Mitch McConnell says he will hold a vote to proceed on ObamaCare repeal 'early next week'

Mitch McConnell.
(Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The latest ObamaCare repeal plan from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is facing sharp opposition from several Republican senators, but on Tuesday evening, McConnell said he's still going to hold a vote "early next week."

McConnell said he's forcing the vote, which will put senators on the record even if the outcome is already known, at the "request of the president and vice president and after consulting with our members," Politico reports. McConnell proposed the idea to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act without replacing it on Monday night, after his Senate GOP health-care bill to repeal and replace crumbled when four GOP senators said they would vote no, leaving McConnell short the necessary votes.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.