Republican health care bill fails the Jimmy Kimmel test. Again. stat : USA TODAY

But what made the Kimmel moment resonate was the juxtaposition of our hopes and needs as parents in the health care system with the stark reality of the Republicans' American Health Care Act. It is a privilege to have health care," she said, then added: "Do I believe it's a human right? Jimmy Kimmel (left) and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. (Photo: Randy Holmes, ABC, and Jonathan Bachman, Getty Images)Every so often, a "national moment" takes us out of our day-to-day and helps shape our national thinking. In one sign of the times, after Miss USA — Kara McCullough — called health care a privilege, there was such backlash that she soon softened her words.

Trump: Senate should use nuke option to pass health care and tax cuts

| Getty Trump: Senate should use nuke option to pass health care and tax cutsPresident Donald Trump called on the Senate on Tuesday to do away with its legislative filibuster, a move he said would enable the body to pass two pieces of legislation in order to dodge the 60-vote threshold. "The U.S. Senate should switch to 51 votes, immediately, and get Healthcare and TAX CUTS approved, fast and easy. Not one."On Tuesday, a spokesperson for McConnell said the majority leader agrees with Trump that the two pieces of legislation are needed. It would be the majority, right?" McConnell told reporters last April when asked about the prospect of undoing the legislative filibuster. "There's not a single senator in the majority who thinks we ought to change the legislative filibuster.


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