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Statements by Senator John McCain on Voting “No” on “Skinny Repeal”

by ECT

On Thursday, the Senate failed to pass an amendment which would have repealed a portion of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The bill failed in a 49-51 vote, it needed 50 votes to pass.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) joined Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska who voted against it. Republicans released the Plan only hours before the vote.

Here is the statement from John McCain:

Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on voting “no” on the so-called “skinny repeal” of Obamacare:

“From the beginning, I have believed that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced with a solution that increases competition, lowers costs, and improves care for the American people. The so-called ‘skinny repeal’ amendment the Senate voted on today would not accomplish those goals. While the amendment would have repealed some of Obamacare’s most burdensome regulations, it offered no replacement to actually reform our health care system and deliver affordable, quality health care to our citizens. The Speaker’s statement that the House would be ‘willing’ to go to conference does not ease my concern that this shell of a bill could be taken up and passed at any time.

“I’ve stated time and time again that one of the major failures of Obamacare was that it was rammed through Congress by Democrats on a strict-party line basis without a single Republican vote. We should not make the mistakes of the past that has led to Obamacare’s collapse, including in my home state of Arizona where premiums are skyrocketing and health care providers are fleeing the marketplace. We must now return to the correct way of legislating and send the bill back to committee, hold hearings, receive input from both sides of aisle, heed the recommendations of nation’s governors, and produce a bill that finally delivers affordable health care for the American people. We must do the hard work our citizens expect of us and deserve.”

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2 comments

Dirty Harry Jul 29, 2017 - 9:44 pm

Time for you to go away McCain. You are a Democrat in a Repbulican Suit. A Disgrace to the GOP!

Dmitri Jul 31, 2017 - 7:52 am

White power! I mean, GOP power!

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