After some uncertainty about whether GOP leaders would indeed have the votes to proceed on Saturday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), two holdouts on provisions in the legislation cutting Medicaid, announced they were ready to move forward. But Tillis, a top Democratic target in next year’s Senate elections, said he couldn’t support Trump’s signature bill due to its negative impact on health care in North Carolina. Advertisement“I did my homework on behalf of North Carolinians, and I cannot support this bill in its current form,” Tillis said in a statement. The reading of the 940-page bill could take over 15 hours, delaying a vote on final passage.

Source: Huffington Post June 29, 2025 15:24 UTC