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John McCain may once again sabotage the Senate bill to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The Arizona senator and former presidential candidate angered pro-life Americans earlier this year when he was a no vote on the previous reconciliation Bill to defund the nation’s biggest abortion company.
Now he is undecided on the latest version of the Planned Parenthood defunding bill, that also reveals portions of Obamacare. The Hill has more: McCain, whose thumbs-down in a July vote seemingly doomed Trump’s hopes of repealing ObamaCare, has been non-committal.
He’s focused on the Senate’s process, demanding regular order through hearings and amendments, and an effort at bipartisanship.
“I am not supportive of the bill yet,” he said Monday. “We’ll talk more about it. I’ll talk with my governor and all that. I want regular order.”McCain and Murkowski both face pressure from their governors.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, is backing the new Senate bill, while Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, opposes it.
McCain joined two probation Republicans to defeat the Senate bill that would defund Planned Parenthood. Called the skinny Bill to repeal portions of Obamacare, pro-life organizations and Senate Republican leaders hoped the bill would get enough votes to be able to land a repeal and defund measure on President Donald Trump’s desk.
But thanks to Senator John McCain the measure failed. Even though McCain frequently votes pro-life and has voted to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business in the past, he joined pro-abortion Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine along with 48 Democrats to kill the measure.According to the Washington Examiner, pro-life vice president Mike Pence was working with Senator McCain and the final hours leading up to the vote to no avail.
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