Though one of the bill’s biggest conservative appeals was cuts to Medicaid expansion, Mr. McConnell allegedly told moderate senators that the cuts were scheduled so far in the future that they would never take effect, which conservative Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., described as a “significant breach of trust.”
In his statement announcing he would not support a motion to debate the bill, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, called out party leadership for not including more senators in the bill’s drafting process, and called for “an open legislative process.” Sen. Jon McCain, R-Ariz., suggested similar measures.
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