Republican Susan Collins of Maine late Monday said she would vote against a key procedural step, joining Rand Paul of Kentucky and Dean Heller of Nevada.
Senate leaders released a slightly revised version of their health care bill Monday as Mitch McConnell tries to win over enough holdouts to pass the measure, with at least six Republicans signaling opposition.
The Senate can only stand to lose two votes in the Senate if they want to pass the American Health Care Act. Will the GOP be able to please the holdouts before a possible vote next week?
So far, Democrats have had a tough time getting their message out as the Russia investigations are dominating news coverage and reporters are talking primarily to Republicans in a health debate that relies only on their votes.
Some Senate Republicans have complained that even though House Republicans considered their bill in open committee meetings, there were no public hearings to hear outside views.
Before the failure of the House bill in March, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had talked of taking it up and passing it in a week.
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