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New GOP health care bill could allow cheaper plans with fewer benefits

Health care state of play: New bill to be unveiled

GOP senators still unsure on health care bill

Top row: Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski. Bottom row: Lamar Alexander, Dean Heller, Rob Portman. Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Alex Wong/Getty Images, Zach Gibson/Getty Images, Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images, Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

Health care state of play: The votes aren't there yet. But there will (probably) be a vote

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) talks to reporters with (L-R) Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sen. John Barrosso (R-WY) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) following their party's weekly policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol May 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Downbeat Republicans no closer to health care deal, but ready to vote next week

The Republican Party's quest to repeal Obamacare is on the verge of collapse

Senator Mitch McConnell speaks after the vote on the health care bill has been delayed.

Health care state of play: All-important Tuesday for Republicans

GOP Health care bill on the brink (again)

The US Capitol dome and it's reflection are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on December 29, 2012. As the fiscal cliff deadline looms, Congress and the White House have still not reached a compromise. If no deal is struck by December 31 at midnight, taxes will automatically go up on both high earners and the middle class, and across-the-board spending cuts will go into effect. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

80 arrested on Capitol Hill after health care protests

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, departs after announcing that he is delaying a vote on the Republican health care bill while the GOP leadership works toward getting enough votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress returns for three-week sprint to salvage health care bill

Republicans consider Ted Cruz proposal to revive Senate health care bill

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Senate Democrats press Trump to confront Putin on election interference

WASHINGTON, DC : (L to R) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens to a question during a press conference after a closed-door Senate GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill, June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

No GOP deal on health care expected this week as Senate leaves town

The sun rises on the US Capitol. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Here's where Republican senators stand on the health care bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New health care bill: Obamacare repeal effort in Mitch McConnell's hands

Senate Democrats weigh blockade to protest GOP health care plan

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to federal, state and local law enforcement about efforts to combat violent crime and restore public safety at Federal Plaza on April 28, 2017 in Central Islip, New York. / AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Jeff Sessions hearing looms over week on the Hill

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during the Daily Briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, March 27, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Jeff Sessions set for grilling on Russia, Comey

WASHINGTON, D.C. - MARCH 20: A person walks by as the sun rises near The United States Capitol Building on March 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Health care vote possible by July 4, McConnell tells Trump

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 13: U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) (C) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listen during a news briefing after the weekly Republican policy luncheon December 13, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Sen. Blunt has defeated Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) to become a member of the Senate Republican leadership. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP senators expect health care vote soon -- even if they can't get to 51

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Senate Republicans cast doubt on comprehensive health care bill

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 17: The sun begins to rise behind the U.S. Capitol building on the morning after a bipartisan bill was passed by the House and the Senate to reopened the government and raise the debt limit, on October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama signed the bill into law, that will fund the government until January 15, 2014 and allow the government to pay bills until February 7, 2014.

Russia probe tops massive to-do list for Congress in critical week

First on CNN: Senators asked Comey to investigate AG Jeff Sessions for possible perjury

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: Senate Judicary Committee member Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) listens to witnesses during a subcommittee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates testified to the subcommittee that she had warned the White House about contacts between former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Russia that might make him vulnerable to blackmail. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

GOP leaders move to break health care gridlock

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Ted Barrett is a senior congressional producer for CNN Politics.