Frustrated one after another, Trump is angry: those who vote against will be in big trouble.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 27 (Reporter Zhang Jie) after the US Senate launched a debate on abolishing and replacing "Obamacare" on the 25th, two bills put forward by Republicans were rejected in the subsequent vote. After a series of setbacks, the Republican Party turned its attention to the "slimming version" of the new health care reform bill on the 26th.
Us President Donald Trump has publicly criticized the practice of several Republican senators who voted against the enemy. He warned that Republicans who voted against "will be in big trouble."
[twice frustrated within 24 hours]
The US Senate decided to start a debate on abolishing and replacing Obamacare by 51 votes to 50 votes on the 25th, which means that Republicans have made difficult progress on the new health care reform agenda. According to the plan, the Senate will hold a series of votes this week to decide the next step of the new health care reform.
After the start of the debate, the Senate held two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, senators voted on the Republican alternative to Obamacare.
According to the relevant regulations, at least 60 votes are needed to pass the bill. Of the 100 seats in the Senate, Democrats hold 48 seats and Republicans 52 seats. As Democratic senators do not support the repeal of Obamacare, it is reasonable that the bill was not passed.
In the second round of voting that followed, senators voted to repeal Obamacare directly and that there was no alternative for two years. The result of the vote was 45 for and 55 against. On the Republican side, seven senators joined the Democrats and voted against it.
After two consecutive setbacks in 24 hours, the Republican Party decided to turn its attention to the "slimming version" repeal. Under the bill, some provisions of Obamacare will be repealed, including forcing individuals to buy health insurance, forcing some employers to provide health insurance and taxing medical device manufacturers.
[Trump denounced "defector"]
Health care reform is one of the most controversial topics in US politics, and abolishing Obamacare is a top priority of the Trump administration. To speed up the new health care bill, Trump set a "dinner" at the White House earlier this month, inviting all Republican senators to attend.
However, some senators seemed unimpressed and still disagreed with Trump, casting dissenting votes in multiple rounds of voting.
Trump was dissatisfied when two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted against the debate on whether to repeal and replace Obamacare on the 25th.
Trump was on the morning of the 26th.Twitter"send a message, naming and criticizing Lisa Murkowski. "Alaska is a great state, but Lisa Murkowski, a senator from this state, really disappointed Republicans and our country," he wrote. "
Trump also warned Republicans who "defected to the enemy" at an event on the evening of the 25th. He said Republican senators would "face a series of troubles" if they voted against repealing and replacing Obamacare. (Xinhua News Agency client)