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Article snippet: Constituents took advantage of Fourth of July celebrations to lobby Republican senators on healthcare, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The holiday was one of the few opportunities constituents had to publicly address lawmakers about healthcare, a topic that has dominated the legislative agenda in recent weeks. Sen. MORE (R-Maine) said she heard constituents asking her if she’ll vote for the Republican bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare called the Better Care Reconciliation Act. “I heard, over and over again, encouragement for my stand against the current version of the Senate and House healthcare bills,” Collins told The Post. “People were thanking me, over and over again. ‘Thank you, Susan!’ ‘Stay strong, Susan!’ ” Collins was one of several GOP senators who said she would block the first draft of the legislation from moving forward. Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Texas) both faced protestors at events they were holding in their home states, according to the Post. Cruz told the Texas Tribune that the protestors were “a small group of people on the left who right now are very angry.” McConnell largely avoided the crowd as they were blocked from entering the event he was attending, but called ObamaCare “a disaster” in a video from the Louisville Courier-Journal. Sen. MORE (R-Nev.) who has openly opposed the first draft of the legislation, was met at a parade in his home state by constituents who were urging him to vote for the new bill, according to The ... Link to the full article to read more