New CBO analysis imperils GOP ObamaCare repeal

Several Senate Republicans said Monday that they would not back a procedural motion on legislation repealing and replacing ObamaCare after a Congressional Budget Office report found the bill would leave 22 million more people without insurance in the next decade.

The findings cast serious doubt on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) ability to get the measure through his chamber this week. McConnell can only afford to lose two votes, and four senators as of Monday night said they would not vote for a motion to proceed to the bill.

Even before the release of the CBO score, five GOP senators had said they would oppose the draft bill itself without changes.

A sixth GOP senator, Susan Collins (Maine), wrote on Twitter after the release of the CBO report that she would vote no on the motion to advance the bill.


http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/339573-new-cbo-analysis-imperils-gop-obamacare-repeal