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Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr. covers politics and the White House for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Mayors Conference, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla. The U.S. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) ** FILE **

Mayors go on attack as GOP regroups on health care

Democratic mayors ramped up their attacks Wednesday on a Senate GOP health bill that's stalled for now but likely to return, warning that estimated coverage losses and cuts to Medicaid funding would devastate their budgets, worsen the opioid crisis and afflict local hospitals. Published June 28, 2017

"It's a complicated subject," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, told reporters Tuesday about delaying a vote on his plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act of 2010. He was joined by Sen. John Barrasso (left), Wyoming Republican. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell delays health care vote in face of GOP defections

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shelved plans for the Senate to vote this week on the Republicans' proposed Obamacare repeal, suffering an embarrassing setback Tuesday as he acknowledged the bill he wrote failed to win over enough troops in his own party. Published June 27, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said he planned to move forward this week on a floor vote for repeal of Obamacare and replacement with his own bill. (Associated Press)

CBO: Senate Republican health care plan cuts costs, coverage

Senate Republicans' Obamacare repeal bill would lower most Americans' premiums and save the government more than $300 billion over the next decade but also leave 22 million fewer people with health care coverage, the Congressional Budget Office said in an analysis Monday. Published June 26, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., looks out after boarding an elevator Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. Senate Republicans unveil a revised health care bill in hopes of securing support from wavering GOP lawmakers, including one who calls the drive to whip his party's bill through the Senate this week "a little offensive." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CBO: Senate health bill would result in 22M more uninsured by 2026

The Senate version of the Republican health care bill would allow some Americans to pay less for skinnier plans but result in 22 million fewer people holding coverage a decade from now, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday in estimates that could make it harder for the GOP to scrap Obamacare. Published June 26, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, is using fast-track budget rules to carve Democrats out of the repeal process. (Associated Press/File)

Senate Republicans plan to revise health care bill

Senate Republicans released a revised version of their health care plan Monday, replacing Obamacare's "individual mandate" with a provision designed to prevent Americans from waiting until they get sick to sign up for insurance coverage. Published June 26, 2017

Sen. Dean Heller, Nevada Republican, announced Friday that he would vote no on his party leadership's health care bill unless changes are made. He said his state could not absorb Medicaid cuts in the plan. (Associated Press)

Obamacare repeal plan needs Republican balance to pass

Senate Republicans must stamp out a series of fires to keep their Obamacare repeal mission alive this week, such as pinning down party holdouts and massaging arcane budget rules to appease pro-life activists and insurers. Published June 25, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-N.V., in Washington, on Capitol Hill, at a hearing. For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Dean Heller becomes 5th Republican to balk at health bill

Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said Friday he cannot support the Senate health care bill as written, making him the fifth Republican to say he won't vote for the Obamacare repeal plan unless it's changed. Published June 23, 2017

Lobbyists who represent the health care industry argue that leaving them out of the bill-writing process is bad for America. (Associated Press/File)

Health care lobbyists locked out of Republican process

The health care bill was drafted behind closed doors by Senate Republican leaders, drawing howls from Democrats who said they were shut out of the process. Also left outside, however, was the army of health care industry lobbyists who helped draft Obamacare in 2009 and 2010 but didn't get a say this time. Published June 22, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, meets with reporters following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama slams Senate GOP plan to repeal his health law

Former President Barack Obama slammed the Senate GOP's plan to replace his health care law Thursday, saying it's time to "step back" and devise the type of plan that Americans need, as the signature program he crafted suffers from rising premiums and dwindling choices. Published June 22, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised a vote on health care reform soon. (Associated Press/File)

GOP: Senate will unveil health bill on Thursday

Senate GOP leaders will release a "discussion draft" of their closely held plan to replace Obamacare on Thursday, kicking off a one-week scramble to mollify holdouts and gather the 50 Republican votes needed to pass a bill before the July 4 break. Published June 20, 2017

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obamacare repeal effort by GOP stonewalled by Democrats

In 2013, it was Republicans who sent the government into a shutdown over Obamacare. Democrats aren't there yet, but they are inching up their resistance efforts, ratcheting up their attacks and vowing to slow Senate business to a crawl, hoping to make the GOP's Obamacare repeal push as painful as possible. Published June 19, 2017