Senate rejects ObamaCare repeal, replacement amendment (Cruz Amendment)

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Senate rejects ObamaCare repeal, replacement amendment

 By Jordain Carney - 07/25/17 10:11 PM EDT   

The Senate rejected a key proposal repealing and replacing ObamaCare on Tuesday night, as senators start a days-long debate on healthcare.

Senators voted 43-57 on a procedural hurdle for the measure that included the GOP repeal and a replace bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, as well as proposals from GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rob Portman (Ohio).

GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Bob Corker (Tenn.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Dean Heller (Nev.), Mike Lee (Utah), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Rand Paul (Ky.) voted against the repeal-replace proposal on the procedural hurdle. No Democrats voted for it.
 
The proposal was the first amendment to get a vote after senators took up the House-passed healthcare bill, which is being used as a vehicle for any Senate action, earlier Tuesday.

But it was widely expected to fail because it needed 60 votes because the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) didn't analyze either the Cruz or Portman proposal that was packaged in with BCRA.

 Tuesday night's vote doesn't prevent GOP leadership from offering another repeal and replace amendment, or another version of BCRA.

It could also help GOP leadership get rank-and-file senators on the record, as they try to figure out a path forward.

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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/343823-senate-rejects-obamacare-repeal-replacement-amendment

[corbe]

   It actually got a VOTE.
   I owe the Kitty a donation of $40, @Emjay and @bilo are off the hook, as usual I was wrong.

   Donation DONE.

[corbe]

   Scaramucchi is on his way over to the White House to brief the President on this latest development, spotted under his arm:

[bilo]

   It actually got a VOTE.
   I owe the Kitty a donation of $40, @Emjay and @bilo are off the hook, as usual I was wrong.

   Donation DONE.

That's okay, I donated anyways. It's a good cause. @corbe

[corbe]

That's okay, I donated anyways. It's a good cause. @corbe

   Your a good MAN @bilo.
   Bandwidth is not cheap, I don't know how Myst does it without constant Briefathons running 11 months a year but I and many others here I know are very grateful that she does.

[Emjay]

   It actually got a VOTE.
   I owe the Kitty a donation of $40, @Emjay and @bilo are off the hook, as usual I was wrong.

   Donation DONE.

You offered to pay if it just got a vote??  I thought it had to pass for you to lose.  Well, I feel bad.

[Cyber Liberty]

Well, there's one Pubbie vote peeled off.   Good job Graham and Company.

[corbe]

You offered to pay if it just got a vote??  I thought it had to pass for you to lose.  Well, I feel bad.

   Yes @Emjay the bet was for a VOTE only, McConnell and Cornyn wouldn't even send it to the CBO to be scored, I Figured Mitch was just blowing smoke up Cruz's skirt and would strip it out at the earliest opportunity, never reaching the floor.