Senate Unveils New Health Bill But Prospects Remain Uncertain

Hoping to secure the 50 votes needed for passage, Senate Republicans unveiled their revised draft health care legislation on Thursday that includes some meaningful changes but retains many of the same elements that kept the original version from winning the support of GOP moderates. With two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky, already opposed to the new bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can afford no further defections if he hopes to pass the bill in a floor vote next week. A disappointing score by the Congressional Budget Office next week, however, could cause McConnell to lose that razor-thin margin.