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Posted: Monday, January 01, 2018 12:28 PM
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Plan To Repeal Bulk Of Obama Care Fails In Senate Wednesday 55-45
A conservative-backed plan to repeal the bulk of ObamaCare and give lawmakers a two-year window to replace the struggling health law failed on a Senate vote Wednesday afternoon.

The vote was 45-55.

The so-called “straight repeal” amendment would have given senators two years to come up with a replacement. The measure failed on the heels of another sweeping ObamaCare overhaul amendment failing overnight.

The votes highlight the difficulty Republican senators are having trying to hammer out an actual replacement plan, even after advancing a core bill to debate in a dramatic vote on Tuesday.