Health care holdout Heller attends Trump re-election fundraiser
WASHINGTON — A $10 million fundraiser to aid the re-election of President Donald Trump was attended by Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, one of a group of lawmakers whose opposition doomed a Senate vote on the repeal and replacement of Obamacare this week.
Heller was part of a small group of Republican lawmakers who attended the soiree Wednesday night at Trump International Hotel.
Opposition to the Senate health care bill’s cuts to Medicaid and Medicaid expansion led Heller to publicly say he would oppose the bill, which was pulled from floor consideration this week when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deemed a lack of support for a procedural vote to advance the legislation.
Trump did not single out Heller during the fundraiser, but Steve Wynn, a Las Vegas casino owner and the Republican National Committee finance chairman, jabbed the Nevada senator in remarks that urged GOP lawmakers to pass the bill, according to the Associated Press.
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