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</p> Here’s the short week in photos: </p>Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, left, and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake talk as they arrive for the confirmation hearing of former Utah Gov.
</p> </p> Kimmel said he did not claim to be a health care expert.
</p> The committee sees it as bloated and ineffective.
</p> “I’m going to reserve judgment until I see what the Senate actually produces,” the speaker said July 27, just hours before the bill was defeated.
As the Senate intends next week to consider yet another iteration of a bill to replace the 2010 health care law, the latest Economist/YouGov poll shows about one-third of those surveyed believe legislation
to pass a partisan tax plan under a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill.
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.</p> House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said that if it passed the Senate, the House would pass the legislation.
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., put together a proposal — after the chamber considered and rejected multiple other options this summer — that they hope will get the repeal over the finish
Seventeen years, eight Congresses and three presidents after Bill Clinton commissioned planning for a massive memorial honoring President Dwight D.
</p> For the 2016 election, Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen was one of only several Democrats to unseat a House Republican.
Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, and criticized another high-profile Republican for opposing it.</p> Trump used a pair of Wednesday morning tweets to call the bill “GREAT!”
No similar measure is currently included in the Graham-Cassidy bill.</p> Portman, whose state has been one of the hardest hit by the opioid problem, struck a tone similar to Capito’s.
Banks</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">Earlier this week, Speaker Paul D.
</p> The bill would also transition traditional Medicaid, which is an entitlement, to a system that gives states a capped amount of funding based on their Medicaid population.
</p> Whatever happens with the bill likely slated to reach the Senate floor next week, it is hard to escape the feeling that this wild charge will end badly for the Republicans.
By Roll Call Staff</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">Three years ago on Sept. 20, 2014, Roll Call photographer Bill Clark captured former Sen.
</p> “Returning to Tennessee made me realize the real fight is in Washington, D.C.,” he wrote in a letter to his supporters in June. </p> An open seat?
At a bill signing in 1998, he pounced on the opportunity to lecture President Bill Clinton about the pitfalls of his administration’s education policies.
</p> “They’ve been having thoughtful engagement with the senators and governors,” Montana Sen. Steve Daines said of the bill sponsors.
Bernie Sanders, who sponsored the single-payer bill, criticized Republicans for trying to ram through a health care proposal from Sens.