The Republican push to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, appears to have collapsed after Senator Susan Collins of Maine announced that she would not be voting for the bill.
“Collins joined Rand Paul of Kentucky and John McCain of Arizona in pledging to vote against the bill, leaving only 49 votes,” says The Guardian. “At least 50 Republican senators would be needed for the bill to pass with the aid of the casting vote of Mike Pence, the vice-president.”
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