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Republicans fail again to kill off Obamacare in US Senate

Wednesday, 27 September 2017 3:13 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 27 September 2017 3:13 AM ]

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) (L) listens to fellow panelists and witnesses during a hearing about the proposed Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill before the committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)

A Republican attempt to dismantle Obamacare fell apart in the US Senate on Tuesday for the second time in two months in a serious defeat for President Donald Trump's domestic agenda.

The party was unable to win enough support from its own senators for a bill to repeal the 2010 healthcare law and decided not to put it to a vote, several Republicans said.

The latest failure to carry through on a seven-year effort to roll back the 2010 healthcare law is an embarrassing setback for Republicans. Trump vowed frequently in the 2016 election campaign to scrap Obamacare, the signature domestic policy of his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.

The Republicans may now struggle to achieve any major domestic policy successes in Congress this year, and they could be punished for it by voters at the November 2018 midterm elections.

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