The Senate Will Not Be Voting on Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill This Week

Per multiple reports this afternoon, the Senate won’t be voting on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill:

?No vote on Graham Cassidy?

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) September 26, 2017

Joint decision by Graham, Cassidy, and McConnell not to hold a vote per source

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) September 26, 2017

BREAKING: GOP sources: Senate Republicans will not vote this week on latest health care bill.

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 26, 2017

MCCONNELL tells GOP senators there’ll be no vote on Graham-Cassidy, sources tell @DanaBashCNN @Phil_Mattingly and me

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 26, 2017

Republicans had hoped to get the bill passed this week, but opposition from senators like John McCain dimmed their prospects.

Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy made comments to the press this afternoon about the decision, with Cassidy saying that they simply “don’t have the votes”:

BREAKING: Sen. Bill Cassidy announces Senate will not vote on Graham-Cassidy health care bill, cites lack of support https://t.co/jdSZ1CPYI6

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) September 26, 2017

Graham said that the plan is to “come back to this after taxes [tax reform]”:

‘We’re coming back to (health care) after taxes,” Sen. Graham says after GOP opposition tanks his health care bill https://t.co/Z5gpVVjNBP

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 26, 2017

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