Senate Republicans halt health care overhaul as Cruz maintains opposition

WASHINGTON – After days of arm-twisting, Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday essentially conceded that they had not secured the votes to move forward on a massive overhaul of the American health care system and would pick up the issue again in July.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky emerged with the updated plans from a lunch with other GOP senators, along with the news that the chamber’s Republicans were headed to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump. Both U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz were at the lunch, as were several senior advisers to […]

The post Senate Republicans halt health care overhaul as Cruz maintains opposition appeared first on Community Impact Newspaper.

Source: Community Impact- Round Rock