WASHINGTON—The Senate on Dec. 11 rejected a pair of competing health care measures aimed at addressing expiring Obamacare subsidies.
Both procedural votes ran largely along party lines, with neither proposal gaining the 60 votes needed to advance in the chamber.
The GOP plan, pitched as an alternative to the expiring subsidies, failed to advance in a 51–48 vote. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone Republican who voted against the measure.
The Democratic plan to extend the expiring subsidies for three years was similarly rejected in a 51–48 vote. Four Republicans—Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)—voted for the Democratic bill….
Senate Rejects Dueling Health Care Bills Tackling Expiring Obamacare Subsidies
