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To make good on a promise to their donors more than 9 else. >> yeah, two aspects to this. one is going back and trying again because they feel they'll be punished by the donors if they don't pass this. the other thing is all of these individual republicans in washington trying to prove that it's not their fault personally that this didn't happen. so mitch mcconnell has to show he tried as hard as he could. so he has to -- i think they may vote on this thing, even though they know it's going to fail, because mitch doesn't want to be blamed, he wants the blame to lie with whoever votes no. there...

They don't pass this. the other thing is all of these individual republicans in washington trying to prove that it's not their fault personally that this didn't happen. so mitch mcconnell has to show he tried as hard as he could. so he has to -- i think they may vote on this thing, even though they know it's going to fail, because mitch doesn't want to be blamed, he wants the blame to lie with whoever votes no. there's a certain kabuki aspect of it there. i'm not sure -- now that they're not getting this done, i don't think they're going to repeal it in this congress. but i don't think it's do...

Team who has sat down with hhs and we are ferreting out lots of numbers and continuing to do that. >> julie, there's been some speculation today that they might be able to shoe horn something into this bill, specifically for alaska to try to get senator murkowski's vote. do you see an opening for that? >> well, my understanding is the money for alaska was in the last version that she didn't vote for. but they're definitely doing everything that they can to get the last couple of votes that they need to get them to the 50 and they have until next saturday. that's when the budget instructions ex...

For. but they're definitely doing everything that they can to get the last couple of votes that they need to get them to the 50 and they have until next saturday. that's when the budget instructions expire. they won't be able to do it with 50 votes after that. they're on a tight time line and may be serving them well and convince some of the senators that this is -- they're literally last chance to do this. at least for this year. and there's some of them concerned about, you know, the complaints of donors who are saying you guys can't seem to get anything done so this is a chance to do someth...

Replace the affordable care act. the only republican to vote against the measure was kentucky senator rand paul, who objected to approving repeal without first knowing what the replacement will be an affordable cost. but other senate republicans withdrew an amendment that would have slowed the process down to answer those questions after the president-elect's health care comments yesterday. >> obamacare is a complete and total disaster. as soon as our secretary is approved and gets into the office, we will be filing a plan. >> that gives g.o.p. leaders some time to work. confirmation hearings ...