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McCain returning to Senate in time for health vote

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 5:00 MJA Uncategorized 24

Hill: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will return to the Senate on Tuesday after being diagnosed with brain cancer, giving the GOP push to repeal and replace ObamaCare a boost of momentum.

“Senator McCain looks forward to returning to the United States Senate tomorrow to continue working on important legislation, including health care reform, the National Defense Authorization Act, and new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea,” McCain’s office said on Monday evening.

McCain was absent last week after having surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye, which then revealed his cancer.

McCain’s vote could be crucial to the GOP effort to start the debate on healthcare, and GOP leadership has been eager for him to return.
“I’d personally volunteer to rent an RV and road trip,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) quipped earlier Monday to reporters, when asked if the Arizona Republican would be able to come back this week.
Republicans are expected to vote to take up the House-passed healthcare bill on Tuesday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will need 50 of the Senate’s 52 Republicans to vote “yes” on the motion to proceed.

If McCain hadn’t returned, McConnell could only afford to lose one GOP senator on the initial hurdle. With McCain back, he can afford to lose two GOP senators and still let Vice President Mike Pence break a tie.

24 Comments on McCain returning to Senate in time for health vote

  9. McCain to try to salvage his legacy with one vote? A vote to repeal Obamacare is welcome but it won’t erase all the times he sold out American citizens for the elite’s totalitarianism.

  11. I haven’t kept up with McCain’s problems, but did he check into the local VA clinic for his brain cancer?

    Actions speak louder than words.

    izlamo delenda est …

  15. Soon the brain cancer will make McCain even crazier than he already is. I know because my dad died of brain cancer when I was little kid and I remember how he started doing weird stuff.

  19. He’s had his middle finger up to Conservative America his entire time in the Senate. Why would he change now? He’s only got so much time left. He needs to build up calluses on his pray bones instead of trying to make America less great. Not going to miss him.

  20. ⭐️ What’s shocking is that McCain will now be able to act even more demented and crazy than he ever was.⭐️

    AND he’ll now have a get-out-of-scrutiny-free card.
    “Oh, don’t criticize him, he’ll be dead soon!”

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