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Headline Roundup July 17th, 2017

Senate Delays Healthcare Vote

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced the scheduled Better Care Act vote would be delayed indefinitely because of McCain's absence.

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Trumpcare vote delayed while McCain recovers from surgery
Trumpcare vote delayed while McCain recovers from surgery

Daily Kos

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While Sen. John McCain remains in Arizona recovering from Friday's craniotomy, surgery to remove a 5 cm blood clot from above his left eye, business will not go on as usual in Washington. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has to have every Republican senator voting to have a prayer of passing Trumpcare, has postponed the vote for the week or two (more likely two) that McCain's recovery will take.

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Senate delays healthcare vote as McCain recovers from surgery
Senate delays healthcare vote as McCain recovers from surgery

Reuters

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The U.S. Senate will delay its consideration of healthcare legislation while Arizona Republican Senator John McCain recuperates from surgery, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced over the weekend.

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Health Care Setback: Senate Vote Delayed After McCain's Surgery
Health Care Setback: Senate Vote Delayed After McCain's Surgery

CBN

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Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced the scheduled Better Care Act vote would be delayed indefinitely because of McCain's absence.

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