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Cruz Joins Opposition to Republican Health Care Bill

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The GOP's path to passing its most recent attempt to repeal ObamaCare continued to get narrower—perhaps closing altogether—on Sunday. “Right now, they don’t have my vote,” Politico quotes Sen. Ted Cruz as saying during a panel discussion Sunday. “And I don’t think they have Mike Lee’s vote, either.” 

The GOP can only afford two senators to break rank and vote against the Graham-Cassidy bill. Senators Rand Paul and John McCain already announced their opposition to it this week. And earlier Sunday, Sen. Susan Collins said it would be "very difficult" to see herself voting for the bill. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted against the last attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is still undecided, according to CNN.

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