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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks on to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017, following a meeting with Senate Republicans on a health reform bill. Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited plan to scuttle Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

5 GOP senators now oppose health bill _ enough to sink it

By ALAN FRAM and REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

Critics of Senate health bill hope to sway GOP Sen. Cassidy

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks amid a crush of reporters after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. She is one of four GOP senators to say they are opposed to it as written which could put the measure in immediate jeopardy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How the Senate health bill compares to House, ‘Obamacare’

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks amid a crush of reporters after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. She is one of four GOP senators to say they are opposed to it as written which could put the measure in immediate jeopardy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How the Senate health bill compares to House, ‘Obamacare’

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell smiles as he leaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' healthcare bill which represents the party's long-awaited attempt to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. The measure represents the Senate GOP's effort to achieve a top tier priority for President Donald Trump and virtually all Republican members of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Medical groups find fault with Senate plan

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a &quot;discussion draft&quot; of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP unveils ‘Obamacare’ overhaul, but not all aboard

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Heller has concerns about GOP bill, no definite stance

By ALISON NOON - Associated Press

Illustration on tax reform by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Tax reform gets push from Paul Ryan

By Donald Lambro

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., leaves a closed-door meeting where Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced the release of the Republican health care bill, the party's long-awaited attempt to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP, Paul opposition imperil Senate health care bill

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Senate, House votes mean budget deal soon on Cooper’s desk

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Paul Wright shows a picture of himself in the hospital after a near fatal overdose in 2015, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic in Youngstown, Ohio. Republican efforts to roll back “Obamacare” are colliding with the opioid epidemic. Cutbacks would hit hard in states that are deeply affected by the addiction crisis and struggling to turn the corner. The issue is Medicaid, expanded under former President Barack Obama. Data show that Medicaid expansion is paying for a large share of treatment costs in hard hit states. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

GOP Medicaid cuts would hit states fighting opioid epidemic

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

CORRECTS THE SPELLING OF HANDEL'S FIRST NAME TO KAREN - Republican candidate for Georgia's 6th District Congressional seat Karen Handel declares victory during an election-night watch party Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Analysis: Dem loss in Georgia underscores party challenges

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Congress will take up the 2018 budget next week, belatedly beginning work on a blueprint for the country's borrowing and spending over the next decade. (Associated Press/File)

GOP budget deadlock imperils Trump hopes for tax overhaul

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Jon Ossoff, Democratic candidate for Georgia's 6th Congressional District talks to supporters during a stop at a campaign office in Chamblee, Ga., Monday, June 19, 2017. The race between Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel is seen as a significant political test for the new Trump Administration. The district traditionally goes Republican, but most consider the race too close to call as voters head to the polls on Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

The Latest: Republican Handel wins 52 percent of the vote

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FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks from his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats plan to slow the Senate’s work, force votes and make late-night speeches in an effort to focus attention on how Republicans are crafting legislation revamping the nation’s health care system behind closed doors, a senior Democratic aide said Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senate steers toward showdown vote next week on health bill

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

The Latest: Michigan House OKs $56.7 billion budget

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Republican candidate for Georgia's Sixth District Congressional Seat Karen Handel speaks to her staff before an election-night watch party Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Handel is in a hotly contested runoff with Democrat Jon Ossoff. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

John Ossoff-Karen Handel race brings Georgia Democrats out of the closet

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised a vote on health care reform soon. (Associated Press/File)

GOP: Senate will unveil health bill on Thursday

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., joined by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., right, and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., left, speaks during a news conference about the Paris climate agreement, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Senate Dems plan to jam up business to protest health push

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to members of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Democrats blitz airwaves as GOP debates health care

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times