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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: McCain’t Gonna Happen

The Arizona senator announced that he could not “in good conscience” support the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill.
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In a move that could sink the latest Obamacare-repeal effort, Arizona Senator John McCain that he could not “in good conscience” support the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill. Two other Republicans, Senators Rand Paul and Susan Collins, have also signaled their opposition to the bill. The Department of Education the Obama administration’s guidelines on college sexual assault. Rescue operations in Mexico, four days after a powerful earthquake struck the country and killed at least 286 people. to Alabama to campaign alongside Senator Luther Strange ahead of the state’s Republican primary runoff for the seat previously occupied by Jeff Sessions.

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