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Senate Republicans Put Off Health-Care Vote

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bowed to mounting opposition and abandoned a vote planned for this week on legislation to overhaul Obamacare.
Source: Carolyn Kaster / AP

Senate Republican leaders have abandoned plans to vote on legislation overhauling the Affordable Care Act this week, bowing to opposition within their own party and demands from several senators for more time to consider the bill.

According to , Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republicans during a lunch meeting Tuesday that he would put off a vote until after a

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