GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill Fails In Dramatic Late Night Senate Vote
The Senate dealt a devastating setback to the Republican seven year efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare legislation, the Affordable Care Act – Obamacare. On a vote of 49 YEA – 51 NO the GOP’s “skinny repeal” bill was defeated. Republican Senators John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined with Democrats to oppose the measure.
Washington Post
July 28, 2017 – The latest effort to redraw the ACA failed after Sen. John McCain’s decision to side with two other Republicans against President Trump and GOP leaders. The Arizona Republican, diagnosed with brain cancer last week, returned to Washington on Tuesday and delivered a stirring address calling for a bipartisan approach to overhauling the ACA, while criticizing the process that produced the current legislation.