Grassley sees Graham-Cassidy health care bill 1 or 2 votes short of passage
Iowa senator says GOP has 'responsibility' to pass legislation
CEDAR RAPIDS — Although President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind the Graham-Cassidy health care overhaul, Sen. Chuck Grassley thinks Republicans are one to two votes short of being able to pass the Obamacare replacement bill.
“And I don’t see those other one or two votes coming,” Grassley told Iowa reporters Wednesday morning. “I hope I’m wrong.”
Grassley is “leaning” toward supporting the legislation, but didn’t give it the full-throated endorsement that the president tweeted earlier Wednesday. The president called Graham-Cassidy “GREAT! Ends Ocare.”
Grassley said he could list 10 reasons why the bill shouldn’t be considered, but said the GOP needs to carry through on its promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
“Republicans campaigned on this so often that we have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign,” Grassley said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. “That’s pretty much as much of a reason as the substance of the bill.”
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