Senate GOP Leaders Delay Health Care Vote Until After July 4 Recess

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Updated June 27, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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Lacking votes, Senate GOP leaders have abruptly delayed a vote on their health care bill until after the July 4 recess.

NPR's Scott Horsley (@HorsleyScott) joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss where the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act stands.

With reporting from The Associated Press

This article was originally published on June 27, 2017.

This segment aired on June 27, 2017.

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