Mr. McConnell hopes the CBO will finish scoring the bill by the time senators return from their July 4 recess, ideally to pass the BCRA before the August recess. Though the GOP needs only 50 votes to pass the bill, with Vice President Mike Pence acting as a tie-breaker, drafting a bill that moderate and conservative Republicans agree on has been a challenge for Mr. McConnell.
So far, nine Republican senators have publicly announced they cannot support the bill in its current state.
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