{"id":169930,"date":"2017-07-28T11:43:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=169930"},"modified":"2017-07-28T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T20:02:30","slug":"senate-fails-skinny-repeal-defunded-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/senate-fails-skinny-repeal-defunded-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Senate fails to pass ‘skinny repeal’ that would have defunded Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the middle of the night, the U.S. Senate embarked and failed on its latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare) and defund abortion giant Planed Parenthood. The effort was referred to as “skinny repeal.”<\/p>\n

The vote came in at about one o’clock in the morning, with Vice President Mike Pence also present in case his tie-breaking vote was necessary. The vote was a last-ditch effort of sorts, as the Senate had successfully voted to move forward in debate on the ACA<\/a>, thanks to Pence’s vote, but had failed in an earlier vote<\/a> to repeal the ACA.<\/p>\n

The latest vote failed due to Democratic senators \u2013 including those who previously appeared open to voting to defund Planned Parenthood (including Joe Manchin of West Virginia<\/a>, who had done so previously) \u2013 but also due to Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and John McCain of Arizona. McCain’s vote was of particular surprise, with audible gasps heard in the Senate chambers, as he had voted in 2015 to repeal the ACA and defund Planned Parenthood. McCain also ran as a pro-life candidate against pro-abortion President Obama in 2008. Despite his pro-life claims, the Senate’s effort was defeated by McCain’s one vote.<\/p>\n