The secret Republican health care bill is an affront to Enlightenment values. In Trump’s Washington, public business increasingly handled behind closed doors. Yes, Mitch McConnell’s secretive lawmaking is really unusual — in these 4 ways. “Trump does it w/ way more flair, but the case can be made that no one has violated more political norms in the last decade than McConnell”. Trump betraying all his health care promises is the biggest Trump scandal of all. This isn’t a Trump story; it’s about the cynicism and corruption of the whole congressional G.O.P. Senate Democrats try to gum up works over Affordable Care Act repeal. Liberal groups are teaming up to pressure GOP lawmakers on health care over summer recess. Democrats must pursue universal health care — they must also be smart about it.
