Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: Semi-Recess Week
</p> While the Senate is in session, the House is on recess following a long and stressful week that culminated with the passage of the Republican health care bill.
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</p> While the Senate is in session, the House is on recess following a long and stressful week that culminated with the passage of the Republican health care bill.
</p> Democrats leaped into action to target vulnerable House Republicans who supported the bill, which they view as disastrous.
</p> The Senate also passed the omnibus this week but debate remains on the health care plan.
</p> “We are dead last when it comes to our presidential primary calendar,” said state Sen. Ricardo Lara, who authored the Senate bill.
</p> The NRCC did not say how much money is behind the ad or where it’s running.
</p> So looking toward 2018, maybe the House GOP leadership was right in calculating that the most disastrous political course would have been failing to send a bill to the Senate.
President, they all voted for the bill.”
</p>When votes on the health care bill are on May 4 …<p/> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Don’t turn to the dark side with #Trumpcare.
BY ERIN MERSHON AND LINDSEY MCPHERSON, CQ ROLL CALL</p> The final push on the health care bill started in earnest Monday night.
By BILL CLARK and TOM WILLIAMS CQ Roll Call</p> The Hill was abuzz with activity Thursday as the House passed a health care package to repeal and replace Obamacare.
BY JOE WILLIAMS AND NIELS LESNIEWSKI</p> Don’t expect quick Senate action on the Republican bill to repeal large portions of the 2010 health law.
</p> The relief, however, is likely only temporary as the bill could come back to them in a few weeks or months significantly changed by the Senate.
That agency suggested the first version of the bill would cause about 24 million people to become uninsured in the next 10 years.</p> Rep.
</p> Pelosi called it “a stupid bill.”</p> “It is a bill of deconstruction of government, it’s not a bill of saying, ‘we have a better way to do this,’” Pelosi said.
</p> A few of those members, like Joyce and Hurd, were not definitively known to be against the bill until Thursday’s vote.
</p> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">A bill — finalized yesterday, has not been scored, amendments not allowed, and 3 hours final debate — should be viewed with caution.
</p> Senators voted 79-18 to send the $1.07 trillion omnibus bill, which featured the remaining 11 of the 12 regular spending measures as well as a variety of emergency spending measures, on to President
</p> Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs: The freshman lawmaker was the only member of the Freedom Caucus to oppose the bill.