NBC News: “Five Republican senators facing tough re-election races voted for a Democratic-led bill Thursday to block the Trump administration from supporting a lawsuit to overturn Obamacare. The senators include Susan Collins of Maine, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Martha McSally of Arizona, and Dan Sullivan of Alaska.”
“Alaska’s other senator, Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who doesn’t face voters until 2022, also voted with Democrats on the measure. The legislation, offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., received 51 votes — short of the 60 needed to advance, due to overwhelming GOP opposition. Among the Republican senators who voted against it were Thom Tillis of North Carolina and David Perdue of Georgia, who all face tough re-election bids and are running as staunch Trump allies. Collins and Murkowski are the only two sitting Republicans who voted against undoing Obamacare in 2017.”