2 more Republican senators say they won't support GOP health-care bill


Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced Monday night they will not support the motion to proceed on the current version of the Republicans' health-care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act.
Moran released a statement saying "we should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy," while Lee said he won't back the BCRA because it does not repeal "all of the ObamaCare taxes, it doesn't go far enough in lowering premiums for middle class families, nor does it create enough free space from the most costly ObamaCare regulations." Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have already come out as "no" votes.
The vote was postponed due to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) needing to recover from surgery, and now, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) does not have the votes to pass the bill.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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