U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine Fr. Mark Hodges
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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 26, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Senate Republicans decided today to scrap a vote on a proposed bill to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood.
At a Republican lunch meeting on Tuesday, party leadership determined that the necessary votes were not there to take advantage of the “reconciliation” process that required a simple majority for passage by September 30. The GOP failed to secure majority support in the U.S. Senate after Sen. Susan Collins of Maine effectively killed the bill when she announced her opposition Monday night, becoming the third GOP senator to say she would not vote for passage.
The bill, which President Donald Trump has promised to sign, had much stronger Republican support in the House than in the Senate. Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Rand Paul of Kentucky announced earlier that they would not vote for the plan.
“Why have a vote if you know what the outcome is and it’s not what you want. I don’t know what you gain from that. But I do believe that the health care issue is not dead, and that’s what
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