GOP stands out from Trump's ObamaCare attacks

Congressional Republicans do not want to talk about attacks against ObamaCare. But President TrumpDonald John TrumpKushner believes that the peace plan for the Middle East is a "good starting point". Dem Alabama's legislator, struggling with more controversial remarks, made more controversial remarks. Pelosi will deliver an opening address to the state of San Francisco PLUS it is not so easy.

The Trump administration filed Wednesday its official legal argument calling for the cancellation of the entire Affordable Care Act, reviving the debate in a day when GOP lawmakers are trying to turn the page.

Republicans prefer to criticize the "Medicare for all" proposal backed by more and more Democrats, which they see as a winning course of action in relation to the revival of a debate on ObamaCare that has contributed to the loss of the GOP majority in the House last year.

Trump, however, does not play with this strategy; instead, he keeps his attacks on ObamaCare in court and in his speeches.

When asked if he wished the Trump administration would not argue so forcefully against the 2010 Health Act in court, Sen. John ThuneJohn Randolph ThuneOn The Money: Moore Withdraws From The Fed Review | Decries' unrelenting attacks & # 39; | GOP senator asks White House to "do some research" before choosing his next US senator "Thanks for research" Stephen Moore ends his candidacy for the Fed for "incessant attacks against my character" (S.D.), the Republican in Senate No. 2, separated the Republicans from Congress of the White House.

"They will do what they will do," said Thune. "What concerns us is what our members are working on, what we are trying to do, and how we are communicating it to the American people."

Sen. Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyThe Morning's Morning – The Barr House Crossed Arms After the Senate Grills Legislators In A Hurry To Resolve The Fiasco Of Tax Law A Gap Between Tax Laws And Mueller And Barr More (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, declined to say that he supported the decision of the administration.

"The president can send a message to whatever he wants, and I have no control over what he can," Grassley said.

And the Republicans beat the drums almost daily to get their main message on health care: Medicare for all would take people's private health insurance and would have a huge price.

Republicans seized this week a new non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report reviewing the projected costs associated with Medicare for all. Although the report does not put a specific price tag on the proposal, he said that government spending on health care "would increase dramatically".

Previous studies had cost the government about $ 32 trillion over 10 years.

But one of the side effects of the GOP attacks on Medicare for all is that it is getting closer to defending the status quo, which includes ObamaCare.

representative Tom ColeThomas (Tom) Jeffrey ColeThis week: Barr is caught again by the Mueller report The legislator claims that the return to politics is a political failure. The Hill & # 39; s Morning Report – Presented by the USMCA Pass Coalition – Democrats seek to be heard after the conclusions of Barr-Mueller MORE (R-Okla.) Asked at a hearing this week on medicare for all why legislators were not focusing on bipartite solutions to ObamaCare instead of following the new radical system advocated by progressives such as the presidential candidate 2020, Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersPoll: 69% of Americans say prisoners should not be allowed to vote Pollster says that believing that criminals should vote in prison will not hurt Sanders Fox News who will hold a public meeting with Gillibrand in June MORE (I-Vt.).

"We have a chance, I think, to make corrections that we probably all agree on," Cole said.

In recent months, however, GOP lawmakers have mostly kept quiet about ObamaCare, a law that they have aggressively attacked for eight years.

The popularity of the Affordable Care Act has increased in recent years. In April, a survey of the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 50% of adults had a favorable opinion of the law, compared to 38% with an unfavorable opinion.

Last year, most Democrats campaigned for continued popular protection of the law for people with pre-existing conditions.

"The last thing Senate Republicans want to do is participate in an exercise that would remove coverage from people already suffering from pre-existing conditions," said a Senate GOP strategist. "Candidates for tough races will focus on improving what currently exists."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellNight Development: The Pentagon Plans to Make Sexual Harassment a Crime | Military sexual assault up 38% | The Senate fails to ignore Trump's veto in Yemen Trump's choice for the UN envoy sent to the Senate for confirmation Confirmation: Overnight Energy – Presented by Job Creators Network – The House votes to prevent Block from going out of the Paris Agreement | Trump cancels Obama's safety rules | Dems grill the inside lawyer alongside the candidate who would investigate him PLUS (R-Ky.) Last month, the GOP's message on health care was: "We want to preserve what works and fix what does not work," a slogan very different from the party motto of to "repeal and replace".

Trump, however, is on the attack against ObamaCare. In a speech last week, he extolled the repeal of the law's mandate in 2017 to be covered before adding: "Now we are aiming for the rest".

His administration also supports the lawsuit filed by a coalition of states led by the government of Korea, demanding that the law be rescinded. This case, which the jurists of both parties consider unlikely, will now lead to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Vulnerable Republican legislators are not eager to talk about the administration's efforts in this area.

Sen. Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerJoaquin Castro will not be Senate candidate in Texas GOP sets up a firewall for Trump on the gun control group Mueller sues the FEC for failure to comply with the alleged failure to act of the NRA PLUS (R-Colo.), Perhaps the most vulnerable GOP senator who needs to be re-elected next year, said Thursday that he had not seen the legal record of the GOP. administration, refusing to comment on it and to give its point of view on the trial. His office did not respond to a follow-up survey.

representative John KatkoThe John Michael KatkoHouse committee approves a bill providing employment, housing protection measures for LGBTQ people. The Cybersecurity Advisory Committee will strengthen national security through a strengthened partnership between the public and private sectors. (R-N.Y.), Moderated facing a potentially competitive race next year, is far from the trial.

"I do not agree with anything that came out without a replacement being ready," he said.

Sen. Shelley Moore CapitoShelley Wellons Moore CapitoOn Money: Trump and Dems reach an agreement to pursue the T | infrastructure plan | Difficult questions about financing | Skeptical agreement GOP will be reached | Moore's Fed makes bid on unstable pitch | Trump lobbies Schumer and Pelosi over blocked trade agreement Moore's bid for Federal Reserve looks increasingly fragile Ernst says it's "very unlikely" to support Moore MORE (R-W.Va.) Noted the failure of the attempt to repeal the Group of Experts in 2017.

"Clearly, the discussion on the repeal and replacement has not succeeded, so leave it behind and make it work," she said.

Thune, however, suggested that if the Republicans again controlled both chambers, they would probably attempt another repeal and replacement measure.

"Obviously, if and when we have the votes, we would like to take a different direction, a direction that would create more competition, more choice and lower costs," Thune said.