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Sen. Ted Cruz, whose full name is Rafael Edward Cruz, is poking fun at political challenger Beto O'Rourke, whose real first name is Robert. (Associated Press/File)

The Latest: Graham defends McCain vote against health bill

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Sen. Susan M. Collins of Maine said Sunday that she finds it difficult to envision backing the last-chance Republican bill repealing the Obama health care law. (Associated Press)

Collins’ opposition all but kills GOP health care drive

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2013, file photo, the morning sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Sen. John McCain's opposition to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the Obama health law has dealt a likely fatal blow to the legislation — and perhaps to the Republican Party's years of promises to kill the program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Republicans make desperate bid to save health care bill

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

GOP Gov. Baker again battles his own party on health care

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks with reporters before heading into a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump criticizes McCain over health care bill

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Otter, state officials wary on health care overhaul

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Barack Obama, ever the campaigner, surfaces to slam Obamacare opponents

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Holcomb signs letter backing Senate GOP’s health care bill

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Obama: Respond to setbacks, challenges with push forward

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters as he pushes a last-ditch effort to uproot former President Barack Obama's health care law, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Trump says GOP health care law has ‘good chance’

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Obama to campaign for Democrat in race to succeed Christie

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Then-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. U.S. government investigators were wiretapping the head of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, both before and after the election, CNN reported. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Paul Manafort wiretapped — and suddenly, Donald Trump’s not so crazy

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 13, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, talk while walking to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans are planning a final, uphill push to erase President Barack Obama's health care law. But Democrats and their allies are going all-out to stop the drive. The initial Republican effort crashed in July in the GOP-run Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said after that defeat that he'd not revisit the issue without the votes to succeed. Graham and Cassidy are leading the new GOP charge and they'd transform much of Obama's law into block grants and let states decide how to spend the money. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Latest: Bipartisan effort to improve ‘Obamacare’ over

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In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse in the new Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, File)

4 US monuments to be scaled back hold artifacts, key habitat

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 13, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, talk while walking to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans are planning a final, uphill push to erase President Barack Obama's health care law. But Democrats and their allies are going all-out to stop the drive. The initial Republican effort crashed in July in the GOP-run Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said after that defeat that he'd not revisit the issue without the votes to succeed. Graham and Cassidy are leading the new GOP charge and they'd transform much of Obama's law into block grants and let states decide how to spend the money. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Senate GOP musters final push to erase Obama health care law

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 13, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, talk while walking to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans are planning a final, uphill push to erase President Barack Obama's health care law. But Democrats and their allies are going all-out to stop the drive. The initial Republican effort crashed in July in the GOP-run Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said after that defeat that he'd not revisit the issue without the votes to succeed. Graham and Cassidy are leading the new GOP charge and they'd transform much of Obama's law into block grants and let states decide how to spend the money. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Latest: Ryan rooting for Senate GOP health care overhaul

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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting with, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. The president genially calls them “Chuck and Nancy.” Schumer and Pelosi, have used two White House meetings to become Trump’s dealmaking partners on budget and immigration. They have a combined 67-year record of being willing negotiators in Congress. But they’re also partisan Democrats perfectly happy to rumble. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Top Democrats Schumer and Pelosi now deal-makers with Trump

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, where he said President Donald Trump is still seeking a legislative solution to replace to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan: Majority in Congress want to protect young immigrants

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting with, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. The president genially calls them “Chuck and Nancy.” Schumer and Pelosi, have used two White House meetings to become Trump’s dealmaking partners on budget and immigration. They have a combined 67-year record of being willing negotiators in Congress. But they’re also partisan Democrats perfectly happy to rumble. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Demonized Schumer and Pelosi now deal-makers with Trump

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Obama makes video appearance at meeting for his library

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