Priebus: It’s ‘Up To The Senate’ Now To Improve GOP Bill To Repeal Obamacare

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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White House chief of staff Reince Priebus on Sunday said it is up to Senate Republicans to improve the House bill to repeal and replace Obamacare that passed last week.

“It’s up to the Senate, if there are improvements to be made, to make those improvements,” Priebus said on “Fox News Sunday.”

He said Republicans are “committed to getting this thing done and getting it done as soon as possible” and denied that celebrations at the White House last week were premature.

“I think we were right to give the Congress an attaboy in the Rose Garden,” Priebus said. “But we also know that this is just the beginning, it’s the first step.”

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