That’s the number of GOP senators who must back the bill for it to survive, with all Democrats opposed. Minutes earlier, McConnell divulged the decision to GOP senators at a private lunch also attended by Vice President Mike Pence and White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. GOP senators planned to travel to the White House later Tuesday to meet with Trump. Minutes after the CBO report’s release, three GOP senators threatened to oppose beginning debate. Lee and other conservatives have favored a fuller repeal of Obama’s statute than the Senate bill would enact.

Source: National Post June 27, 2017 22:18 UTC