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Nevada Voters, Divided Over Health Care, Put Moderate Republican In Tough Spot

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When senators come back to Washington on Monday, a handful of Republicans will help decide the fate of legislation that could reshape health care in America. One of them is Nevada Republican Dean Heller. Sen. Heller is one of a small bunch of Republicans who have said they will not support the latest draft proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Republican leadership can only lose the support of two of its own senators and still pass such a bill. The Republican senators who say they'll vote no on the latest health care plan fall into two camps. Members of the party's right wing think this proposal is too timid and doesn't go far enough to undo the Affordable Care Act. More moderate Republicans, like Heller, think it is harsh and goes too far. "I'm telling you right now, I cannot support a piece of legislation that takes away insurance away from tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Nevadans," he said. Nevada's popular governor, Brian

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