doesn t frpass. he said he was concerned about the markets in arizona. we know chilledings go up. she did not come to congress for drauch coverage and premiums will rise in her stay. senator, after 10ter is so obvious. they want to voted for a bill that lowered systems. he will go on record each and every one of them. the question is are these people going to vote for the american people or the needs of mike phones and so far they re hurting hair paurt ayes in pall pkzs firs.
to hide the true intent from the american people. there s nothing that says we have to hash something out pop they could attorn within the same day and vote on this bill. as our reporter just said once they vote on the bill, they lose control of it. they absolaltly. there s nothing to say paul ryan won t call this bill up for a vote. that was my question to the other guests as well. why should gop senators trust that paul ryan won t allow this to become law onchsh oand that they are looking for something teels vote onto make this happen and juts because he promised and he didn t fromes to go into conference on this.
we re at the point when it can happen at any point. i want to give you an idea of what s happening here on the senate floor for the last hour. you see mike kinsey there. he is leading the republicans. when it came up to talk about the bill, they gave speeches on why the bill should be voted down. when it was the republicans turn, ensy has been the only speaker. he s been in charge of the conversation the entire time. there s been a number of times when democrats asked if they could ask a question, part of the procedure on the senate floor. they re able to do that. because enzi has the floor, he can say he s not interested. and he has done that a number of times tonight. he has not been passion not on
they ve added it in the rules committee. as you may know, i m not at all comfortable, i said this last week, i m not at all comfortable with removing that protection. i ve supported the practice of not allowing pre-existing illnesses to be discriminated against from the very get go. this meant torpedos that and i told the leadership i cannot support this bill with this provision in it. phil mattingly, why is that a mini earthquake? you think about the member. when you have somebody with the statu stature and experience like fred upton and you say that s a problem. he s essentially echoing what all of the either unsure or flat-out no members i ve talked to have said. they believe despite what the speaker has said, despite what the house freedom caucus has said that this will in fact undercut the pre-existing
welcome back. i m dana bash. in today for john king. just a few minutes ago in the rose garden president trump issued a call to action saying it s time trying to exert just a little pressure on republican lawmakers to get behind the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare. this hour the vice president is due on capitol hill to help house leaders lock in the 216 votes they did not have the first time they hoped to undo president obama s signature law last month. they still have they don t have the votes, i should say, but this morning the house speaker sounded optimistic. so the purpose of our bill is to get more choices, to lower prices while preserving the protections for pre-existing conditions. so that is a very important thing. we re excited about this policy.