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The Senate is expected to vote to begin debate on the Republican health care bill between 2:15 and 2:30 pm Eastern, after the senators' weekly Republican luncheon, per GOP aides. Many members have not publicly said whether they'll vote for the motion to proceed.
Who we're watching: Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, Rob Portman, Jerry Moran and Mike Lee.
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Former special counsel Robert Mueller in a statement on Tuesday defended his team's handling of the Russia investigation after Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor in his office, wrote in a new book that investigators should have done more to hold President Trump accountable.
Driving the news: In the tell-all book, “Where Law Ends,” released on Tuesday, Weissman addresses what he calls the special prosecutor office's failures in its investigation.
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Joe Biden's campaign released his 2019 tax returns on Tuesday, showing that he and his wife, Jill, paid nearly $300,000 in federal taxes last year.
Why it matters: The release, timed just hours before the first presidential debate, comes days after a bombshell New York Times report said that President Trump paid only $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017. Biden's team is hoping to make the tax contrast a sticking point during their showdown tonight.