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Sen. Cassidy uses failed health bill to raise campaign cash

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., flanked by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, speaks to reporters as they faced assured defeat on the Graham-Cassidy bill, the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington. The decision marked the latest defeat on the issue for President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Republican-controlled Congress. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EDITORIAL: Another funeral for repeal and replace

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Editorials from around Ohio

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

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)

Graham-Cassidy to get Senate vote despite Republican defections

By David Sherfinski and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 8, 2015, file photo, Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 32nd Annual Paleyfest : &quot;Scandal&quot; held at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Kimmel said on Sept. 19, 2017, that Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy “lied right to my face” by going back on his word to ensure any health care overhaul passes a test the Republican lawmaker named for the late night host. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Kimmel’s take on health care harder to refute

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with reporters about the Graham-Cassidy health care bill during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the fog over pre-existing maladies

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., center, listens as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, speaks on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bill Cassidy: Health care debate a matter of philosophical differences between parties

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

In this March 8, 2015, file photo, Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 32nd Annual Paleyfest : &quot;Scandal&quot; held at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Kimmel said on Sept. 19, 2017, that Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy “lied right to my face” by going back on his word to ensure any health care overhaul passes a test the Republican lawmaker named for the late night host. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Jimmy Kimmel: Sen. Bill Cassidy ‘lied right to my face’ on health care

By Patrick Mairs - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., center, joined by, from left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., 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)

Trump: GOP health bill short of votes before deadline

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

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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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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Vice President Mike Pence delivered a pep talk to Senate Republicans and plotted strategy with Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the chief architects of the proposal to repeal Obamacare and send money to states in the form of block grants. (Associated Press)

White House, Senate GOP shift focus back onto Obamacare repeal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Cassidy health bill faces opposition from Louisiana governor

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, protested the Republicans' Graham-Cassidy bill on Monday. Senate Republicans are revving up a final push to scuttle President Obama's health care law before the end of the month. (Associated Press)Though the effort faces low odds of success and just a two-week window to prevail, Democrats backed by doctors

Graham-Cassidy health care bill sets off clashes in Senate

By Tom Howell Jr. - 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)

Senate GOP musters final push to erase Obama health care law

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Gov. Ducey says he supports latest health care repeal law

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy (left), who wrote the state block grant bill with Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said the legislation is near the vote threshold to pass. "We are thinking that we can get this done by Sept. 30," he said Friday. (Associated Press/File)

Obamacare replacement with state block grants rallies Republicans for Sept. 30 deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

From left, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil legislation to reform health care. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bill Cassidy: Obamacare repeal is within sight, needs one or two votes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

From left, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil legislation to reform health care. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bill Cassidy: Donald Trump can help with votes to pass health care proposal

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Senate Budget Committee members Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., leave a closed-door meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, as they struggle with a tax code overhaul, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. The as-yet-undrafted bill to overhaul the tax code is the top priority for Trump and Republicans after the collapse of their effort to dismantle Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators push last-ditch bill to repeal Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times