Sen. Ron Johnson said “I’m not a ‘yes,’ yet” on the bill unveiled last week by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | Getty Sen. Johnson: No quick Senate vote on Obamacare overhaul

One of the Republican senators initially opposing legislation to overhaul Obamacare said he does not want a quick vote on the bill.

Sen. Ron Johnson, speaking Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press," said “I’m not a ‘yes,’ yet” on the bill unveiled last week by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Johnson is joined by Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Dean Heller in initial opposition to the bill.


“What I’d like to do is slow the process down, get the information, go through the problem-solving process, actually reduce these premiums that have artificially been driven up because of Obamacare mandates,” Johnson said.

“I would like to delay the thing,” he said. "There is no way we should be voting on this [this] week. … I have been encouraging leadership, the White House anybody I can talk to for quite some time, let’s not rush this process. Let’s have the integrity to show the American people what it is.”

Other Republicans said they are skeptical about a vote this week.

“I hate to say this, but I just don’t know whether the votes will be there by the end of the week,” Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) said on Fox News.

