Democratic senators storm the CBO to try to get a copy of the Republican health-care bill

Senator Chris Murphy was among those who went to the CBO in attempts to see the Senate's health care bill.
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With a vote slated for next week and no draft health-care bill in sight, Democratic senators decided to take matters into their own hands. On Tuesday, Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) took a cab over to the Congressional Budget Office in the hopes that maybe the office would let them see the "secret" GOP-backed health-care bill, Murphy tweeted.

No word yet on whether the Democratic senators' mission was a success. Becca Stanek

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Update 1:35 p.m. ET: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) confirmed later Tuesday that they were unable to get a copy of the bill from the CBO because of a "confidentiality agreement." Murphy said the CBO "would not confirm that they are working on the bill."

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