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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder smiles after signing a $56.5 billion state budget on Friday, July 14, 2017, at the Kent Intermediate School District Career Tech Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. Looking on from left are: state Superintendent Brian Whiston; budget director Al Pscholka; House Speaker Tom Leonard; House Appropriations Chairwoman Laura Cox; Rep. Chris Afendoulis; and Senate Appropriations Chairman Dave Hildenbrand. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

Snyder signs $56.5 billion Michigan budget

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Corey Stewart speaks during the Millennial Advocacy Council PAC and NextGen GOP statewide candidate debate Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP) ** FILE **

Corey Stewart, a Republican, seeks to unseat Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announces a list of infrastructure projects that will get funding in next five years under Indiana's Next Level Roads initiative, a 20-year program to improve Indiana's roads and bridges, during a press conference in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Joining the for the announcement are Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness, left, and Speaker of the House Brian Bosma. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana governor ‘stoked’ to unveil list of roads projects

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks into his office on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 13, 2017. McConnell is planning on rolling out the GOP's revised health care bill, pushing toward a showdown vote next week with opposition within the Republican ranks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Nevada governor still concerned by health bill

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a key opponent of the Republican health care bill, finishes a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul slams revised GOP health care bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga. listens to his fellow Republicans answer questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, on a proposal to cancel their August recess. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Analysis: GOP confronts no-win situation on health care

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough pose for a photo shoot put together by The Hollywood Reporter. (Image: The Hollywood Reporter video screenshot) ** FILE **

Joe Scarborough — gasp! — exiting GOP, stage right

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, meets with reporters after a closed-door Republican strategy session, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell said Senate Republicans will unveil their revised health care bill Thursday and begin voting on it next week, adding, he could delay the chamber's August recess for two weeks as the GOP tries breaking logjams that have slowed work on that and other issues. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare repeal, replace plan stumbles in Senate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., with his director of operations Stefanie Hagar Muchow, right, walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

New GOP health bill likely keeping Obama tax boosts on rich

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump pressed Congress on Monday, July 10, 2017, to get health care done before leaving for its long August recess, even as Republican senators say the GOP effort so far to repeal and replace the nation's health law is probably dead. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Longtime GOP pessimistic about health care bill prospects

By ALAN FRAM and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga. walks off after a new conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, to announce a proposal to cancel the Senate's August recess. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: McConnell to unveil revised health bill Thursday

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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact agreed to under the Obama administration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Members of a Pacific Rim trade initiative rejected by Trump are to hold working-level talks Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in the Japanese mountain resort town of Hakone, west of Tokyo. The three-day meeting among envoys from the 11 remaining members of the TPP follows a breakthrough last week on a Japan-European Union trade deal seen as a repudiation of the U.S. moves to pull back from such arrangements. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump Poland speech shows commitment to Western values

By Lamont Colucci

FILE - In this Friday, June 23, 2017 file photo, Gov. Brian Sandoval, left, and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., give a news conference in Las Vegas where the senator announced he will vote no on the proposed GOP healthcare bill. A handful of Republican governors, including Sandoval, who support some of the key pillars of former President Barack Obama’s health care law are among the main reasons Senate leaders cannot persuade enough Republicans to get behind their repeal-and-replace effort. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

GOP governors urge caution on health care changes

By ALISON NOON and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Indiana governor, state GOP form joint fundraising effort

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In this Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pearce is running for governor of New Mexico in 2018 while giving up his hold on a congressional district along the U.S.-Mexico border. Pearce announced Monday, July 10, 2017, he will seek the GOP nomination in an attempt to succeed second-term GOP Gov. Susana Martinez. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Republican Rep. Pearce running for governor in New Mexico

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In a Tuesday, June 13, 2017 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, listens as Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Philadelphia museum announced Thursday, July 6, 2017, that McCain has been named this year's recipient of the National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal for his &quot;lifetime of sacrifice and service&quot; to the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

2 GOP senators suggest bill to repeal health care law ‘dead’

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 5, 2017 file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, looks at a board covered with addiction &quot;trigger words&quot; as he participates in a roundtable discussion with former addiction recovery clients and current employees at the Adams Recovery Center for Women in Cincinnati. Portman discussed the importance of increased funding for addiction treatment and efforts to combat the ovoid epidemic in Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

GOP governors to party’s senators: Do no harm to health care

By ALISON NOON and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Sanders urges West Virginian to oppose GOP health plan

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 20, 2015, file photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WV reliance on Obama law makes it tough for GOP senator

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sarah Palin, political commentator and former governor of Alaska, walks on the sideline before an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams, in Seattle, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Scott Eklund) ** FILE **

Bret Stephens rudely rips ‘rank-and-file conservatives’ as idiots

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times