Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday said it will take Republicans “a little bit longer” to get their Obamacare repeal bill through the Senate, after the vote was delayed until after the July 4 recess.
McConnell told reporters that Republican senators had a productive meeting with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence Tuesday afternoon.
“We made good progress,” he told reporters. “I think the meeting was very helpful. The one thing I would say is that I think everybody around the table is interested in getting to yes, interested in getting an outcome.”
McConnell said “no action is just not an option” for Republicans.
Earlier on Tuesday, McConnell announced the Senate vote on the bill will be delayed so Senate Republicans can discuss their “differences.”
“I had hoped, as you know, that we could have gotten to the floor this week, but we’re not quite there,” he said. “But I think we’ve got a really good chance of getting there, it’ll just take us a little bit longer.”
