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Senate GOP Breaks Health-Care Promise to Keep Government Open

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Mitch McConnell bought Susan Collins’ vote on tax cuts by promising a vote on an Obamacare fix before year’s end. Facing a government shutdown, they caved to House conservatives.

Andrew Desiderio

Andrew Desiderio

Published Dec. 20 2017 2:56PM EST

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The writing was on the wall for weeks, but Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Wednesday backed off of her push for a bipartisan Obamacare stabilization package that was threatening

Andrew Desiderio

Andrew Desiderio

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