GOP Dissent Emerges On McConnell’s Plan For Vote On 2015 ACA Repeal Bill

July 18, 2017 at 1:18 PM
Following the Senate GOP leadership’s second failure to proceed with a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s hours-old plan to instead move the GOP’s 2015 reconciliation bill that repealed Obamacare now appears dead as well, with three GOP senators saying Tuesday (July 18) they would vote against the repeal measure. Senate Republicans Lisa Murkowski (AK), Susan Collins (ME) and Shelley Capito (WV) announced they would vote against the 2015 bill. Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX)...


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