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On Monday, Senate Republicans voted on several proposed amendments to the measure in an attempt to gain the support of at least a half-dozen Republicans that remained undecided. If just four Republicans voted against Trump's controversial domestic policy plan, the bill would fail to pass.
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The Senate held an hourslong vote-a-thon on the legislation as Republicans continued to grasp for the support to pass President Trump's signature legislation.
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Senator Marsha Blackburn said in a statement that she was pulling her support for an amendment to the Senate's domestic policy package, one that she had worked on with Senator Ted Cruz.
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The legislation includes tax cuts as well as big cuts to Medicaid, food benefits and other programs, and it would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt.
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Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans' new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.
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