The downbeat assessments came with Republican leaders aiming toward a climactic Senate vote next week on their wounded legislation erasing much of President Barack Obama's health care law. "I'm very pessimistic," Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said on the Fox News Channel of the chances a bill will pass. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas told reporters, "We need to start voting" on the GOP bill." Some lawmakers have suggested the break should be shortened or canceled if they can't get health care done first, though that's unlikely to happen. The House managed to pass health care legislation in May after plentiful struggles of its own to reach agreement.

Source: ABC News July 11, 2017 08:25 UTC