Top Senate Democrat Schumer: 50-50 chance Republicans pass healthcare bill

[June 26, 2017]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that he sees a 50 percent probability that Republicans will be able to pass their healthcare bill.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives to talk to the media on the president's FY2018 budget proposal on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

"I think they have at best a 50-50 chance of passing this bill," he said in an interview with ABC's "This Week."

(Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

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