Reuters they want Obamacare repealed immediately while others said a more measured and gradual process might be the right approach.
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