Vice President Pence on Monday said congressional Republicans should pass a “repeal only” bill if they can’t come to a consensus on legislation to replace ObamaCare.
“If they can’t pass this carefully crafted repeal and replace bill — do those two things simultaneously — we ought to just repeal only,” Pence said in an interview with Rush Limbaugh.
Pence’s comments echoed those made by President Trump, who last month suggested that he was open to repealing ObamaCare first and developing a replacement plan later.
“If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date!” Trump tweeted on June 30.
However, White House legislative director Marc Short on Monday said, “we still believe that the bill before the Senate is the preferable path.”
Senate Republicans want to roll out a new draft of their bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare as soon as this week, hoping for a vote next week, but lawmakers remain divided on a clear path to securing the necessary 50 votes.
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Pence endorses repeal and delay strategy on ObamaCare https://t.co/EzAPHAi50d pic.twitter.com/oyLDTFqd8F
— The Hill (@thehill) July 10, 2017
The Trump administration wants the bill the Senate has now. Did Trump or any of his staff actually read the draft?
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