The Senate just killed the GOP's last-resort Obamacare repeal plan

In the wee hours of Friday morning, the Senate voted against a "skinny repeal" bill, which would have repealed certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act. If passed, it was geared toward the House and Senate working together to compromise on one final bill.

The legislation's failure followed days of activity in the Senate, including a flurry of action Thursday.

Check out our recap of the day's action below.

1:37 a.m. - The Senate just voted down the GOP's "skinny repeal" plan.

The vote to take up the Health Care Freedom Act instead of the House healthcare bill failed early Friday, with 49 voting in favor and 51 voting against. Republican senators John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins voted against the plan.

1:30 a.m. - Senator John McCain votes no on the "skinny repeal" plan.

Senator John McCain is a key vote for the Republicans. While he voted "yes" on a version of the Republican repeal-and-replace plan, he also voted against the repeal-without-replacement plan.

McCain was joined by Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins in voting against the "skinny repeal" plan.

1:25 a.m. - Senate votes down a motion to send the bill back to the HELP Committee.

11 p.m. - CBO says "skinny repeal" bill will leave 16 million more Americans without health insurance.

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10 p.m. - Senate Republicans release their last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare.

After hours of debate, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced an 8-page plan, called the

9:50 p.m. - Senate passes Heller amendment.

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9 p.m. - Senate votes down a motion to send the bill back to the Finance Committee.

7:45 p.m. Senator Dean Heller introduces amendment to repeal "Cadillac tax."

Senator Dean Heller of Nevada, who has been a key vote on the Senate healthcare plan, on Thursday introduced an amendment that would repeal the ACA's "Cadillac Tax." The "Cadillac tax" places a tax on high-end healthcare plans in an attempt to keep healthcare spending lower.

The vote, along with a motion to commit from Senator Chuck Schumer, is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he's willing to go to conference on the healthcare bill.

On Thursday, Ryan commented on whether the House would take the skinny repeal bill to conference if it passes the Senate.

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6:45 p.m. - Senate Republicans start pushing for "skinny repeal."

Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma spoke in favor of passing a "skinny" version of the GOP healthcare plan.

That happened shortly after four Republican senators said they demand assurances that the healthcare bill be taken to conference by the House should the Senate pass it.

5:40 p.m. - Senate votes down stability funding amendment.

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5 p.m. - Senate votes on stability funding amendment.

Senator Luther Strange of Alabama introduced an amendment that would change the stability funding in the Better Care Reconciliation Act to provide more premium assistance for low-income individuals. It would need 60 votes to pass.

Senators will also be voting on a sanctions amendment unrelated to healthcare.

3:00 p.m. - Senate votes down single-payer health plan.

Before the vote, Sanders taunted Daines, saying that he'd be on board if the Republican senator could convince a few more members of his party to vote for the bill.

12 p.m. - Senator Bernie Sanders calls Daines amendment an 'old political trick'.

During debate on Thursday, Sanders addressed the upcoming Daines amendment, which would introduce a "Medicare for All" healthcare plan.

"I hope that this is really a breakthrough," Sanders said of the bill, which was introduced by Republican Senator Steve Daines. But, he said, he suspects it's just an "old political trick" inserted a mid a serious debate about healthcare.

"I think this is not a time for political games," Sanders said.

Sanders has been a proponent of "Medicare for All," but isn't buying into Daines' plan to expose which members of the Democratic caucus might be in favor of a single-payer healthcare system.

10 a.m. - Debate opens for the day, with a vote on single-payer healthcare coming this afternoon.

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The Senate just killed the GOP's last-resort Obamacare repeal plan

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