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Know what was in it, didn't even know who was writing it. mcconnell isn't even defending this to his own people. this is the first time they'll get to see the full text of the legislation today. >> thank you both for sharing your reporting with us and walking us through it. it will be very interesting to see what happens in a few hours. sarah and peter, thank you. >> 15 inches of rain in some places. that the downfall of tropical storm cindy making landfall in louisiana. a lot of communities are under water already. chad myers has the latest forecast. where is more coming next.

>> peter, i know there's sort of a contrarian theory that part of why mitch mcconnell wants to do this quickly is because he doesn't want it to pass. tell me the logic. >> i don't know if i think he doesn't want it to pass. i think it is possible that he doesn't have a strong preference one way or the other. the republican agenda also includes things like raising the debt ceiling, getting to tax reform. this bill would help them get to revenue neutral tax reform. but i think mcconnell may look at this and think the politics of this are not great. look at the way it's polling. look at republica...

Understand it, is change the rate at which medicaid spending grows. it sounds like a won i can thing but it can be a big deal because it determines how much money the medicaid program gets. both of those senators have been pretty vocal on medicaid along with other senators in other states who expanded the program. they're talking about big changes to the health care system that will be unveiled in this bill today. >> peter, tell us about your reporting, what you've determined about why senator mitch mcconnell is pushing for this bill to be voted on next week when senator rand paul for one says...

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