Members of the U.S. Senate have varying prognoses about when -- or even if -- the upper chamber will be able to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said on a radio talk show Wednesday the Senate will vote no later than “the end of July” on the American Health Care Act passed earlier this month by the House of Representatives, according to The Hill.

“One thing I’m sure of is it won’t be perfect,” Cornyn said on The Chad Hasty Show. "But if it’s better than Obamacare, I think we will have fulfilled our promise we made election after election to repeal and replace Obamacare.”

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.