A handful of protesters were removed by police from the hallways of a U.S. Senate office building on Wednesday, after boisterously chanting their opposition to a Republican healthcare bill now under consideration at the Senate.
About half a dozen protesters had been chanting inside the Washington offices of Republican Senator for Pennsylvania, Patrick Toomey before staging a small sit-in in front of his office at the Russell Senate Office Building.
Senate Republican leaders faced calls from critics within the party on Wednesday for major changes, rather than mere tinkering to a major healthcare bill, if they are to salvage their effort to repeal major parts of the Obamacare law.
In a big setback to the seven-year Republican quest to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday abandoned plans to get the bill passed this week.
Reuters
