(WASHINGTON) — Republican leaders are steering the Senate toward a crucial vote on their bill eviscerating much of President Barack Obama’s health care law, buoyed by the near theatrical return to the Capitol of the ailing Sen. John McCain. No stranger to heroic episodes, the Navy pilot who persevered through five years of captivity during the Vietnam War announced through his office that he would be back in Washington for the critical roll call on beginning debate on the legislation.

NEXT
Topics:  president barack obama s   sen john   navy   vietnam war   washington   arizona   senate majority leader mitch mcconnell   democrats   vice president mike pence   republicans monday    my   president donald trump    over    repeal    but   senators   january   obamacare   congressional budget office   polls   the house   june   moderate sen susan collins   r-maine   conservative sen rand paul   conservatives   medicaid   associated press   erica werner   andrew taylor   washington   republican   senate   obama s    obama s   obama   mccain   mcconnell   r-ky   republicans   gop   mcconnell s   monday   trump   white house   house   buoyed   return   health care vote   bill   law   people   legislation   replace   debate   statute   cast   showing   consumers   control   win   years   uninsured   year   support   votes   promise   beginning   insurers   revised   eliminating   home   week   tax   effort   leaders   million   program   oppose   measure   federal   tuesday   insurance   party   coverage   mere   giving   initial   revealed   states   policies   premiums   

 

NEXT
Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

Movies With Butter More Movie News

More Politics News

  • John Cornyn Flexes Fundraising Muscle
    Political Wire, Sunday - 04/28/2024 - 11:26 PM

    Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has raised a whopping $18.3 million dollars this election cycle to help GOP incumbents and candidates — putting him ahead of his leadership opponent Sen. John Thune (R-S. D), Axios reports.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • RFK Jr. Says Americans Are ‘Voting Out of Fear’
    Political Wire, Sunday - 04/28/2024 - 11:20 PM

    “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to make the case on Sunday that he can do something no third-party or independent candidate has come close to doing in modern U. S. history: win a presidential election. Although polls show him far behind, both major-party campaigns, those of President Biden and former President Donald Trump, view Mr.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • College Protests Over Gaza Deepen Democratic Rifts
    Political Wire, Sunday - 04/28/2024 - 11:19 PM

    “Nearly seven months after the Israel-Hamas war began, the demonstrations convulsing college campuses nationwide are exposing fresh tensions within the Democratic Party over how to balance free speech protections and support for Gazans with concerns that some Jewish Americans are raising about antisemitism,” the New York Times reports. “From New York and Los Angeles to Atlanta and Austin, a surge in student activism has manifested in protest encampments and other demonstrations, drawing significant police crackdowns and sometimes appearing to attract outside agitators.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Japan’s Ruling Party Loses Special Election
    Political Wire, Sunday - 04/28/2024 - 11:17 PM

    “Japan’s ruling party lost a special election Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had described in part as a judgment on himself, months ahead of a party leadership vote,” Bloomberg reports. “Public anger over a slush fund scandal helped the main opposition candidate Akiko Kamei defeat the Liberal Democratic Party’s Norimasa Nishikori by about 83,000 votes to 58,000 in what had been a party stronghold in Shimane prefecture.”

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Sunak Braces for Key Test With Tory Opponents Ready
    Political Wire, Sunday - 04/28/2024 - 11:11 PM

    “Rishi Sunak has spent 18 months as prime minister fending off internal Conservative Party criticism and rumors of plots to oust him. So far it’s come to nothing — though his team is taking nothing for granted this week,” Bloomberg reports. “His critics on the Tory right have spent months gearing up for Thursday’s local and mayoral elections across England as their final chance to oust Sunak.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Holy VR Treadmill, Batman!
    Crooks and Liars, Sunday - 04/28/2024 - 11:00 PM

    This is wild stuff. Thank you, Larry Smoot. Holotile is being developed by Lanny Smoot, the Disney Research Fellow, and Imagineer behind special effects used in the Haunted Mansion and Star Wars lightsabers. Disney announced Smoot is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame Will brain dead Sen. Marsha Blackburn claim Holotile is Disney's latest attempt to groom your school children to change their sexual identity? Open thread below… read more

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share