GOP Revises Obamacare Repeal Bill Likely Headed for Defeat

  • McConnell has to decide whether to hold vote on health bill
  • Enough Republicans appear to oppose the measure to block it

McCain to Oppose Graham-Cassidy Health Bill

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Senators sponsoring a last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill raced to save it from near-certain death Sunday, circulating a new version aimed at winning over several GOP holdouts.

Some of the changes, which come as Republicans face a Sept. 30 deadline to pass the measure, were designed to appeal to moderate holdouts like Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, while others appeared tailored to lure conservative skeptics like Rand Paul of Kentucky.