U.S. Republican senators threaten to bolt from Obamacare repeal effort

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - As U.S. Senate Republican leaders feverishly tried to pass a slimmed-down Obamacare repeal, some senators threatened to bring the entire effort to a halt unless there were guarantees that the bill would be significantly changed during negotiations with the House of Representatives.

With the Senate digging in for what could be a rare all-night session to debate amendments to a Republican healthcare plan that would roll back parts of the seven-year-old Affordable Care Act, Republican senators challenged their leaders and expressed frustration with the entire process.

“I’d rather get of out of the way and have it collapse, than have a half-assed approach where it is now our problem,” said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.

Graham was referring to a so-called skinny Republican healthcare bill that would repeal a few portions of the Obamacare healthcare law, formally known as the Affordable Care Act.

“The skinny bill as policy is a disaster,” Graham said at a news conference, adding, "The skinny bill as a replacement for Obamacare is a fraud."

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[OnDoutside]

1. Collins, Murkowski and Capito have been very quiet....

[Iliyah]

3. Capito has forsaken her constituents, but alas,

overall GOPers don't care about them anyways.

[avebury]

2. If they will only vote on the bill if they are promised that it will

be changed significantly during negotiations with the House then why on earth vote on it in the first place.

If the House uses their "nuclear option" to immediately vote on a Senate bill then the Rethup Senators need to made to own that bill.

[lame54]

4. That means Graham is going to vote for it

[dalton99a]

5. Yep.