Senate Bill Hits Wall As Lee, Moran Come Out Against Motion To Proceed

July 17, 2017 at 9:03 PM
The Senate GOP's health plan overhaul efforts hit a wall late Monday (July 17) when two additional GOP Senators -- Mike Lee (UT) and Jerry Moran (KS) -- reportedly said that they could not vote for a motion to proceed to debate. Earlier in the day, the bill was in a “holding pattern,” according to Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), as Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) absence, due to recovering from surgery, has complicated the path for the GOP to pass the...

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