Month: July 2017

No Republican politician would admit this in public but it’s fairly obvious that even a clean repeal sans replacement is no longer an option. But it became quickly apparent that GOP leaders, who were caught off guard by defections of their members Monday night, lacked the votes to abolish parts of the 2010 law outright. Three centrist Republican senators — Susan Collins (Maine), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — all said they would oppose any vote to proceed with an immediate repeal of the law. (Washington Post) All three Senators announced their opposition via the medium...