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Trump Starts to Jawbone Possible Republican Health-Bill Holdouts

  • McConnell aiming for final Senate vote as early as next week
  • Conservatives, moderates seek changes in subsidies, Medicaid
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Sen. Dean Heller, a Nevada Republican, explains why he won't support the current health-care legislation before the U.S. Senate. (Source: Bloomberg)

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President Donald Trump pressured the handful of Republican senators who may be planning to vote against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to overhaul Obamacare, days before the Senate is likely to begin debate on the measure.

“I cannot imagine that these very fine Republican Senators would allow the American people to suffer a broken ObamaCare any longer!” Trump said Saturday afternoon on his personal Twitter account. He resent the message from his presidential account.