GOP Sen. Johnson: ‘No Way’ Senate Should Vote On ACA Repeal This Week

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Enveloped by political gridlock, President Barack Obama is reaching out to rank-and-file Republicans, hosting G... FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Enveloped by political gridlock, President Barack Obama is reaching out to rank-and-file Republicans, hosting GOP senators for dinner at the White House Wednesday night and then visiting Capitol Hill next week for separate meetings with Senate and House Republicans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) MORE LESS
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), one of four Republican senators who came out against the current version of the Senate bill to repeal Obamacare, on Sunday said the Senate should delay its vote on the proposal.

“I would like to delay the thing. There’s no way we should be voting on this next week. No way,” Johnson said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

He said senators “don’t have enough information” to vote on the bill.

“I don’t have the feedback from constituencies who will not have had enough time to review the Senate bill,” Johnson said. “We should not be voting on this next week.”

Johnson is one of four Republican senators who said on Thursday that they are not ready to vote for the bill in its current form but “are open to negotiation.”

Their announcement may not present much of an obstacle, despite putting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) two votes short of the number he will need to pass the legislation.

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  1. Johnson wants his own version of the Cornhusker Kickback. Wisconsin, huh? Maybe Senator Johnson wants a little more cheddar before he agrees to vote for it. Call it the Cheddar Compromise. I know, kinda cheesy.

  2. As JM says these Senators will cry and whine and then cave and vote for it. That includes my useless Sens Ernst & Grassley and this empty domed pinhead I can’t believe he beat a quality legislator like Feingold. I don’t want to sound like the proverbial old man yelling at a cloud but what the hell is happening to this country.

  3. “I just want more assurances that I’m not going to get a lot of old people in walkers showing up at my town halls, screaming at me before I collect my bribe.”

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