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September 26, 2017

Capitol Hill: 181 Arrested Protesting GOP Healthcare Bill, Which Appears to Be Dead
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On Capitol Hill, the Republicans' latest effort to repeal and replace
the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead, after a third Republican
senator, Susan Collins of Maine, came out against the bill. Republican
Senators John Mc Cain of Arizona and Rand Paul of Kentucky have also
said they'd vote against the bill, leaving the Republicans one vote
short. A preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office says
the Republicans' plan, known as the Graham-Cassidy bill, would cause
millions of people to lose their health insurance. On Monday, disability
rights activists and healthcare advocates disrupted the one and only
congressional hearing on the healthcare bill, chanting "No Cuts to
Medicaid."

Protesters: "No cuts to Medicaid! Save our liberty! No cuts to Medicaid!
Save our liberty! No cuts to Medicaid!"

The Capitol Police say 181 people were arrested protesting inside the
Senate Finance Committee hearing and in the halls of Congress. This is
Colleen Flanagan of the disability rights group ADAPT.

Colleen Flanagan: "Save our liberty! No cuts to Medicaid! Save our
liberty! No cuts to Medicaid! Save our liberty! No cuts to Medicaid!
Save our liberty!"



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