Mitch McConnell Forced To Delay Vote On Republican Health Bill
BREAKING…
Senate Republican leaders have abruptly decided to delay a vote on their Obamacare repeal bill.
According to reports, Republicans are now planning to delay the vote to take up the bill until after the July 4 recess.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lacking votes, Senate GOP leaders abruptly delay vote on health care bill until after July 4th recess.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 27, 2017
Republican leadership in the Senate had been insisting for weeks on a vote before the July 4 recess.
Republicans faced major defections from members of their own party after the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis finding that 22 million people will lose their health insurance.
As of Tuesday morning, five Republican Senators had announced their opposition: Rand Paul (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine), Dean Heller (Nevada), Mike Lee (Utah) and Ron Johnson (Wis.).
This story is developing…
