(Bloomberg) -- Senate Republicans are gearing up to try to pass a stripped-down Obamacare repeal plan many hope won’t become law.

Instead -- after going through an all-night session of chaotic amendment votes -- the plan is to get a bill through the Senate and then negotiate with the House on a broader agreement to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a number of Republican senators said Thursday.

"The worst possible outcome is to pass something that most of us believe is a placeholder and it becomes the final product," said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

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