The vote came amid the dramatic backdrop of Senator John McCain?s return to the Senate to cast a vote on allowing the measure to proceed.
?Let?s trust each other,? said McCain, who returned to the Senate to vote despite a diagnosis of brain cancer.
What did the Senate just vote on? And what?s next? The Senate just voted by a razor-thin margin to debate the health care bill.
The two senators were both diagnosed with the same form of brain cancer, and both headed to Washington for critical votes.
Collins on congressman who slammed her: ?He?s so unattractive it?s unbelievable? ?I don?t mean to be unkind, but he?s so unattractive it?s unbelievable,? the Maine senator said of Blake Farenthold in comments caught on a hot mic.
Caught on hot mic, senators unload on Trump Apparently speaking to Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Senator Susan Collins of Maine also called a House representative ?so unattractive it?s unbelievable.?
Speaking with a megaphone to a group of protesters, Warren said the fight to retain the Affordable Care Act was a test for the country.
The Coast Guard says a diver pulled unresponsive from waters near the wreck of the Andrea Doria off Massachusetts has died.
Left something in your Uber? It will now cost $15 to get it back The measure is designed to compensate drivers for time spent returning lost items.
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Your Home | Design Refresher
Now that the drought is over and winter is a few months away, it?s time for New England homeowners to get serious about what?s overhead.
The pedestrian buttons at crosswalks? They do nothing. Waiting to cross the street? Press all you want, or don?t ? it doesn?t matter either way.
Competition among buyers remains high as the number of properties for sale dropped again in June.
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The singer may have new priorities.
Paul Shanley, notorious priest in Catholic sex abuse scandal, to be released this week Shanley is set to be released after serving 12 years for raping a Sunday school student in the early 1980s.
?It?s impossible to ignore this anymore?: CTE study details toll on football players Researchers studied the donated brains of 202 players, and interviewed their loved ones about mood and behavioral problems.
Allegations that medical school dean led drug-fueled secret life stun many in Boston In Boston, Dr. Carmen Puliafito was known as driven and intense, a physician who relished the business of running a clinic as well as his time in the operating room.
Man who allegedly attacked woman outside Planet Fitness was looking for revenge The man allegedly targeted the victim as an indirect act of revenge against a relative of her former boyfriend, court records show.
Will Jeff Sessions keep his job? ?We?ll see what happens,? Trump says ?I am disappointed in the attorney general, he should not have recused himself,? President Trump told reporters Tuesday afternoon.
Ground Game
Why it?s so complicated for Trump to just say, ?Jeff, you?re fired? Here are three problems the president would have in firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Renée Graham
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is marching toward the abyss, but he never saw it coming.
Michael A. Cohen
Events of the past few days are not making America great again And it?s only Tuesday.
?I?m going to fire everybody? in bid to stop leaks, Scaramucci says Anthony Scaramucci, President Trump?s new communications director, threatened to fire everyone in the press office if necessary.
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The agency?s estimated pension liability is now close to $45 million.
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Is a ?Global War on Terrorism Memorial? an appropriate tribute? Two problems regarding the proposal stand out: the war?s actual purpose, and when exactly it began.
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His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead In Hingham, a welfare check on a disconsolate young man with a gun turned into something utterly unimaginable.
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The veteran has been a free agent since being released last March by the San Diego Chargers.
A lawyer for the estate of Aaron Hernandez said the deal to sell Hernandez?s home fell through because the buyer didn?t want ?a lot of publicity.?
Martha's Vineyard has long been a summer haven for a couple of American ex-pats, who moved from California to London 14 years ago.
??Too many Americans don?t know what we stand for,?? said Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.
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The endless lines of brake lights are striking earlier and staying later. In Boston, you just can?t beat the traffic.
James Bradley Jr. of Clearwater, Fla., faces the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison in the federal case.
Yappy Hours are prevalent in the summertime, but the laws around them still seem ambiguous.
The host of Comedy Central?s ?Hood Adjacent? is just getting started.
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