Frist on Trump, Congress and health reform (video)
Full video of Evan Smith's 2/1 conversation with Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee, the former majority leader of the United States Senate.
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Texans in Congress anticipate controversial health care vote
WASHINGTON — Suspense was the word of the day outside of the U.S. House chamber Tuesday, as Republicans scrambled to figure out which members of their caucus opposed the plan to overhaul former...
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Here's where the 25 House Republicans from Texas stand on the GOP health bill
Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect U.S. Rep. Randy Weber's announcement in a Facebook post Wednesday evening that he was opposed to the GOP health bill.A day before the U.S. House is...
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Texas Republicans divided as health care overhaul hangs in the balance
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions of Dallas had a long day Wednesday. He set off a mild firestorm early in the morning in a CNN interview when he conceded his party needed to do a better job selling...
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At feisty town hall, Culberson stays course on Obamacare repeal
HOUSTON — A day after House Republicans' efforts to repeal Obamacare collapsed, U.S. Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, did not back away from the GOP's years-long push to scrap the law. "The only way to...
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Ted Cruz on health care overhaul: "We have got to get it done"
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz reiterated to a group of conservative lawyers on Tuesday that "failure is not an option" when it comes to GOP efforts to overhaul former President Obama's 2010 health...
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House approves bill focused on mental health insurance benefits
Texas House members endorsed a bill Tuesday that would prevent health insurance companies from offering mental health benefits differently from medical benefits and offer more help for consumers who...
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Nancy Pelosi mocks Trump, is bullish on 2018 midterms
A restive and rollicking House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi repeatedly mocked President Donald Trump and House Republicans in a spirited interview with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith on Thursday. "Did we...
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GOP health care overhaul passes U.S. House
WASHINGTON — In a stunning reversal of momentum, Republicans salvaged long-held ambitions to unwind former President Obama's 2010 health care law, passing a major overhaul in the U.S. House of...
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Cornyn bets on Congress sending health care bill to Trump this summer
*Correction appended.WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Cornyn predicted on Wednesday that congressional Republicans would soon repeal and replace President Obama's 2010 health care overhaul, despite...
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Cruz’s fragile alliance with GOP leaders now pivotal in health care push
The Republican attempt to reshape the nation’s health care system has grown increasingly dependent this week on the fragile alliance between Senate GOP leaders and a man they have clashed bitterly with...
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UT/TT Poll: Despite Russia inquiry, Texas GOP voters solidly trust Trump
Most voters in the country’s biggest red state are wary of President Donald Trump — but Republican voters remain strongly supportive of him, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune...
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Ted Cruz on health care overhaul: "Of course I'll compromise"
WASHINGTON – Five years ago, Ted Cruz was running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Texas. One of his biggest talking points: repealing President Obama's 2010 health care law."Now is not a time for...
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Cruz declines to support Senate GOP health care bill, while Cornyn defends it
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate on Thursday unveiled their plan to overhaul President Obama's 2010 health care law. Within hours, Texas' two Republican senators took opposite...
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Senate Republicans halt health care overhaul as Cruz maintains opposition
WASHINGTON – After days of arm-twisting, Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday essentially conceded that they had not secured the votes to move forward on a massive overhaul of the American health care...
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Ted Cruz proposes amendment with aim to salvage Senate health care plan
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is pushing hard to keep the Senate health care bill's prospects alive, amid a rollercoaster week at the U.S. Capitol. On Tuesday, Senate Republican leaders postponed...
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Texans in Congress head home as Trump muddles health care negotiations
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threw a curveball at Republicans in Congress on Friday, just as many were trekking home for what could be yet another recess of negative feedback from constituents....
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Back home in Texas, Cruz confronts health care politics
It took approximately 45 minutes in McKinney, a conservative bastion in North Texas. It took about a half hour in Austin, the unapologetically liberal seat of state government.But no matter what, in a...
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Texas Republicans in Congress process health care bill's collapse
WASHINGTON – It took less than 24 hours for the defection of two Senate Republicans to bring about the complete collapse of their party's health care overhaul efforts.The unraveling began Monday...
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Fewer Texans were uninsured in 2016, but state still has largest health...
More Texans are insured now than four years ago — but the state is still home to 4.5 million people without health coverage, the largest share in the country.A new United States Census Bureau report...
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