Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran used President Donald Trump’s favorite medium _ Twitter _ to tell the world they were going to tank the president’s top legislative priority, the GOP health care bill.
Sens. Mike Lee and Jerry Moran used President Donald Trump’s favorite medium — Twitter — to tell the world they were going to tank the president’s top legislative priority, the GOP health care bill. In Trumpesque fashion, the two Republicans did not give a heads up to the White House or Senate leaders.
Moran, of Kansas, and Lee, of Utah, announced on Twitter Monday night that they were opposing the Senate GOP plan to replace Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Moran said Congress needs to make a “fresh start” on writing a replacement bill, while Lee said the GOP bill doesn’t go far enough in lowering premiums for middle class families.
The dual announcements left Republicans at least two votes short from moving forward with the bill, effectively killing it.
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