Sunday Show Preview: Washington recovers from healthcare fallout in the Senate

The Senate this week saw the dramatic end to Republican efforts to fulfill a seven-year campaign promise to repeal and replace ObamaCare, leaving lawmakers questioning what’s next for healthcare. 

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) shocked Republicans and Democrats by voting alongside Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to oppose the bare bones “skinny” repeal of ObamaCare, which was put forth by Senate leadership earlier this month.

Lawmakers from both parties are now asking what’s next for healthcare.

It’s a question Collins could address on CNN’s “State of the Union” and NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where she is set to appear Sunday.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who played a large role lobbying members of Congress to support the bill, including McCain, could also tackle that question when he makes the rounds on ABC’s “This Week” and “Meet the Press.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)  said after the vote that it was “time to move on” on healthcare, adding that now it’s “appropriate to ask [of Democrats] what are their ideas?”

{mosads}“I regret that our efforts were simply not enough this time. Now, I imagine many of our colleagues on the other side are celebrating,” he said early Friday morning. “Now I think it’s appropriate to ask, what are their ideas? It’ll be interesting to see what they suggest as the way forward.”

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi opened the door to working with Republicans on Friday night, saying that during Democratic town halls across the country, Americans voiced approval of some aspects of the Senate GOP’s “Better Care and Reconciliation Act” (BCRA), such as the desire for market stabilization.

She will appear on “Fox News Sunday.”

Outgoing White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, who also made news Friday after President Trump fired him from his post, said in an interview with CNN that he does not believe the healthcare debate is over.

Priebus suggested Republicans should take a look at an amendment proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) which would convert money that is being spent on ObamaCare coverage in to block grants for states, allowing states to decide how to spend the money.

Trump met with Graham on Friday to discuss the amendment.

Here is the full lineup for Sunday shows this week:

ABC’s “This Week”: Secretary Price will be discussing the recent healthcare fall out. Former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta is also slated to make an appearance, while Russian Deputy Foreign Minister will appear in light of news that Trump will soon enact new legislation imposing sanctions on Russia.

NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Price will join Collins and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on the show.

“Fox News Sunday”: The show will feature exclusive interviews with Pelosi and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), who has been an ardent critic of congressional Republican efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who has become a subject of the president’s wrath, and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will make appearances.

CNN’s “State of the Union”: Collins will be joined by her colleague Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the show. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) who spoke out against Trump’s chief of staff appointment Ret. Gen. John Kelly on Twitter will join the show’s panel, along with fellow Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)