Senate Republicans Can't Get Enough Backing For Their Health Bill So They Delayed The Vote

A fifth Senator refused to support the draft bill as written earlier Tuesday.

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Senate Republican leaders, lacking enough support to pass their Obamacare repeal and replace bill draft, have delayed their vote on the measure until after they return for a weeklong July 4 recess.

The move came after more than six Republican senators said they could not support the health care draft bill as written. GOP leadership was pushing hard for a vote this week, arguing that it would only get harder to pass the bill the longer members wait.

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Paul McLeod is a politics reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC.

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