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The Senate just failed to advance their latest Obamacare repeal bill — but the debate rolls on

The Senate bill is heading into 20 hours of debate. Here's what to expect.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to open debate on their plan to overhaul the US healthcare system.

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Exactly which healthcare bill they'll be voting on as a final product remains very much up in the air.

The Senate late Tuesday evening failed to advance the latest version of their long-marinating plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the law better known as Obamacare.

Among the other options are the Senate's plan to strictly repeal Obamacare. There's also the chance of a "skinny repeal" bill, which would repeal certain aspects of the ACA and, if passed, lead to the House and Senate working together to compromise on one final bill.

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Here's a rough outline of where the process has been and goes from here:

10 p.m. - The Senate just held a procedural vote on the revised repeal and replace bill. It didn't pass.

The bill, introduced earlier in the night, required 60 votes to pass. In a vote Tuesday, the bill wasn't able to get 60 "yes" votes, with 57 voting against it and 43 in favor. In total, nine Republican senators voted against the bill: Susan Collins, Rand Paul, Bob Corker, Tom Cotton, Dean Heller, Mike Lee, Jerry Moran, Lisa Murkowski and Lindsey Graham.

Procedural votes are used to gauge whether the legislation complies with the budget act under which it's trying to pass. But it gives a glimpse of what the vote would look like if the bill came up for the vote for final passage.

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8:30 p.m. - The Senate has another version of its repeal and replace bill.

The Senate will be voting on this version of the BCRA, which includes an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz, titled the "Consumer Freedom Amendment." Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon nicknamed this version "Trumpcare 3.0."

The bill includes an amendment from Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, which sets up $100 billion in new funding to stabilize states. It does this by increasing funding from $19.2 billion a year to $30.2 billion. Portman has expressed concerns about the BCRA before for not providing enough funding for Medicaid tackling the opioid crisis.

It also makes some changes to a section that would have made out-of-pocket maximums technically higher than what's allowed by the law.

This version of the bill would need 60 votes to pass.

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6:40 p.m. — The Senate is expected to vote on a repeal/replace plan at 8 p.m. — but it likely won't pass.

The Senate clerk is still reading through the BCRA, but there's already talk of a first vote on a modified repeal and replace plan coming at 8 p.m.

Politico's Jennifer Haberkorn reports that the vote won't likely be successful.

5:50 p.m. - Democrats have asked Senate clerks to read through the BCRA.

The most recent draft of this bill is 164 pages long.

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The latest draft of this bill includes more funds to tackle the opioid crisis, and a change to allow people to pay for premiums using health savings accounts. The bill also still includes deep cuts to Medicaid, with an estimated $756 billion cuts by 2026 according to the Congressional Budget Office.

But notably absent was the amendment from Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee that critics said could make plans with adequate coverageunaffordable to those who have certain medical conditions.

5:30 p.m. - Democrats kick off the debate period.

Sens. Bill Nelson of Florida, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Brian Schatz of Hawaii got the debate on the Senate floor on Tuesday afternoon. Brown, using presentation boards, gave a impassioned speech that involved pointing in the direction of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office and mentioning Wall Street and pharmaceutical company lobbyists that have been around McConnell's office.

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Brown also expressed his concerns about the healthcare bills' approach to the opioid epidemic. A revised version of the BCRA allocated $45 billion for the public health issue. Tpregnant women, single parents

3:40 p.m. - Trump calls out Republican senators who voted against the motion to proceed.

"We had two Republicans that went against us, which is very sad, I think, very very said, for them," Trump said in a press conference. "But I'm very, very happy with the result."

3:30 p.m. - Senate starts by reading the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act (repeal-only bill)

The Senate is currently reading through the ORRA, the straight repeal bill. Inearly identical

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3:15 p.m. - Senator John McCain returns to vote on the motion.

McCain, who is recovering from brain surgery, was recently diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. McCain said in his speech that he will not vote for the bill as it is today. He pushed for the bill to have input from both parties.

"What do we have to lose to try and work together to find those solutions?" McCain said in a speech Tuesday.

McCain said he'll stay in DC for a few days before returning to Arizona for treatment.

3 p.m. - Senate voted to open debate on the bill.

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