Senate Rejects Slimmed-Down Obamacare Repeal as McCain Votes No


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DATE: July 28, 2017, 2:13 p.m.

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  1. WASHINGTON — The Senate in the early hours of Friday morning rejected another, downsized Republican intend to cancel parts of the Affordable Care Act, wrecking the Republicans' seven-year crusade to destroy President Barack Obama's mark human services law and managing a gigantic political misfortune to President Trump.
  2. Congressperson John McCain of Arizona, who simply this week came back to the Senate subsequent to getting a finding of cerebrum disease, make the unequivocal choice to vanquish the proposition, joining two different Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, in restricting it.
  3. The 49-to-51 vote was likewise an embarrassing mishap for the Senate lion's share pioneer, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who has sustained his notoriety for being an ace strategist and spent the most recent three months attempting to devise a cancelation charge that could win bolster from individuals from his council.
  4. The roll presently couldn't seem to be called, yet the non-verbal communication proposed that the Trump organization had flopped in its push to flip the Arizona congressperson whom President Trump hailed on Tuesday as an "American legend.''
  5. Numerous legislators declared their votes in blasting voices. Mr. McCain discreetly flagged his vote with a thumbs-down motion. He later offered a clarification on Twitter:

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