The secret health bill is now up for debate;
And no one is certain what will be its fate.
If the CBO’s right
In its gloomy foresight,
The uninsured millions more won’t celebrate.
Filed under: health care, Mitch McConnell
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Reports are that it was forked, 43-57. McCain provided the 50th vote to start debate, and then stuck a knife in it.
You mention a "secret health bill." As Jack points out there doesn't seem to any longer be a health bill at all, secret or otherwise. McConnell seems to be flailing around trying to mold a piece of slime that will stick when he throws it against the wall.
And basically just a procedural stratagem. In the House,Roskam and Hultgren were quoted as saying that they didn't want to be the marginal Republicans blamed for not passing something, resulting in a 217-213 vote instead of a tie, and the Senate would fix it. Now the reports are that the Senate wants to move anything just to get it to a conference committee. It looks doubtful that the votes are there even to do that.
And the partial repeal plan, the second bill, just went down, 45 yes to 55 no. But McConnell is molding slime.