Sen. Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - White House moves closer to Pelosi on virus relief bill Second GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GOP-led panel to hear from former official who said Burisma was not a factor in US policy MORE (R-Wis.) won't say if he has faith in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE (R-Ky.) over his handling of Medicaid, according to CNN's Manu Raju.

Wow - Sen. Ron Johnson WON'T say if he has faith in McConnell as leader, citing his handling of Medicaid, per @tedbarrettcnn @ryanobles — Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 18, 2017

Johnson said he’s been frustrated by the secretive process that led to the current bill and McConnell’s efforts to emphasize different parts of the bill to gain the votes of various factions in the party.

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Johnson called it a “breach of trust” when McConnell said that some of the proposed cuts to Medicaid expansion were scheduled so far in the future that they might never happen.

“This was the Senate’s responsibility,” Johnson told NBC News. “I tried to encourage my colleagues in leadership to follow that process but we followed a political process and it hasn’t been particularly successful.”

The current bill lacks enough votes from the GOP majority to pass after several Republican senators said they would vote against the legislation.