Republicans surprised, disappointed after Obamacare repeal defeat

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Republican senators walked away from a narrow defeat of their effort to repeal Obamacare trying to figure out their next steps after a years-long effort collapsed early Friday morning.

The Senate voted 51-49 against a “skinny” repeal bill that gutted parts of Obamacare. The bill was expected to be a vehicle to start talks with the House on a final repeal bill, but now Republicans are going back to the drawing board with some talking of kick starting bipartisan talks.

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