Achieving consensus for passage on the Senate health care bill will take party-wide and across-the-aisle collaboration — a lofty feat.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's 13-member health care working group has gotten a lot of attention. But in the Senate, where a minority group of members can effectively stall any legislation from advancing, buy-in from the broader Republican Conference will be necessary for the GOP to succeed in overhauling President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, the 2010 health care law.
Given those dynamics, Roll Call has compiled its own roster of 13 lawmakers to watch as debate on the repeal bill continues. The list represents the various factions within the Republican Conference and the opposing views on key issues.
