Collins Says She Got Most Input On O’Care Repeal From Pence, Not Trump – TPM

Category: Mike Pence

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), one of the three votes that sank Senate Republicans latest attempt to repeal Obamacare, said on Sunday that she got most input on the matterfrom Vice President Mike Pence, not his boss.

Most of the input Ive had from the White House has been from the vice president and from the administrator of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Collins said on NBC News Meet the Press.

Collinscited two meetings she attended at the White House, one seated beside President Donald Trump, to discuss health care.

I do want to make clear that the president invited me to the two meetings, she said. That was a few weeks ago.

Collinssaid on CNNs State of the Union that Pence approached her on the Senate floor Friday night before the vote and tapped her on the shoulder.

Boy, are you tough, Pence told her, according to Collins. She added, But he softened that by putting his arm around me.

More:
Collins Says She Got Most Input On O'Care Repeal From Pence, Not Trump - TPM

Related Posts
July 30th, 2017
No comments yet

Comments are closed.