Democrats say Trump judicial nominee would destroy pre-existing condition protections
Senate Democrats are framing Tuesday's vote for President Trump's latest judicial nominee as an attack against healthcare protections for pre-existing illnesses.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democrats said at a press conference that anyone who votes to confirm the nominee, Chad Readler, to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio, is not committed to upholding Obamacare's rules on pre-existing conditions.
Senators who said they were committed to the protections but then vote to confirm Readler were "committing hypocrisy," Schumer said. Senate Democrats have said their party will unite to oppose Readler. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced Tuesday afternoon that she plans to join them. But if Collins is the only Republican to oppose, Senate Democrats will still be three votes short in their quest to defeat Readler's nomination.
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