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GOP leaders brace for CBO estimate on revised health bill

Besides the delay in the CBO's release of financial estimates of the revised health bill's impact, a senator's medical emergency adds a complication -- will it buy McConnell time to persuade the holdouts?

By Laura Litvan, Steven T. Dennis | Updated on July 17, 2017
Adding to the delay in the CBO's release of financial estimates of the revised health bill's impact is the complication of a senator's medical emergency. (Photo: iStock)

(Bloomberg) — Senate Republicans anxiously awaiting a key analysis of their revised health bill have more time to wait, and debate on the controversial measure that had been expected this week will also be delayed following a medical emergency involving one of its potential backers.

Two Republicans have come out against the plan, meaning Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell must get the rest of his colleagues on his side.

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