Why a Republican Senator Wanted a Vote on Single-Payer Health Care
The amendment failed to pass on Thursday afternoon, after no lawmakers voted for it.
The Senate voted down a single-payer health care amendment introduced by Republican Senator Steve Daines on Thursday, in a political gambit aimed at putting Senate Democrats on the record on a divisive issue. The amendment failed to pass after no lawmakers from either party voted for it. Fifty-seven Senators voted against the amendment, while 43 voted simply “present.”
Daines’s amendment was far from a true test for it, giving Senate Democrats cover to reject the amendment as a political ploy.
