{"id":1868,"date":"2017-09-25T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/25\/dnc-on-mike-pence-campaigning-for-luther-strange\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:22:00","slug":"dnc-on-mike-pence-campaigning-for-luther-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-mike-pence-campaigning-for-luther-strange\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Mike Pence Campaigning for Luther Strange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ahead of Mike Pence&rsquo;s visit to Birmingham, Alabama to campaign for Senator Luther Strange, DNC Spokesperson Francisco Pelayo released the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Mike Pence descends on Alabama to campaign for Senator Luther Strange, his visit serves as a reminder that Senate Republicans, including Strange, support the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson health care repeal bill, which would reduce access to care, open the door for insurers to increase premiums for people with pre-existing conditions, and remove guaranteed coverage for essential health benefits. Strange is part of the Washington swamp and just last week Donald Trump commended Strange for his &lsquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/22\/politics\/trump-alabama-trip-senate-race\/index.html\">loyalty<\/a>&rsquo; to the Republican repeal effort that would <a href=\"http:\/\/avalere.com\/expertise\/managed-care\/insights\/graham-cassidy-heller-johnson-bill-would-reduce-federal-funding-to-sta\">cut<\/a> funding to Alabama by billions Trump, Pence and Strange should put party politics aside and instead work with Democrats toward<s>s<\/s> bipartisan solutions that expand health care coverage for all Americans.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Mike Pence&rsquo;s visit to Birmingham, Alabama to campaign for Senator Luther Strange, DNC Spokesperson Francisco Pelayo released the following statement: &ldquo;As Mike Pence descends on Alabama to campaign for Senator Luther Strange, his visit serves as a reminder that Senate Republicans, including Strange, support the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson health care repeal bill, which would reduce <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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