WASHINGTON – Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to end the legislative filibuster, arguing it would allow Congress to do what the American people voted for last November.
Republican leaders in the Senate were trying to move an Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill forward through budget reconciliation before Sept. 30, which would allow them to pass the bill with a simple majority. McConnell announced today that the Senate would not be voting as planned this week on the healthcare reform proposal introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) as GOPs fell short of necessary votes.
Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker (R-N.C.) said the GOP-led House has passed 250 pieces of legislation that Senate leadership has not acted on yet.
Eliminating the legislative filibuster, as President Trump has urged but an idea some Senate Republicans have panned, would allow bills to move with 51 votes instead of 60. – READ MORE
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