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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., smiles as he talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Operation Save America, a group of pro-life activists, gather during a rally in Louisville, Kentucky. Pro-life activists will show a graphic abortion video on a Jumbotron to "raise awareness about abortion." (Associated Press)
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Voters are under the impression that journalists mean more to the nation's members of Congress than voters, according to new research. (Associated Press)
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FILE- In this May 23, 2017, file photo, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks to supporters during a rally outside the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday, July 25, delivered Greitens a political win by sending him a wide-ranging bill tightening abortion regulations that would give the attorney general power to prosecute violations, prompting critics to warn the changes could limit access to abortion in a state that already has tough restrictions. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
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State Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, speaks during debate over a "bathroom bill" in the Senate Chamber, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has revived a bill mandating transgender Texans use public restrooms corresponding to their birth-certificate genders. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, right, speaks to Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, left, during debate over a "bathroom bill" in the Senate Chamber, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has revived a bill mandating transgender Texans use public restrooms corresponding to their birth-certificate genders. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, speaks during debate over a "bathroom bill" in the Senate Chamber, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has revived a bill mandating transgender Texans use public restrooms corresponding to their birth-certificate genders. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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State Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, speaks during debate over a "bathroom bill" in the Senate Chamber, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has revived a bill mandating transgender Texans use public restrooms corresponding to their birth-certificate genders. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, speaks during debate over a "bathroom bill" in the Senate Chamber, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has revived a bill mandating transgender Texans use public restrooms corresponding to their birth-certificate genders. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Dallas Cowboys rookie and former Michigan cornerback Jourdan Lewis appears in court on misdemeanor domestic violence charges in Ann Arbor, Mich., Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (Melanie Maxwell/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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A couple visits a make-shift memorial in the parking lot of a Walmart store near the site where authorities Sunday discovered a tractor-trailer packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio, Monday, July 24, 2017. Several people died and others hospitalized after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in the midsummer Texas heat, according to authorities in what they described as an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A group visits a makeshift memorial in the parking lot of a Walmart store near the site where authorities Sunday discovered a tractor-trailer packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio, Monday, July 24, 2017. Several people died and others hospitalized after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in the midsummer Texas heat, according to authorities in what they described as an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Shoppers pass a group visiting a make-shift memorial in the parking lot of a Walmart store near the site where authorities Sunday discovered a tractor-trailer packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio, Monday, July 24, 2017. Several people died and others hospitalized after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in the midsummer Texas heat, according to authorities in what they described as an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, with Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as the Senate was to vote on moving head on health care with the goal of erasing much of Barack Obama's law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Seate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined from left by, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks with reporters outside the chamber after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., smiles as he talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Seate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined from left by, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks with reporters outside the chamber after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 file photo, Chloe Goins, appears before reporters outside Los Angeles police headquarters in Los Angeles. Officials say Goins, a model who accuses Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her at a Playboy Mansion party in 2008 has been arrested Sunday, July 23, 2017, on suspicion of bringing heroin to a San Diego jail. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. leads fellow Democratic Senators to meet supporters outside the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, after the Senate voted to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
