‘Skinny repeal’ fails, next steps uncertain

Twenty hours of tense debate among the U.S. senators ended with the rejection of the “skinny repeal” bill — a major setback to President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, sided with Democrats to oppose the legislation, which failed by a vote to 49 to 51.

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