It's crunch time for Senate Republicans, as leaders make tweaks and adjustments, reworking their health care bill by Friday.
- At least five GOP senators said to be against bill
- Message of delay delivered Tuesday at private lunch
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“We know that we cannot afford to delay on this issue. we have to get this done for the American people," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
On Tuesday, McConell delayed the vote on the Senate’s stab at fixing health care, hoping to garner more support from colleagues. They want to get a new Congressional Budget Office Score and vote after the July 4 recess.
The non-partisan CBO said that while the bill would slash the national deficit over the next decade by billions, it would also leave 22 million Americans uninsured.
"I think we're going to get it over the line. It was a great, great feeling in that room yesterday," said President Donald Trump at an energy roundtable discussion, after meeting with Senate Republicans Tuesday. “We're working very hard. We've given ourselves a little bit more time to make it perfect,"
Closer to home, Florida Senator Marco Rubio acknowledged, through a series of tweets, that the bill needs work. But he said "misinformation" is skewing perception of future Medicaid coverage.
While working draft of health care bill needs to be improved, the level of misinformation being spread by some in the media is alarming 1/4
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 28, 2017
Not all have confidence in the bill.
When the American people speak up with passion, Congress has no choice but to listen. Thank you all for keeping up the fight. #FlaPol https://t.co/Sd3tW9K2WW
— Rep Stephanie Murphy (@RepStephMurphy) June 27, 2017
Following the release of the CBO score, Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy called the bill "bad for Florida." Murphy joined a D.C. forum to talk ObamaCare fixes.
“I hope that we stop playing partisan politics with peoples' lives and instead work together to maintain what’s right about the ACA and fix what needs to be improved," Murphy said.