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Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) said Obamacare should be repealed and a replacement should be worked on later if Republicans can't pass a bill to replace it, the Hill reported.
Sasse said if there wasn't any bill passed by July 10, he would write a letter to President Trump to suggest repealing first, then replacing.
"To date, we've been trying to do those two things at once and not been making enough progress," Sasse said on Fox and Friends. "I still hope that process can work, but most people are leaving D.C. today to go home for the Fourth of July weekend."
"Every Republican except one has already voted for repeal in the past," said Sasse. "Let's do that first, if we can't do them together."
"Let's do as much repeal as we can," he said. "And then let's ask the president to cancel our August 8 work period, and then stay here and work on replace separate."
The current Senate health care bill designed to replace Obamacare lacks the support of nine Republican senators who said they won't vote for it. The bill can only afford to lose two Republican votes with their current 52-48 majority.
