Yesterday, the U.S. Senate rejected a cloture motion on H.R. 6331, a bill that would extend the Medicare therapy caps exceptions process for 18 months. The bill also would place a moratorium on a 10.6 percent cut to Medicare’s physician payment rates which begin on July 1. The motioned failed 58-40, with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) not voting.

However, the bill is expected to be addressed after Congress returns from its July 4th recess, as Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), following a procedural rule, changed his vote to the winning “no” side, allowing the bill to be brought up at a later time, Congressional Quarterly explains.