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Washington and garrett, what's republican leadership going to try to do to get this passed? >> well, kelly, this really boils down to some simple math. republicans hold 52 seats in the senate and they need 50 votes for this to pass. five senators have already said they cannot support the current version of the healthcare bill. so senate majority leader mcconnell strategy here is two parts, win back most of those no votes and avoid losing any other republicans. neither of those will be an easy task though. to win back the no votes, g.o.p. leadership is seeing what changes they can make to the b...

Discussion draft will be available tomorrow morning over complaints of secrecy over the bill's language. mcconnell says they will vote after receiving it from the budget office likely next week. he could not say how long the members of congress or member people would have to read the bill, take a listen. >> how long will the american public have to read this bill? >> they'll have plenty of time. yeah, plenty of time. we've been discovering all of the elements of this endlessly for seven years. everybody pretty well understand it. everybody will have an adequate time to take a look at it. i thi...

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