Collins blames Democrats for tanking rural funding amendment
Sen. Susan Collins blamed Democrats for tanking her amendment to boost the GOP megabill's rural hospital relief fund.

She called Democratic senators "hypocrites" for claiming to care about protecting Medicaid and then voting against her efforts to lessen the impacts of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" on hospitals in rural areas.
"I was surprised at the hypocrisy of the Democrats on it, had they voted for it would have passed easily," Collins told reporters after the vote early Tuesday morning.
Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were the only two Democrats out of 22 senators who supported Collins' amendment.
"They complained repeatedly about the distribution in this bill of Medicaid cuts, hurting individuals in rural hospitals and tax cuts being extended for people who are wealthy. And yet, when we tried to fix both those problems, They took a very hypocritical approach," Collins said.
Collins said the outcome of this amendment would have "absolutely no impact" on her decision to support the bill's final passage, however.
It's still unclear how Collins will vote. "We'll see what the final bill looks like," she said.
-ABC News' Isabella Murray







