| J. Scott Applewhite/AP Protesters dragged out of Senate hearing on Obamacare repeal 
 
 A Senate hearing on the GOP’s Obamacare repeal bill was quickly disrupted by protests Monday afternoon, as Capitol Police dragged out a group of disability rights activists who interrupted the session. “No cuts to Medicaid, save our liberty,” the protesters chanted. Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images 
 
 Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, suspended the hearing for about 15 minutes while the demonstrators — some in wheelchairs — were dragged from the room. "If the hearing is going to devolve into a sideshow or a forum for simply putting partisan points on the board, there's absolutely no reason for us to be here," Hatch said. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the committee, complained that Republicans are trying to push through an inadequate bill to beat a deadline Saturday and avoid a Democratic filibuster. Those groups — along with Democrats and nearly the entire health care industry — have criticized the so-called Graham-Cassidy bill as unworkable and irresponsible, pointing to the mass coverage losses likely resulting from cutting hundreds of billions of dollars in federal health care funding. Colleen Flanagan of Boston and other activists in wheelchairs opposed to the GOP's Graham-Cassidy health care repeal bill are removed by U.S. Capitol Police after disrupting a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the last-ditch GOP push to overhaul the nation's health care system Monday. More than 200 protesters had lined up outside the hearing room hours before it started — many arrived as early as 6 a.m. 
 
 "If Medicaid is cut so dramatically, it will force people into institutions," said Bruce Darling, an organizer from New York with the disability rights group ADAPT, ahead of the hearing. NPR producer Barbara Sprunt contributed to this report.
– Protesters, including some in wheelchairs, were removed from a Senate hearing on the latest GOP bill to repeal ObamaCare Monday afternoon, Mother Jones reports. Politico says they were "dragged out" by Capitol Police. Demonstrators, who were organized by the disability rights group ADAPT and most of whom were in wheelchairs or had disabilities, were protesting against the Graham-Cassidy health care bill's proposed cuts to Medicaid; the group of almost 20 forced Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch to suspend the hearing for about 15 minutes and order the protesters to "shut up." Hatch later said that he understands why the protesters feel so strongly about the issue, but "if the hearing is going to devolve into a sideshow … there’s no reason for us to be here." A full day of protests was planned against the repeal bill Monday, including protests from women's health groups, patient advocacy groups, and other progressive groups. Hundreds of demonstrators waited outside the hearing room, booing Republican senators as they entered for the first and only scheduled session on the bill. NPR reports that Senate Republicans must act on the bill by Saturday due to special rules regarding filibusters, but the bill is still in danger of falling short of the votes it needs to pass.