Protesters interrupt key healthcare vote chanting ‘kill the bill, don’t kill us’
HAPPENING NOW: People chant "kill the bill" in the Senate chamber as Senators prepare to vote on health care https://t.co/l9QlWL3wVY pic.twitter.com/Qbtf7l9lPE
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 25, 2017
Protesters chanted “kill the bill, don’t kill us” and “shame” in the Senate chamber on Tuesday as senators prepared to take a procedural vote on their effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
Capitol police escorted protesters out of the building after they interrupted with the chants.
Lawmakers were about to vote on the procedural motion to would begin debate on healthcare legislation.
Wild scene as hundreds demonstrate in the Hart office building. Capitol police getting ready pic.twitter.com/fydT6wl6C8
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 25, 2017
Police escorting the first wave out pic.twitter.com/feAxq0VnAf
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 25, 2017
{mosads}GOP leaders have kept members mostly in the dark about what they will be voting on: a full repeal of ObamaCare with a two-year delay to find a replacement, the Better Care Reconciliation Act or a pared-down repeal.
The latest GOP effort to get a bill through the Senate is the proposal of a bill that would end ObamaCare’s coverage mandates and the medical device tax, according to aides.
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