President Trump Praises Senate For Health Care Vote

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Updated July 25, 2017

Caitlin O'Keefe, Deborah Becker

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. walks from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as he steers the Senate toward a crucial vote on the Republican health care bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Trump and the prime minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri, held a joint press conference on Tuesday, after a meeting in the Oval Office and an expanded bilateral meeting. They discussed the fight against terrorism, ISIS, refugees and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Also on Tuesday, the Senate voted on a motion to proceed to begin the process of overhauling the Affordable Care Act. Two Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted against the motion, joining all of the Democratic senators. The vote resulted in a 50-50 tie, broken in favor of the Republican majority by Vice President Pence.

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Matt Viser, deputy Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe. He tweets @mviser.

This article was originally published on July 25, 2017.

This segment aired on July 25, 2017.

President Trump Praises Senate For Health Care Vote

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