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The Senate voted to begin formal debate of healthcare legislation that would repeal major elements of Obamacare.
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Senator John McCain, recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, departs after returning to the Senate to vote on health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives to speak with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the Senate steps, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Senate Democrats gather on the Senate steps with protesters, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
A still image from video shows Senator John McCain speaking on the floor of the Senate after returning to Washington for a vote on healthcare reform, July 25, 2017. SENATE TV/Handout via REUTERS
A still image from video shows Senator John McCain acknowledging applause as he arrives on the floor of the Senate after returning to Washington for a vote on healthcare reform, July 25, 2017. SENATE TV/Handout via REUTERS
Sen. John McCain arrives on Capitol Hill, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
President Donald Trump calls on Republican senators to move forward and vote on a healthcare bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, as people negatively affected by the law stand behind him, in the Blue Room of the White House, July 24, 2017.
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks with reporters ahead of today's vote on the health care bill on Capitol Hill, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Vice President Mike Pence and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus arrive on Capitol Hill, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Senator Ted Cruz speaks with reporters ahead of today's vote on the health care bill on Capitol Hill, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell looks down as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Senate Republicans to discuss healthcare at the White House in Washington, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Healthcare activists are detained by Capitol Police after gathering to protest the Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans to discuss healthcare at the White House in Washington, July 19, 2017.
Healthcare activists gather outside the office of Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) to protest the Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Maine Senator Susan Collins attends a lunch meeting hosted by President Donald Trump with other Senate Republicans to discuss healthcare at the White House in Washington, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) reacts as President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans to discuss healthcare at the White House in Washington, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Healthcare activists are detained by Capitol Police after gathering to protest the Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Republican leaders (L-R) Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and John Thune, (R-SD) speak with the media after a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss healthcare at the White House in
Healthcare activists protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell looks on during a news conference about the recently withdrawn healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Healthcare activists are detained after a protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Women dressed as handmaids from the novel, film and television series "The Handmaid's Tale" demonstrate against cuts for Planned Parenthood in the Republican U.S. Senate healthcare bill at the Capitol in Washington, June 27, 2017.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) (C) speaks with reporters about healthcare legislation outside the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) (R) arrives for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) (C) meeting of the Senate Republican caucus for an expected unveiling of Senate Republicans' revamped proposal to replace Obamacare health care legislation at the
President Donald Trump meets with Senate Republicans about healthcare in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 27, 2017. Trump is flanked by Senators Susan Collins, L, (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R, (R-AK). REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Healthcare activists protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
A healthcare activist protests to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is surrounded by reporters as he departs a Senate Republican caucus meeting about an expected unveiling of Senate Republicans' revamped proposal to replace Obamacare health care legislation at the U.S.
Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) arrives for a meeting of the Senate Republican caucus for an expected unveiling of Senate Republicans' revamped proposal to replace Obamacare health care legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 13, 2017.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan takes questions about the Senate health care bill during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) (L) leaves a meeting of the Senate Republican caucus for the unveiling of Senate Republicans' revamped proposal to replace Obamacare health care legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 13, 2017.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) leaves after attending a party policy lunch meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Healthcare activists protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) speaks with reporters about the Senate health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Healthcare activists with Planned Parenthood and the Center for American Progress protest in opposition to the Senate Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a press conference about the ongoing efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Senator Susan Collins, R, (R-ME), talks with Senator Dean Heller, L, (R-NV) during a meeting held by President Donald Trump on healthcare in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President Donald Trump looks down while speaking to reporters about healthcare during an energy policy discussion with leaders of American Indian tribes and U.S. governors at the White House in Washington, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque