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I think those are good things and when they focus on the budget side, thats probably a good thing. >> cherry picking? you decide yourself. more now what led up to the gop decision to punt for the time being on replacing obamacare. phil mattingly joins us now. do you have any sense how far away they are from getting the votes they need? >> reporter: very far, to put it plainly. within an hour of senator mcconnell telling his conference that they would be waiting until after july fourth to vote on...

And forth for the last couple weeks. well see when those are released whether or not thats enough to get those wary senators, the senators already opposed to that initial discussion draft in line, wolf. >> phil, thank you. phil mattingly on capitol hill. the new bills effect on medicaid coverage is one of the biggest sticking points so far, but from the white house, we have heard two very different messages on the issue. >> these are not cuts to medicaid, george. this slows the rate for the fu...

You can only lose two. its more difficult to get it passed in the senate then the house. senators hold a lot of power. we have seen at least five different holdouts that are going to try to extract something from the conversations. there was a reason why mitch mcconnell released it as a discussion draft because he knew there was going to have to be some give and take done. i think republicans are looking at what happened from democrats. i was at the nrc seen during the 2010 election cycle. obama...

Remember, this was, they called it a discussion draft they put out last week. essentially a starting point, a way to get the ball rolling on getting those cost estimates from cbo. there have been some questions about essentially if you are somebody who doesnt have insurance under this new plan and you get sick and you want to sign up for insurance, can you just do that, or do you have to wait for a certain period of time or be charged more money for that insurance because you werent participatin...

Which means we use less. three generations of clothes cleaned in one wash. those are moms. anybody seen my pants? nothing cleans better. put those on dad! its got to be tide. >> republicans believe we have a responsibility to act and we are. for our constituents, our state, and for our country. >> senate republicans released a much-anticipated discussion draft of the healthcare plan on thursday. seven weeks after the house passed their own plan to repeal and replace obamacare. what is inside the...

Individual mandate, they have to put in a kind of waiting period so people cant jump in and out of the insurance market and only buy insurance when theyre sick. my understanding is theyre working on that. the reason why that wasnt included in the original discussion draft is because there were some technical things they had to do to get that through the senate reconciliation process. once they solved that, theyll put that in the bill. insurance companies tell me that their comfortable with the s...

Races. and he is speaking out and his focus about who might lose insurance? a new plan if the republican version becomes law. heres dean heller. >> we have 200,000, we are talking those with mental health and insurance they would not have had five or six years ago. im telling you right now, i cannot support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of americans and hundreds of thousands of vets. >> reporter: so a big question for someone like dean heller, is there so...

Repeal obamacare. one stepped back and so it puts them in a difficult position if he chooses now to walk away from a bill that would partially do that. but based on those comments that he made in that press conference hes really going to give democrats plenty of ammo to attack him on particularly with this bill which is unpopular with dozens of americans, it does lead to skyrocketing premiums. >> which brings to light is it about the content in this bill and the people that it affects. so i want...

Care reform should be to -- [inaudible] here in nevada, and im not confident, not confident that it will achieve that goal. >> reporter: the four other senators or who are also currently a no vote are ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson and rand paul. all five have said they are open to changing their minds if changes are made. the senate is somewhat limited in what changes it can make though, because theyre using the special process known as budget reconciliation. it allows them to pass it with a s...

Tylenol cant do that. i get to be present and enjoy what i love. this is my pain. but i am stronger. aleve. all day strong. all day long. >> republicans believe we have a responsibility to act and we are for our constituents, for our states and for our country. >> david: senate republicans released a much anticipated discussion draft of the health care plan on thursday seven weeks after the house passed their own plan to repeal and replace obamacare. so whats inside the senate bill and how does ...