Give them health care
BY MATTHEW COOPER ON 7/1/17 AT 11:30 AM
... By the end of June, one version of the GOP health care bill had barely passed the Republican-controlled House, even though the party has its largest majority in the chamber since 1928. In the Senate .. McConnell .. was forced to delay the health care vote because his Republican colleagues were in open rebellion against the plan ...
The public wasn’t impressed ... One poll showed support for the GOP health care plan at 12 percent ... In addition, the Congressional Budget Office had declared that more than 20 million fewer Americans would have health insurance under either bill than if the country stuck with Obamacare ...
... But the Dems have had trouble converting discontent .. into wins at the ballot box ...
Democrats need to gird themselves for the possibility that Mueller may not call Trump’s behavior illegal or impeachable, that he may not find evidence of collusion or coordination between the Russian hackers and Trump campaign officials ...
The health care fight hasn’t translated into results for Democrats at the polls, but it remains the party’s best hope going into 2018 ...
http://www.newsweek.com/healthcare-republican-healthcare-bill-gop-healthcare-bill-democrats-2018-630872
