Senate Republicans pull plug on Graham-Cassidy Obamacare overhaul effort

Published September 26, 2017 6:05pm ET



Senate Republicans will not vote on a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare this week, extinguishing the chances of passing the measure by a Sept. 30 deadline that would have allowed the GOP to avert a filibuster by the Democrats.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pulled the plug on the effort a day after a third Republican came out against the legislation, authored by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., which would have replaced Obamacare funding with a block grant system that would have let states control both the fate and funding of the embattled healthcare law.

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