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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talks with Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, as he walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. Senate Republicans unveil a revised health care bill in hopes of securing support from wavering GOP lawmakers, including one who calls the drive to whip his party's bill through the Senate this week "a little offensive." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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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)
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Sen. Michael Gianaris, D-Queens, works in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Senators work In the Senate chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Janet DiFiore, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, left, sits with newly confirmed Associate Judge Paul Feinman, center, and his husband Robert Ostergaard, right, in the Senate gallery after being confirmed by the Senate on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Janet DiFiore, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, left, stands with newly confirmed Associate Judge Paul Feinman, center, and his husband Robert Ostergaard, right, in the Senate gallery after being confirmed by the Senate on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Friends and family applaud as New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Paul Feinman, center, is confirmed by the Senate on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pauses as he speaks Wednesday, June 14, 2017, on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington, about the shooting at the Republican congressional baseball practice. (Senate Television via AP) **FILE**
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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)
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State Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, chair of the Senate budget committee, calls on lawmakers to approve the state budget plan, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The Senate approved the $125 billion general fund spending plan, which was negotiated by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Senate Minority Leader Pat Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, right, and Sen. Mike Morrell, R-Rancho Cucamonga, joined other members of the GOP in voting against the state budget plan, Thursday, June 15, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. Despite Republican opposition,the Senate approved the $125 billion general fund spending plan, which was negotiated by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pauses as he speaks Wednesday, June 14, 2017, on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington, about the shooting at the Republican congressional baseball practice. Sanders says the man authorities identified as opening fire on the practice had apparently volunteered on his presidential campaign. Sanders says in a statement: "I am sickened by this despicable act." (Senate Television via AP)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. pauses while meeting with the media to discuss healthcare on Capitol Hill in Washington. For McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2016, file photo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, R-Smithtown, speaks in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol on the opening day of the legislative session in Albany, N.Y. All 63 state senators take home stipends nicknamed "lulus" that add between $9,000 and $34,000 to their wages. "I believe all the members, Democrat, Republican, Assembly or Senate, are worthy of the compensation that they receive," Flanagan told reporters. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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FILE - In these photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. in a Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, and President Donald Trump, May 12, 2017. The relationship of Trump and McConnell is now at the center of the Washington crucible. As controversy swirls over Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, McConnell's moves will set the tone for how the rest of the Senate and Republican Party as a whole responds. (AP Photo)
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Sen. Paul Bailey, R-Sparta, center, speaks on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, talks on a phone with a Tennessee flag cover during a Senate session Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, debates a bill on the Senate floor Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves the chamber to meet with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Schumer is asking that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy appear before the Senate to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate President Joe Negron, left, and Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Spring Hill, talks at the president's rostrum during the final hours of the legislative session Monday, May 8, 2017, at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
