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President Trump said he is confident that the Republican-led Senate will pass the health care bill. (Associated Press)
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Jake Martinez, 32, looks at his medication at his home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, holds his medication at his home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, speaks during an interview while his wife Kat, 31, holds their daughter Jenny, 3, at their home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Jake Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, looks on as he stands next to his medication at his home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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President Trump celebrated with Speaker Paul D. Ryan in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday after the House pushed through their long-awaited health care bill. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Cindy Fandhu, front right, holds her 18-month-old daughter, Jocelyn, as they wave to supporters during a protest outside the office of U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., over the health care overhaul bill up for a vote in the U.S. House Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump pumps his hands to GOP House members after the House pushed through a health care bill, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump, accompanied by GOP House members, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 photo, a school buses drives through Estill, S.C. Estill Middle School stands out as having one of the nation's largest single sexual assault cases reported on school grounds - at least four students, ages 11 to 14, were victimized by as many as 30 kids in 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 photo, a cross stands outside a church in Estill, S.C. Estill Middle School stands out as having one of the nation's largest single sexual assault cases reported on school grounds - at least four students, ages 11 to 14, were victimized by as many as 30 kids in 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 photo shows Estill Middle School, in Estill, S.C., where one of the nation's largest single sexual assault cases reported on school grounds was reported in 2013. At least four students, ages 11 to 14, were victimized by as many as 30 kids in 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 photo shows school buses parked at Estill Middle School, where a sexual assault case was reported in 2013, in Estill, S.C. Most parents have no choice but to send their children to the public schools. More than 90 percent of students at Estill Middle School receive free or reduced lunch. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 photo shows the gym, left, at Estill Middle School in Estill, S.C. The school, mired in poverty, stands out as having one of the nation's largest single sexual assault cases reported on school grounds - at least four students, ages 11 to 14, were victimized by as many as 30 kids in 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this Monday, May 1, 2017 photo, Jose Luis Santiago, right, an immigration advocate, chats with a demonstrator before a protest march in Homestead, Fla. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and rhetoric are leaving some Mexican Americans and immigrants feeling at odds with Cinco de Mayo. Latino activists and scholars say that ambivalence is bolstered around the hazy history of Cinco de Mayo and by the stereotypes exploited by marketers. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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FILE - In this May 5, 2016, file photo, Minerva Allende, right, dances with her fellow dancers of Cuerpo Escena Comania de Danza from the Institute of Chihuahua in celebration of Cinco de Mayo at the LULAC/Hispanic Heritage of Odessa's annual Fiesta Lunch at the La Margarita Festival Grounds in Odessa, Texas. Trump's immigration policies and rhetoric are leaving some Mexican Americans and immigrants feeling at odds with a day they already thought was appropriated by beer and liquor companies, event promoters and local bars. (Jacob Ford/Odessa American via AP)
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FILE--In this May 3, 2014, file p goto, members of the Ector Junior High Mariachi Band perform while riding on a float during the Cinco de Mayo parade on Crane Avenue in Odessa, Texas. Trump's immigration policies and rhetoric are leaving some Mexican Americans and immigrants feeling at odds with a day they already thought was appropriated by beer and liquor companies, event promoters and local bars. (Edyta Blaszczyk/Odessa American via AP, file)
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In this Monday, May 1, 2017 photo, Jose Luis Santiago, left, an immigration advocate, marches during a protest march in Homestead, Fla. Cinco de May, a once-obscure holiday marking a 19th Century-battle between Mexico and invading French forces, is being met with ambivalence by Mexican-American and Mexican immigrants. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and rhetoric are leaving some Mexican Americans and immigrants feeling at odds with Cinco de Mayo. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)