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  • Senate leaders released a slightly revised version of their health-care bill Monday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tries to win over enough holdouts to pass the measure, with at least six Republicans signaling opposition.

    June 26
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
  • A look at the provisions of the Senate plan and how they differ from the House version of the legislation.

    June 23
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, walks to a private GOP meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on the day of the unveiling of the GOP health care bill
  • The long-awaited Obamacare replacement plan from Senate Republicans wouldn’t do much to preserve coverage for millions of poor and working-class people, but it would deliver tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.

    June 23
    Nurse retrieves laboratory results from dispensing window at Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, Mass.
  • Senate Republicans’ proposal to replace Obamacare would provide an additional $50 billion over four years to stabilize insurance exchanges, relying on a mechanism Republicans have criticized in the past as a way to keep insurers in the marketplace.

    June 22
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, walks to a private GOP meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on the day of the unveiling of the GOP health care bill
  • The measure would eliminate Obamacare’s tax increases, including a 3.8 percent net investment income tax, a 2.3 percent levy on medical device sales, a 0.9 percent Medicare surtax and a 10 percent indoor tanning tax. But a tax on expensive “Cadillac” employer-provided plans would be delayed, as in the House measure.

    June 22
    The U.S. Capitol building is reflected in Washington, D.C.
  • Senate Republicans are beginning to learn the details of the health-care bill they may be asked to vote on next week, with senators saying the measure envisions a more gradual transition away from Obamacare than the House-passed version.

    June 21
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
  • Senate Republicans may be asked to vote on a controversial health-care bill as early as next week but most of them haven’t seen the plan and at least half a dozen say they’re not sure they can support it.

    June 20
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  • Opponents of the GOP health-care legislation bill are trying to revive grassroots resistance ahead of a possible vote next week, but progressive groups worry that the investigations into President Donald Trump and his campaign are diverting from efforts to derail a Senate version of the bill.

    June 20
    Donald Trump smiles while speaking during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House
  • Groups fighting the Republican drive to replace Obamacare say they’re worried that investigations into President Donald Trump and his campaign are diverting from efforts to derail the GOP health-care bill.

    June 19
    Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
  • Senate Republican leaders drafting a measure to revamp U.S. health-care policy appear to be following the same path as their House counterparts—writing a bill behind closed doors before springing it on other lawmakers and the public close to a vote.

    June 14
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell