The Senate's plan to repeal Obamacare without a replacement failed — but the debate carries on

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July 26, 2017 2:54 PM

The Senate already voted down one proposal. Debate on other plans will pick up Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), speaks with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill.

Senate Republicans finished up day two of their debate on their efforts to reshape the US health care system on Wednesday night, with an unsuccessful vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The debate has started shifting toward a "skinny repeal" bill, which would repeal certain aspects of the ACA. If passed, it could lead to the House and Senate working together to compromise on one final bill.

The debate began earlier Tuesday, and the Senate has 20 hours of legislative time to debate, time that's split equally between Democrats and Republicans, and some of which was used on Tuesday.

Wednesday night — A CBO score for the skinny bill, and Senate is adjourned.

On Wednesday evening, the Senate continued with debate on the health care plan as new details about what that might look like came in.

The Congressional Budget Office came out with a report on the so-called "skinny repeal" plan. It found that

6:10 p.m. - Senate has another set of votes.

At 6:10 p.m., the Senate held two votes: one motion to commit from Sen. Bob Casey, which if it passes would send the bill back to the Senate Finance Committee, and the other, an amendment from Sen. Dean Heller.

The short "Sense of the Senate" amendment is meant to show that senators are committed to Medicaid, the government

4:30 p.m. - Senate votes against Donnelly motion.

4 p.m. - Vote to repeal Obamacare without a replacement fails.

In a vote Wednesday, the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act wasn't able to get the simple majority it needed, with 45 voting in favor and 55 against. In total, seven Republican senators voted against the repeal-only plan: Senators Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Shelley Moore Capito, Rob Portman, Lamar Alexander, Lisa Murkowski, and John McCain.

The Senate has so far voted against two health care bills.

3:30 p.m. - Senate holds votes on amendments to the House health care bill.

The first has to do with

1:10 p.m. - Senator Joe Donnelly introduces his motion to strip the bill of its Medicaid provisions.

The second vote that's happening this afternoon will be on Donnelly's motion. The motion would send the bill back to the Senate Finance Committee to take out the provisions that cut Medicaid, end the Medicaid expansion, or shift costs toward states.

12:15 p.m. - Senate pushes back vote on repeal-only bill.

The bill will now be voted on at 3:30 p.m.

11 a.m. - Debate ahead of vote on Obamacare repeal bill focuses on "skinny repeal."

During the morning debate session, Democrats were the main voices on the floor. The senators, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Christopher Murphy of Connecticut used their time to attack a last-ditch effort to get a bill passed. The so-called

9:30 a.m. - Debate continues.

After a recess following Tuesday night's vote on "Trumpcare 3.0," a revised version of the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act, debate has resumed in the Senate. Up first on Wednesday should be the repeal-only bill.

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