Article snippet: Three Republican senators have come out against Mitch McConnell's plan to repeal Obamacare, putting the brakes on second-ditch efforts to roll back the Obama administration's signature health care legislation. The revelation comes less than a day after four senators voiced opposition to the Senate majority leader's Plan A on health care, which would have both repealed the Affordable Care Act and replaced it with a bill crafted by Republicans. After Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Susan Collins, R-Maine and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, each said they would not support a motion to proceed on the efforts to repeal without a ready-made replacement, President Donald Trump said he would not take responsibility for the future of the current health care law -- a future he predicted would feature the law's failure, which he said Republicans should allow to happen. "Let Obamacare fail," said Trump at the White House. "It'll be a lot easier and I think we're probably in that position where we'll just let Obamacare fail. We're not going to own it. I'm not going to own it. I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it." On Tuesday night, however, McConnell announced that in consultation with the White House, the Senate will hold its vote to advance the House-passed health care bill "early next week." Following Monday night's collapse of the replacement plan originally touted by McConnell, Trump pointed the finger at Democrats and a “few Republicans" whil... Link to the full article to read more
Senate GOP lacks votes for Obamacare repeal, Trump says to let it fail - ABC News
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