Republicans are torn between a desire to run the clock as long as possible on health care legislation, and a desire not to have to return to work next week to hold an essential vote on a bill to raise the country’s debt ceiling. All week, it’s been unclear exactly how they’ll overcome the impasse, but at his press conference today, McConnell suggested that Republicans might reconfigure their strategy a bit, in order to finish up all of the Senate’s business before holiday recess.
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