author of the bill, mr. peters, such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. peters: thank you, mr. speaker. hydropower play provides a eady base load -- hydropower provides a steady base load. it reduces harmful emissions that pollute our water. this bill would cut red tape for hydropower construction permits. the act gives already approved hydropower projects allows ferc a four-year extension during the initial permit. as the gentlelady from colorado, right now this takes an act of congress to extend construction permits for hydropower projects even though they've gone through rigorous environmental regulatory process. moving forward, the ultimate solution to unlocking hydropower is to streamline the regulatory process and it's my hope we can continue to have bipartisan, -- bipartisan conversations how to get them moving, how to get them approved more quickly while meeting high standards. i want to thank chairman walde

teeth than the house bill. it's clear that republicans know that cutting medicaid will hurt so many people in the middle class, so many in my home state of new york. republicans know that people want to sengs -- want essential health benefits. so they created a disguise by saying these changes won't occur for a year. but in reality, the senate republican bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing, only this wolf has even sharper teeth than the house bill. and we're potentially voting on it in a week -- no committee hearings, no amendments in committee, no debate on the floor save for ten measly hours on one of the most important bills we're dealing with in decades. that brings shame on this body. we won't even know the full cost or consequence of the bill until c.b.o. scores it. and that could take a few days more. how can my friend, the majority leader, expect this body to fairly consider this legislation, prepare amendments, and debate it in one week with only ten hours of debate? how can he expect his own members to

the senate bill cuts even more. cei receive more money. >> also, president of the foundation for research on equal opportunity and former health insurance executive wendall potter. you know, let me start with you, you posted something on twitter a short time ago that caught my attention. i want to put it p for our viewers and listeners. finish reading the senate health care bill. put simply if it passes it will be the greatest policy passed be a congress in my lifetime. >>. >> i live in austin texas. they did not expand medicate, but the tax credits will extend to all of those for medicaid extension. it is important to understand that is being replaced by generous subsidies. the private insurance market, and that provides better coverage. that gives states more tools to cover the unensured in their areas. . >> i have been around it a long time. i have never seen a bill so mean with less heart than this one. it will be devastating for millions and millions of people. largely people who are poor. they may get money to

let's say the bill does not pass. much latitude does the agency have to make tweaks to existing law? under existing law, i should say. >> one of the nice things about obamacare is it gives tremendous amount of authority to the secretary of hhs here the secretary does have considerable latitude to make tweaks and changes to actually improve. a fundamentally flawed program, obamacare. there are still changes made to make it work a little better than it has been. he already ruled some of those out in the spring. there are more things he can do to create a stable insurance market. there's a lot he can do to grant flexible be two states so they can really run medicaid programs the way they see fit rather than the way bureaucrats in washington see fit. thank you for your time p early will have to leave it there. up, we will ask the ceo of the california -- california-based drone company about what he talked about in his meeting with president trump. that is today on bloomberg. ♪ julie: this is "bloomberg markets, the trump e

between the house bill and the senate bill. on the federal subsidies, would be tied more to income rather than age. this is something that mirrors obamacare. so if you are rand paul or mike lee, you can easily imagine them saying, look, this is too close to obamacare. we already thought the house bill was basically obamacare light. there is not something that is acceptable. insurance regulations, insurers cannot charge people more for pre-existing conditions. remember, this was probably the most controversial portion of the house bill. a lot of moderate members and conservative members said that this cannot stand about their own constituents. that is why they ended up making some last-minute changes. so a lot of differences from the house bill even though the big headlines might be the same. i think, again, the question is will some of the conservative members who basically just want a wholesale repeal of obamacare, will they take sort of relief in seeing some of the changes that were made. >> one of the issues that m.j. points

was not the best possible bill but the best bill possible. we're looking at a real challenge for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. what's he going to do, kelly, to close it? kelly: he's going to work all weekend and so will all the people on the team. the phone lines will be burning up. the personal meetings will be happening and they're looking for ways to find some things that can induce some of these members. one to be watching for, opioid. opioid money is an attractive inducement to some of the members. i'm thinking of rob portman of ohio who could be brought along. shelly morcappitto of. a low-key donald trump, where the president is helping but a bit under the radar, letting mitch mcconnell run this but it's high stakes. i haven't talked to anyone who will say it will pass but they're going to work like heck to get there and they think that if they don't do this, it's a major failure for the party. the house did act, however their process was, however messy and unpopular their bill is, senate republicans feel immense pressure that

the senate bill may be meaner. the senate republican health care bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. only this wolf's teeth are even sharper than in the house bill. somewhere in america, mr. president, there's a family who takes a trip each friday to visit grandma or grandpa in a nursing home to pay for their health care and now they rely on medicaid to help pay the costs of long-term care in the nursing home. somewhere in america, president ump, there's a father who is eaten up inside watching his son struggle with opioids addiction and knows that his son could go on with a healthy and fulfilling life if he could afford treatment to get him out from the devastating addiction. somewhere in america, there's a parent whose child has cancer. a mother and father who stay up at night worried that their insurance will not be available or run out before their family needs it most. in that america that my republican friends envisioned with this health care bill, those americans might not get the coverage they need. we live

it would be different than the house bill. many house members even said they only voted for the house bill because they said the senate bill would make it better. c.b.o.'s report today makes clear that this bill is every bit as mean as the house bill. this c.b.o. report should be the end of the road for trumpcare. republicans would be wise to read it like a giant stop sign. urging them to turn back from this path that would be disastrous for the country, for middle class americans, and for their party. there's a lot to unpack in this report but i want to look at a few key things. first, the c.b.o. makes clear that many americans would pay more, a lot more, for their health care under the senate's trumpcare bill. just look what happens to seniors. under our current system if you're 64 years old and have an come of $56,000, you pay a plan. - a $6,800 for a under trumpcare you pay a third of your income. the c.b. ofment makes clear that the senate bill offers a bait and switch when it comes to medical costs. americans who see lowe

affordable care act, but the bill that we passed. and that's what we're doing today. hope to work with you to continue to do that as the senate passes its own bill and hopefully go to a conference committee and hopefully you'll be on that conference committee. mr. neal: will the gentleman yield? mr. tiberi: i will yield. he mr. neal: what is a conference committee? mr. tiberi: i have been on a few. one of the frustrations about the c.b.o. report that never gets reported is the fact that millions of people will choose not to have health care. that's the c.b.o. it's not often repeated in the national media or on the floor here, but i would just kind of often the ybody that other side of the aisle speaks a lot about choice and the freedom to choose and with respect to health care that is what millions of people will do according to c.b.o.. i'd also like to remind my friend, and i do mean that, that there are millions of americans in my state alone that have insurance but don't have the choice of provider they once had, o

it's the same bill. it's the same bill. and in fact in some ways it's a little bit worse because the cuts to medicaid, while they don't take effect as quickly, and they are more gradual, they're actually deeper than the house cuts to medicaid. there's other things in the bill that have been done really in part to effect how the american people see the bill but don't change the basic provisions of this bill. and part of the reason they delayed the cuts to medicaid is so they hope they can get a better c.b.o. score, congressional budget score which the american people should know the last time around, the second time around after the first time the bill was about to come to the floor and then it got pulled from the floor because there weren't enough votes in the house, the second time when it did pass it passed without a c.b.o. score. it was not scored, and the reason it was not scored was because there was a belief that that very narrow passage in the house would not happen if republicans and democrats found out that the bill

on the first bill we saw, on the second bill, and now on this latest version. and here's the pattern, mr. president. tens of millions of americans will lose access to affordable health care in the united states of america in order to provide tax breaks for powerful special interests and richer americans. that's the pattern. in this most recent report, we're told by the nonpartisan professionals at the congressional budget office that 22 million of our fellow americans are going to lose access to affordable health care and for what? to give powerful special interests a tax break and wealthier americans. you know, insurance companies can actually currently not -- are not allowed to deduct the bonuses they pay to their c.e.o.'s. now you're going to allow insurance companies to deduct the bonus pay they pay to c.e.o.'s. and while millions will lose their care, millions of americans will get anage tax break of $50,000 a year every year. so make no mistake. you can call this ale when t care bill -- this a health care bill but it has nothing to do with health care and

than the house bill. which cut medicaid by $800 billion. let me remind everyone in this chamber, medicaid is not just a health insurance program for americans struggling in poverty. though that is an important and necessary part of it. medicaid is increasingly a middle-class program. medicaid is how many americans are able to access opioid abuse treatment. it puts the bill for two thirds of all americans living in nursing homes and medicaid provides the cushion particularly in rural areas, so hospitals can survive and give top-notch health care to all of us. from what is reported, in just three short years, under the , republicans will kick millions off their medicaid coverage. 2025, thestarting in plan will institute more medicaid cuts and each year those cuts get deeper than the year before. within 10 years of this new funding system, the cuts to medicaid could total hundreds of , morens of dollars above the 800 billion the house bill already cuts. every senior in america should read the fine print of th

on the house bill, where they're using the house bill, as i understand it, as a model. none. a markup, eight days. can we get any commitment from our friends on the republican side that we'll have eight days of markup in the finance committee when their bill is ready? i doubt it. 130 amendments were considered. 130. two dozen republican amendments were agreed to all in committee process. and then a bill went to the help committee. 47 bipartisan hearings, round tables and walk throughs. they considered nearly 300 amendments dearing the 13 -- during the 13-day markup. that was one of the longest in history, as it should have been on such a major bill. 160 republican amendments. our ranking member on the finance -- on the help committee couldn't be here because of plane delays, but she will augment that when she gets here. the senate finance committee posted its legislation online for six days before markup. i would ask rhetorically if my friend, the majority leader, if when his bill is ready, is it going to be posted for six days prior to debate or markup? are the american peopl

the house of bill. the house bill index is it to medical inflation, which is higher than regular inflation -- regular consumer price index. in the out years major cuts, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars of cuts great to analysis i have seen in the out years after 2025. what republicans say is ok, people who support the bill, they say this does not go into effect until 2025, so we have some time to change this and we can assess what the impact will be as we are phasing out the expanded enrollment, putting these new subsidies into place. so we can change it in the future, and by the way, there have been other cuts like sustainable growth rate, the doc fix, medicare payments of doctors passed in the 1990's and that congress kept kicking that can down the road. those medicare payments doctors are supposed to be cut in the 1990's never were. they were postponed and finally there was a permanent fix in the last congress where they wiped it out altogether. i think some republicans are saying, yes, these med

is not the answer. this bill that we were not allowed to take part in, where the doors were closed, not only the democratic senators but to americans themselves. so i hope, mr. president, that as we go forward, that our colleagues on the other side will work with us on a truly bipartisan bill that would make some of the changes we need to bring down health care costs instead of moving forward with this bill. thank you, mr. mr. markey: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: mr. president, i would like to thank my friend and colleague, senator hirono, for her words and her willingness to share how this bill could impact the millions of americans with preexisting conditions. and i along with everyone else in this chamber wish her the best and speedy recovery so that she can continue to fight for the people of hawaii and the people of the united states. after weeks of secret meetings, senate republicans released their health care legislation last week, and

emerging and the house bill. on behalf of roan and those who have a loved one with a disability, i ask unanimous consent that no motion to proceed to calendar no. 120, h.r. 1628, the american health care act, be in order until the bill is jointly referred to the committee on finance and the committee on health, education, labor, and pensions. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. ms. klobuchar: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: madam president, one of the things that i would most like to work on at the cost -- is the cost of prescription drugs and i think we should make sensible changes to the affordable care act. but the bill that came over from the house doesn't really do that at all. and whether it's bringing the costs down for seniors by having negotiations under medicare part d, whether it's allowing for less expensive drugs to come in by generic drugs or from other countries, the bill just doesn't do that and now we're -- supposedly a

reporter: because you said the health care bill in the senate does track so closely with the house bill, do you anticipate the house would take up the senate bill? speaker ryan: it's premature to say how -- we haven't made that decision yet. they are just beginning their process. we are not at the point of making that decision yet. reporter: can you address the designate's bill, the loose lip problem -- speaker ryan: how many of you know what that problem is? this is a very technical issue but it's the constitution so we take that very seriously. my understanding is ways and means is giving the technical assistance the senate needs to make sure that conform with the constitution, the origination clause and blue slip. ed royce, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, indicated he's eager to move this bill. we need foreign affairs to do their scrub of the legislation which is what we do every time a bill comes over from the senate but chairman rice has indicated -- chairman royce has indicated he wants to get moving quickly. reporter: will that a formal committee referral will they

democrats have still not seen the bill. the republican health and human services secretary hasn't seen the bill. the american people have not seen the bill, and i'm sure many republican senators haven't seen the bill either. the white house spokesman couldn't even say if the president has seen the bill. now, this is a bill that it would like lie reorder on one-sixth. american economy and have life-and-death consequences for millions of americans. and it's being discussed in secret with no committee hearings, no debate, no amendments, no input from the minority. this is the most glaring departure from normal legislative procedure that i have ever seen. my friend, the majority leader, used to sing the praises of regular order, wax poetic about the wisdom of the committee process and an open amendment process. republicans criticize democrats vehemently for passing the affordable care act with only democratic votes, and that's after we accepted dozens of republican amendments during a robust hearing process. now that the shoe is

does the bill have any real chance of passing? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, president trump finally comes clean on want subject of secret white house recordings, six weeks after he tweeted a warning that fired fbi director james comey better hope there are no tapes of their conversations. today, in another tweet, the president admitted he did not make any recordings and does not have any recordings. that comes a day before a house intelligence committee deadline to turn over any tapes. and the white house won't say why the president made a comment about tapes in the first place, a move which only led to an expanded investigation. and another vail of secrecy came down today as senate republicans released their health care bill drafted behind closed doors with no hearings. but four republican senators have already announced they oppose the bill as written. that leaves republicans already short of the 50 votes needed to pass the obamacare replacement bill. majority le

. >> the clock is ticking on the senate health care bill. as the cbo estimates 22 million people will lose their insurance. >> the plan in its entirety will absolutely bring premiums down. >> no one loses coverage. >> these are not cuts to medicate. >> tonight, the lies being used to rush the bill through the senate, and the chances of it actually passing this week. >>> then, the supreme court rules on the travel ban. and as the president lashes out against the russia investigation, does this new talking point seem preemptive? >> what crime? >> right. >> can anybody identify the crime? collusion, it's not a crime. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the senate health care bill at this hour is in trouble. after being crafted in secret, the bill has finally been forced out into the open as republicans try to pass it before they lee for recess at the end of this week. every day the bill spends in the glare of public attention, the more criticism it attracts from just about every direction. tonight,

he can change components of the bill. that is something that could be easy and appealing for them to do in those years, because remember, as we saw with obamacare and the clinton era cuts to medicare, with all the saints, some of the things congress will dupe you we will do all this hard stuff later. i will glad gladly pay you tuey for a hamburger today. how do you prop up obamacare in the short term? how do you put it tentpole under there, so the whole thing doesn't collapse this year and put all these people off insurance? they are trying to buy time. the trying to figure how to do it. that's the part that really matters. the rest of the stuff, it is washington. you fake it. >> to that point, he can take this bill -- must be only say thank you to chris stirewalt. thank you so much. it was good to see her. >> julie: to that point. take that savings from the house raising it into horsetrading. you start to talk about, maybe we'll pump more into some sort of medicaid fund to help some of these states, because states like ne

teeth than the house bill. it's clear that republicans know that cutting medicaid will hurt so many people in the middle class, so many in my home state of new york. republicans know that people want to sengs -- want essential health benefits. so they created a disguise by saying these changes won't occur for a year. but in reality, the senate republican bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing, only this wolf has even sharper teeth than the house bill. and we're potentially voting on it in a week -- no committee hearings, no amendments in committee, no debate on the floor save for ten measly hours on one of the most important bills we're dealing with in decades. that brings shame on this body. we won't even know the full cost or consequence of the bill until c.b.o. scores it. and that could take a few days more. how can my friend, the majority leader, expect this body to fairly consider this legislation, prepare amendments, and debate it in one week with only ten hours of debate? how can he expect his own members to

i will vote for the bill and the context. behind closed doors with the members, a vote within a week, what is your preference? is aor paul: my preference committee hearing, but absent that, i am interested in context. repeal obamao care. the current bill looks like we keeping large parts of obamacare. jonathan gruber has come out and said, it looks like they are not repealing obamacare, and i think that is accurate. we are keeping and boosting , and ies for risk pools think it looks a lot like obamacare. we have to go. the democratic leadership in the senate held a briefing to talk about their objections to the health-care care law replacement bill. it starts with chuck schumer. this is 20 minutes. senator schumer: ok. hi, everybody. sorry we're late. it is not senator murray's fault and it is not senator wyden's fault. make your own deductions. i want to thank them for doing the fabulous job that they are doing. now, when the white house passed their health care bill, a bill that president trump called mean, i thought would

of the house bill and the markup of eight days on the d republicans said -- and the public inside with their bill is ready? i doubt it. 130.ess. all of committee process thing goes to the health committee. with the round tables and walkers they consider 300 amendments during that 13 day marked up one of the longest in history as it should have been of such a major bill. and with the ranking member but then to augment that the senate finance committee post of legislation online and i would ask rhetorically when the bill is ready prior to the debates or marco up the american people doctors sources with a cancer care groups get a chance to see it? it is not what it seems like to spend those consecutive days in session spe so how many days will be spent on it? and reconciliation? so my friends ask yourself americaigh? why are american colleagues rushing through the dark of night? they don't want you mr. and mrs. american to know about this bill or see for health care for millions to see whether hertz people into live coverage and to help them that is what they do what you to see even if th

the republican bill is rotten at the core. the american people are not for big tax breaks to the wealthiest of americans, nor are they for dramatically cutting their health care. that's why the bill has about 17% popularity in america and even trump voters don't like it. that is not going to change with any little tweak that wins over this senator or that. no matter what last-minute amendments are offered, the bill will force americans to spend more of their paychecks on health care, to receive fewer benefits so that the wealthiest americans pay less in taxes. until republicans abandon that core, that core, that rotten core, they're not going to succeed in winning the american people over, and it makes it much less likely that they'll succeed in getting a bill done a week from now, a month from now, a year from now. the ultimate reason this bill failed is because the american people just didn't like it. it's not what america stands for. now you say, well, will you work with your republican colleagues? we want to. and we have t

the bill that the house passed. a big the congressional budget office expects cause deductibles to rise. it's providing less generous support. these are questions and ton fromons i hear a obamacare enrollees. it is not clear to me that the passed thebill that house would solve these problems. caller in is a maryland. dave who gets insurance from his employer. david from maryland? caller. on to another jan from massachusetts on our line for others. hello. caller: good morning. i wanted to say that i remember were doing theey year.g this paul ryan told the president they had the vote. all day.ing c-span the forum and i see paul ryan come in saying he had aetna.ith the ceo of in virginia it's crazy. on obamacare, everybody was worried about pork in bills. only one who got pork was mitch mcconnell. he asked to have program on the ohio river. the complete funding of that. now i don't understand. the whole reason to get a job is to get health insurance come with it. term, short term, disability, life insurance. is all nor

the house bill is the american health care act. it is not titled a tax bill. host: i think maybe her point was, and this is a point liberals are making is that this is a tax cut, essentially. what are they getting at when they say that? guest: this bill will cut something like -- this will reduce revenues on the order of $900 billion over the next decade. and pretty much all the obamacare taxes are eliminated except for the so-called cadillac tax on expensive plans that does not kick in until 20-26. the tax on prescription drugs is gone. couples whox on make more than $200,000. guest: if there is a capital gains tax cut, 3.8 capital gains tax cut for investment income for people -- individuals who earn over $200,000, couples who earn over $200,000 reduce that rate from -- to 20% and also for high earning individuals over $200,000, couples over $250,000 that would reduce the payroll tax. obamacare added a payroll tax increase for those high earners that intended to shore up medicare. those are the taxes on wealthy people they go out the window with this legisla

democrats still have not seen the bill. republican health and human services secretary hasn't seen ande the bill.re the american people haven't seen the bill. and i'm sure many republican senators haven't seen the bill either. the white house spokesmen couldn't even think of the presidentif thepresident had seen the bill. this is a bill that would reorder one sixth of the american economy and have life and death consequences for millions of americans. and it is being discussed in secret, no committee hearings, no debate, no amendments, no input from the minority. this is the most glaring departure a normal slate of procedure that i have ever seen. my friend the majority leader used to sing the praises of regular order and the committee process in an open amendment process. republicans criticize democrats vehemently for passing the affordable care act with onlyat's aft democratic votes and that is after we accepted dozens of republican amendments during the robust hearing process. now that the shoe is on the other foot and re

now we know why the mcconnell bill is the first health care bill in senate history to bypass the senate finance committee. because that's where it would have died. >> we are looking at a health care that would be a fantastic tribute to our country. >> republican senators are not afraid of defying him. they feel like his threats are empty, that he doesn't have the political standing out in the country and in their home states to really be a threat. >> we're working very hard. we've given ourselves a little bit more time to make it perfect. >> i get the sense that, you know, this issue is maybe not the president's wheelhouse. >> there seems to be pressure coming from those moderates on leadership to work with democrats. >> i have said all along that i thought we had -- should talk to the democrats from the beginning. >> president trump, my republican friends, the choice is yours. >> nobody inside the administration or out can point to a plan or a coherent set of steps that the trump administration is taking to protect the election system. >> if he continues to refuse to act, it's a dereli

bill. but at the end. once it's time to make a decision and up or down decision to vote no on a bill after you spent seven years campaigning on it, how do you go back to your constituents and explain that? so i think amendments may happen. if mcconnell needs -- if he's short of 50 and needs to get there between now and the vote. look, it's going to be a tough slog. because he's got members on the right who want to go further and chopping some of these regulations and who want to unwind more of the subsidies and moderates, people like susan collins and lisa murkowski and leaders in medicaid states and robert portman and not comfortable with the nature of these cuts. it's going to be a tough balancing act and probably going to be the toughest fight of mitch mcconnell's tenure as majority leader. vonnie: going to be a fight for the democrats, too, sahil. nancy pelosi, in the house but already expressing concerns that this is going to be rushed through. because the republicans and the g.o.p. want to get on to f

no way the republican bill brings down premiums. >> the plan would not allow individuals to fall through the cracks. we would not pull the rug out from anybody. >> there's no way we should be voting on this next week. no way. >> if he had the information, why didn't he do something about it? >> it's not like we had an immediate, clear snapshot of what the russians were up to. it evolved over time. >> for donald trump criticizing obama was a bit like someone receiving stolen property and blaming the police for not stopping the theft. >>> good morning. welcome to your "new day." it is monday, june 26th. 8:00 in the east. alison is off. brianna keilar is here. thank you. >> of course. >> the senate health care bill. party leaders are trying to get more support as they push for a vote this week. the trump administration vows there won't be cuts to medicaid. that's simply not true. we'll take you through the spin and the facts. >> meantime, president trump is lashing out against his predecessor, president obama, on russia, as well as his

the house bill and the senate bill are essentially the same structurally. this thing cuts medicaid massively. it may phase out medicaid expansion a little more slowly. i'm not sure if they think that gives them cover or not. what i does is something even more draconian. even more right bing used to be totally a third rail in american politics. which is, they're trying to cut medicaid overall as a program. they're trying block grant it which means, giving each state a certain amount of money, cap tating it and saying this is what you have regardless of how many people are on medicaid and how much money each state has. so this is extremely cruel. i'm a little surprised in the fight between the so-called moderates and the right wing in the senate republican conference, that the right wing won. they got their wishes. this is paul ryan in college around a keg, imagining a bill. this is that bill. >> yeah. paul ryan had made this comment earlier that it was something that he dreamed about sitting around kegs in college. the other question i have for you is, how d

the bill is significant. one senator coming to the white house at least as of this hour for a meeting, and that is rand paul. the republican from kentucky, of course. he either was meeting or is still meeting with the president here in the west wing, and i'm told what the president is trying to do is focus on that first vote. that manu just talked about. the motion to proceed. the senate vote allowing them to debate the actual bill. it's very much an open question if they have support for that. five republican senators came out against it. rime told the president, the white house, the legislative staff here, is reaching out to those conservative senators. urging them to stay onboard with this. reminding then it's a republican priority. a priority this republican party has talked about and worked for, for almost a decade, actually, wolf. and something this president, of course, ran on. i'm told they are not pressing for a hard and fast deadline. while the president has had many conversations with senator mcconn

the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2847. a bill to make improvements to the john h. chafee foster care independent program and related provisions. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 391, the nays are eight. twiffereds 2/3, the rules are -- 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2866 as ame

in the senate, that's when he pulled the bill. some of the senators left enough vagueness in their willingness to negotiate with mitch mcconnell that wasn't really completely clear how many of them really would vote against it if mitch mcconnell brought the bill to the floor. but now that he's pulled the bill, we have republican senators on the floor tonight. that means he would have gotten 20% of the senate floor. no one felt ashamed or humiliated by that. it would be a clear loss, but not an outright humiliation. but the truth of the senate is mitch mcconnell wasn't going to come close to 41 votes. and he knew that, and that is why he pulled the bill. mitch mcconnell was willing to lose and move on on a roll call vote. he said so very clearly at the beginning of this process. that was both a threat and a promise to republican members. his willingness to have a vote and lose and move on. the threat of that being, you will have one chance to vote on your promise to repeal and replace obamacare. the promise of that was that the sena

it is very similar to the house bill. they moved to it a little to the left to get some of the moderates in the senate. we'll see how it scores. it will probably be at least 20 million, maybe more, losing insurance. the basic concept. this is a mass transit of about a trillion dollars from the poor and sick to the rich. >> that part of it, i think, it is really key to me that folks understand. there is a different independent thing that don't have to be together but are. there are the exchanges which they set up and all this attention paid to. and then there's medicaid and how it is funded and how big it is. those don't have to be connected. right? >> a couple points. they don't have to be connected. number two, you could fix the problems of exchanges. which are legitimate. much more. there are two parts to the medicaid cuts. there's cutting the and packs that was part of the aca but also massive cuts for traditional medicaid that were part of the plan. when you add it up, the house bill plus the trump budget would cut in

the republican health care bill facing a critical week. the senate republican leadership is pushing for a vote by friday, and as early as today we could find out the true cost and real effects of the senate health plan. >> president trump now acknowledging that russia meddled in the u.s. election and putting blame squarely on former president barack obama. >>> good morning, and welcome to "early start." i hope you had a good weekend. i'm allisison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. monday, june 26th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. coming as soon as today the congressional budget office assessment of the senate health care bill. that's the same cbo score that nearly scuttled the house version of obamacare repeal and replace, and the senate's 52 republicans have an even narrower path to victory than their house colleagues. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell can lose just two votes. at least five republicans have already said they cannot support the bill in its current form. and that's before the cbo score comes out. >> health and human services secretary

we specify that in the bill. and so i'd like to discuss the need for this bill and it's necessary to preserve fiscal sanity in federal health care policy and i'd like to point out also at this outset that this bill only applies to claims concerning the provision of goods and services for which coverages are -- a federal program, a federal subsidy or a federal tax benefit. it's a clear-clear, mr. chairman, federal nexus. where it affects federal -- the commonsense reforms which have been in law in california for over 40 years and that the c.b.o. has scored a couple times here. the previous score is $54 billion. this bill is $50 billion. it's $50 billion in savings to the people paying for health care in this country and that includes our taxpayers and the health care users. but $250,000 cap is reasonable. it's sustained itself over 40 years in california. it's good enough for other states to implate. when i hear pushback from texas i'm kind of thinking they want to keep the system they have and they don't want to h

here is what the bill essentially does. in brief. it ends the affordable care act mandates and most of the taxes. if faith is not the medicaid expansion over three years, ending in 2024. limits medicaid spending with per capita caps, or block grants for states that choose them. the spending growth rate would become stricter in 2025. states could buy for waivers for many of the insurance regulations, though not protections were people with pre-existing conditions and coverage for young adults. cap -- or affordable tax affordable health care -- a portal care act tax credit would be kept in place unlike the tax bill -- house bill, but their value would be reduced under the senate plan. funds for the aca's cost-sharing subsidies through 2019, but then repeals them. let's go to your calls. first up is stacy in bowling green, kentucky on the democrat line. hi, stacy. doing? hi, how are you >> good. caller: i would like to talk about my personal. for obamacare save my life. i would have been able -- unable to get the necessary colonoscopy i

cbo makes it clear today that this bill is every bit as mean as the house bill. this cbo report should be the end of the road for trumpcare. republicans should read it like a giant stop sign urging them to turn back from this path that would be disastrous. for the country, the middle-class americans, and there party. there's a lot to unpack in this report but i want to look at a few key things. first, the cbo makes it clear that a lot of americans would pay a lot more for their health care under the senate health care bill. look at what happens to seniors. under our current system, if you are 64-yourself an old and have an income of $5,600 you would pay a $6,800 premium for a silver plan. under trumpcare you would pay a whopping $25,000. one third of your income. the cbo makes it clear the senate l offers a bait and switch when it comes to their medical cost. americans who see lower premiums would get less care or pay even more out-of-pocket deductibles or other health care. you only have two choices under this. neither good. you get lower premiums or you get high

. >> the president said the house bill was mean. the senate bill may be meaner. the senate republican health care bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. only this wolf has even sharper teeth than the house bill. >> as you can see, the bill just out little more than an hour, the partisan debate starting very quickly. with us to share the reporting and insights -- cnn's dana bash, michael sherr of "the new york times," cnn's reporter. phil, the secret negotiations are over, the bill is public. what are the biggest policy headlines especially when you look at the senate proposal and compare it to the house bill? >> yeah. you have to view it through the policy and what it means to that effort to try and get 50 votes, as you were talking about. look, no question, on medicaid you had a lot of expansion state senators who were very concerned about what the house bill did. they got a little bit of a win here. there's a more gradual phaseout of the obamacare medicaid expansion program. the same senators voiced a lot of concerns about proposed extended cuts to medicaid that ha