Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Friday, May 5, 2017. Have a great weekend!
All 11 of Illinois’s Democratic congressmen voted against the Obamacare repeal; all seven GOP members voted yes
All 11 Democratic members of Congress from Illinois voted against the controversial Republican bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act Thursday, which passed by a vote of 217-213. All seven of the state’s Republican Congressmen voted for it. “If we do nothing, insurers will continue to exit the marketplace and millions of people will lose coverage,” suburban Republican congressman Peter Roskam said in a statement. Not all of the state’s Republicans were in full support of the bill. Governor Bruce Rauner said it “continues to be of deep concern.” [Tribune]
