HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “On a swing through western Iowa this week, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley told constituents he is committed to working in a bipartisan way when Congress returns next month to provide storm relief, stabilize the health-care system and fund the government without drama.
It is a message that has resonated with many voters as Mr. Grassley tours the state during Congress’s August recess. It comes as President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, has criticized lawmakers in his own party and said this month that he is willing to risk a government shutdown if the GOP-controlled Congress declines to appropriate money for additional border fencing between the U.S. and Mexico…
Other lawmakers around the country have been greeted with similar appeals to those that Mr. Grassley heard this week about easing gridlock and making the government work. Whether that will lead to a fresh wave of bipartisanship remains to be seen as Congress gets back to work in September…
He said he was encouraged by a bipartisan Senate bill aimed at trying to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s insurance markets, a contrast to Mr. Trump’s warnings that he might withhold payments that insurers say they need to offer policies under the law. And Mr. Grassley urged Mr. Trump not to do anything to precipitate a shutdown of the federal government…
A White House spokeswoman didn’t respond to a request to comment.”
-Bryron Tau, “Voters Urge Bipartisanship as Congress Returns to Washington,” The Wall Street Journal online, Aug. 30, 2017 06:35pm