Mitch McConnell’s health care balancing act
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Channel: Washington Week PBS · 2017 · News & Politics
When Congress returns from recess, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have his hands full trying to pass the Republican’s overhaul of the Affordable Care Act. McConnell faces challenges from moderate and conservative members of his party. Can the man playing “the long game” get 50 votes to gut Obamacare and fulfill a years-long promise?
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