Trump making calls to senators on healthcare bill

June 24, 2017 Cholo Brooks United States 0

U.S. President, Donald Trump (© Greg Nash)

President Trump spent Thursday and Friday calling senators to mobilize support for GOP healthcare legislation.

Trump called Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on Thursday, and has been in contact with several other senators, Reuters reported Saturday.

Cruz was one of four conservative senators who announced their opposition to the bill in a statement Thursday.

“Currently, for a variety of reasons, we are not ready to vote for this bill, but we are open to negotiation and obtaining more information before it is brought to the floor,” the statement said.

Trump is expected to be in contact with more senators in the coming days. On Friday, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Trump is optimistic about getting the bill passed.

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Source: News Now/ The Hill

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.