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Report: Trump Told Senators the Health-Care Bill Is Too ‘Mean’

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Allegedly asked GOP Senators to make their version “more generous.”

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The Associated Press reported Tuesday, based on congressional sources, that President Trump told Republican senators he feels the House version of the American Health Care Acts is “mean” and that the Senate version should be “more generous.” Sources said the president did not specify which aspects of the bill he disliked. Trump has been a strong proponent of the Republican-written legislation—celebrating its House passing with a Rose Garden ceremony—and the bill is now currently being redrafted in the Senate.

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