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00:00CONGRESS -- IN CONGRESS? WOULD REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING? -- WILL IT REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING? >> IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF NEWS. WHAT THEY HAVE NOW IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW STATES TO GAIN WAIVERS FROM TWO CRITICAL PROVISIONS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE. IT WOULD ALLOW STATES TO OPT OUT OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN NOT CHARGE MORE FOR SIX PEOPLE. THE DOWNSIDE IT COULD LEAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE REGULATIONS. HOUSE REPUBLICAN MODERATES DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THE BILL CUTS MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY A LOT. A LOT WERE SILENT AND DID NOT WANT TO VOTE ON THE BILL. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS HEALTH CARE BILL HAS A PULSE. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO PASS YET. VONNIE: IS IT POSSIBLE THAT ENOUGH MODERATES WERE -- WOULD BACK IT THAT IT COULD BECOME LEGISLATION? >> SO FAR WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY MODERATES WHO OPPOSE THE BILL CHANGE THEIR POSITION. WE NEED TO SEE IF MEMBERS COME DOWN ON THIS. ONE OF THOSE WHO AUTHORED THE AMENDMENT. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SPEAKING WITH THE -- FOR THE GROUP. THIS IS A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE. THEY WANT DIFFERENT THINGS. I SPOKE TO ONE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IN A SWING DISTRICT AND HE SAID HE'S

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Freedom Caucus Announces Support for GOP Health Bill

The conservative House Freedom Caucus that helped derail the GOP’s effort last month to repeal Obamacare has formally endorsed a revised measure, potentiality giving it a new lease on life. Bloomberg's Sahil Kapur reports on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

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