Republicans keep voting for bills they say they don't like

In some cases, GOP members of Congress have said legislation they supported will need to be fixed down the road. In others, they've backed off explicit threats to vote "no."

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after he cast a decisive vote to pass a sweeping domestic policy bill that cuts Medicaid by about $1 trillion, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill to repeal some of those cuts.

“Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect,” Hawley said in a statement.

It sparked mockery from the normally mild-mannered Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who posted on X: “Just so I’m clear… he’s introducing a bill….to repeal the bill… he voted for….two weeks ago?”

Hawley said he feared the party's megabill would cause long-term harm if the Medicaid cuts are fully implemented, but still voted for it because it will deliver more hospital money for Missouri in the first four years.

“You can’t get everything you want in one piece of legislation. I like a lot of what we did. I don’t like some of it,” he told reporters after unveiling his own measure on Tuesday.