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| Republicans oppose healthcare plans leaving party without majority | Republicans oppose healthcare plans leaving party without majority |
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| Two more Republican senators say they oppose their party's replacement for President Obama's health reforms, leaving leaders short of a majority. | Two more Republican senators say they oppose their party's replacement for President Obama's health reforms, leaving leaders short of a majority. |
| Mike Lee and Jerry Moran both announced they could not support the bill in its current form. | Mike Lee and Jerry Moran both announced they could not support the bill in its current form. |
| Republicans hold 52 seats in the 100-member Senate, and with two other Republicans already against the bill they could not afford more desertions. | Republicans hold 52 seats in the 100-member Senate, and with two other Republicans already against the bill they could not afford more desertions. |
| President Donald Trump made repealing Obamacare a key campaign pledge. | |
| The current plan retains key Obamacare taxes on the wealthy, while allowing insurers to offer less coverage and imposing sharp cuts to healthcare for the poor. | |
| The two senators simultaneously announced their opposition to the planned reforms. | The two senators simultaneously announced their opposition to the planned reforms. |
| While saying there were "serious problems" with Obamacare, Mr Moran said "we should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy". | While saying there were "serious problems" with Obamacare, Mr Moran said "we should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy". |
| Republican leaders and the White House were left with just a few options: try to rewrite the plan, engage in a bipartisan effort to address the flaws recognised by both parties or abandon it altogether and focus on other key issues, such as tax reform. | |
| But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would try to pass a repeal of Obamacare with a two-year delay implementation that would provide a "stable transition period" to a new legislation. | |
| Reacting to what is being seen as a significant setback, Mr Trump urged Republicans to repeal the "failing Obamacare now and work on a new healthcare plan" that would draw support from Democrats. | Reacting to what is being seen as a significant setback, Mr Trump urged Republicans to repeal the "failing Obamacare now and work on a new healthcare plan" that would draw support from Democrats. |
| Democrats have said they will not co-operate to repeal Obamacare, but that they can work in a bipartisan way to improve it. | |
| Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer said on Twitter: "This second failure of Trumpcare is proof positive that the core of this bill is unworkable." | |
| A similar version of the bill was approved by the House of Representatives in May, but analysts predicted a more turbulent process in the Senate, given the different positions. | |
| Two other Republican senators, Rand Paul and Susan Collins, had already announced their opposition to the bill. | |
| Congress has been delaying its summer holiday in a bid to overturn former President Barack Obama's 2010 legislation. | Congress has been delaying its summer holiday in a bid to overturn former President Barack Obama's 2010 legislation. |