Some senators are leery of repealing the Affordable Care Act without a new plan lined up
.. The “repeal and delay” strategy, as critics call it, has emerged because Republicans haven’t coalesced behind a single proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, with divisions largely about how ambitious to be in reworking the law... GOP leaders hope a repeal and looming expiration date would pressure Democrats to get behind a Republican-crafted plan... Mr. Alexander, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and will play a big role in the debate, has been using the phrase “replace and then repeal”—reversing ACA opponents’usual slogan—to sum up his position.
Corker’s combative side will likely come into play frequently over the next two years, which could be some of the Foreign Relations Committee’s most intense in decades.
He’s balancing 47 unruly Republicans, an angry White House and an unpredictable Iranian regime.
But beneath the sharp tongue and air of disdain toward Washington is a man who believes in making a deal. A mayor and businessman before he became senator, Corker understands the value of a glib turn of phrase. But more often than not, the bluster seems like a bargaining ploy, a way of shaping the negotiations before the real work begins, out of sight and away from the microphones.
.. Corker’s combative side will likely come into play frequently over the next two years, which could be some of the Foreign Relations Committee’s most intense in decades.