Paul blocks McConnell from setting up defense bill vote
By Max Greenwood - 07/28/17 09:37 AM EDT
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) request early Friday morning for the chamber to advance the annual defense funding bill.
McConnell made the request in the immediate aftermath of the Senate's rejection of a scaled-back bill to repeal parts of the Affordable Care, asking for unanimous consent to proceed to the defense legislation.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who rejected Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) request on Thursday to pause the healthcare debate and move on to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), said after the healthcare vote that he would let the bill move forward.
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