The Senate majority leader hasn’t abandoned hope of finding 50 votes for the year’s top GOP priority. But postponement over the July Fourth break won’t make it easier to bridge the gap between those focused on Obamacare’s repeal and those worried about too stingy a replacement, Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski and David Hawkings explain.

Show Notes:

• Trump Labels Notion He’s Not Involved in Senate Health Debate a ‘Joke!’ 
• Trump Huddles With GOP Senators as McConnell Issues Warning
• Republican Opposition to Health Care Bill Mounts
• GOP Struggles With Message on Repealing Health Care Taxes

In which Susan Collins expresses doubts she and Mike Lee would ever vote for the same health care billhttps://t.co/RHfdeO462q pic.twitter.com/dbcSCVosD5

— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) June 28, 2017

Republican Opposition to Health Care Bill Mounts https://t.co/Spf6pEnZ0h via @rollcall @JoePWilliams31 @nielslesniewski pic.twitter.com/jve6qPGDYX

— CQ Now (@CQnow) June 28, 2017