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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, pauses for a reporter's question as he arrives at a closed-door GOP strategy session on the Republican health care overhaul with Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and others, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this June 9, 2017 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speakson Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Party divisions are on stark display after a disappointing special election loss in a hard-fought Georgia congressional race. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, Alan Leafman, center, president of Health Insurance Express, Inc., helps Raquel Bernal, right, and her husband John Bernal, both of Apache Junction, Ariz., navigate the nation's health care insurance system online at the Health Insurance Express store in Mesa, Ariz. Enough insurers are planning to sell coverage through the Affordable Care Act in 2018 to keep the market place working, if only barely, in most parts of the country. However competition in many markets has dwindled to one insurer, or none in some cases, and another round of steep price hikes is expected to squeeze consumers who don’t receive big income-based tax credits to help pay their bill. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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In this photo taken Monday, June 19, 2017, a displaced family carrying their belongings walks in search of refuge towards the village of Aburoc, South Sudan. A new report by Amnesty International says South Sudanese forces burned, shelled and ransacked homes between January and May, killing civilians and forcing thousands from the Shilluk ethnic minority to flee. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

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Australia's Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton speaks to reporters in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Australian minister said U.S. officials are "in the final stages" of vetting up to 1,250 refugees rejected by Australia for resettlement in the United States. The refugees are among hundreds of asylum seekers — mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — who have been languishing for up to four years in immigration camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

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Australia's Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton speaks to reporters in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Australian minister said U.S. officials are "in the final stages" of vetting up to 1,250 refugees rejected by Australia for resettlement in the United States. The refugees are among hundreds of asylum seekers — mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — who have been languishing for up to four years in immigration camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., pauses during a news conference with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democrats about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, confers with Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., left, as Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks at right, about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 file photo, Los Angeles Angels reliever Bud Norris pitches against the Houston Astros in a baseball game in Houston. Angels closer Bud Norris has been placed on the 10-day disabled list because of right knee inflammation, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/George Bridges, File)

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FILE--In this Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, protestors chant during a rally in Portland, Ore.outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. Oregon's Legislature has taken a step closer to defying a federal government crackdown on illegal immigration, with the House passing a bill that seeks to restrict the ability of state and local agencies, including law enforcement, to inquire about a person's immigration status and prohibiting public agencies from disclosing information to federal officials except in certain circumstances. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file)

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to release a discussion draft of a secret Republican health care bill on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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This Monday, June 19, 2017 photo a gray baby rabbit, dubbed Thumper by Fresno Humane Animal Services guardians, rests in hay inside a makeshift kiddie pool home at the Fresno Humane Animal Services in Fresno, Calif. The Fresno Humane Animal Services has been left with nearly 1,000 small animals after California authorities seized them from a truck trailer. (Marc Benjamin /The Fresno Bee via AP)

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This Monday, June 19, 2017 photo Brenda Mitchell, president of Fresno Humane Animal Services, stands in front of many of the animals the county found Friday, June 16 in a truck trailer in Fresno, at the Fresno Humane Animal Services in Fresno, Calif. The Fresno Humane Animal Services has been left with nearly 1,000 small animals after California authorities seized them from a truck trailer. (Marc Benjamin /The Fresno Bee via AP)

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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo Tracy Crutchfield, Fresno Humane Animal Services shelter manager, holds one of three pigs found in a trailer that registered 107 degrees Fahrenheit the county found Friday, June 16 in Fresno, Calif. The Fresno Humane Animal Services has been left with nearly 1,000 small animals after California authorities seized them from a truck trailer. (Marc Benjamin /The Fresno Bee via AP)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., right, speaks about health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Part of a new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)

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Part of a new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)