Sen. Tom Cotton attended a hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 9 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Arkansas senator said in a series of tweets Thursday morning that House Republicans should "start over" on the Obamacare replacement bill.. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Sen. Tom Cotton wants Republicans to ‘start over’ on Obamacare replacement. Here's why.
March 09, 2017
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said in a series of tweets early Thursday morning that House Republicans’ Obamacare replacement bill lacks the support it would need to pass the Senate.
Republicans unveiled their alternative to the Affordable Care Act — the American Health Care Act — earlier this week. A number of conservative Republicans have expressed opposition to the bill although it has the support of President Donald Trump.
Cotton urged his colleagues to “start over” and said that the party shouldn’t push rushed health care legislation through as the Democrats did with the Affordable Care Act.
“Get it right, don't get it fast,” he wrote:
Cotton’s tweets came shortly after the House Ways and Means Committee voted to advance the legislation.
According to The Hill, House Republicans want the bill voted on before the Easter recess, but several Senate Republicans say the bill will be dead on arrival once the House sends it to the upper chamber.
The Hill also reported that Democrats have proposed 100 amendments to the House legislation in an effort to stall it because it does not yet have a score from the Congressional Budget Office.
Several other Republican senators have criticized the bill, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has indicated that he will introduce his own alternative legislation.
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