(Bloomberg) -- Several key Republican holdouts on health-care legislation said they will vote to begin debate Tuesday afternoon, even though senators don’t know exactly where the legislation will end up.

It’s unclear whether they have the 50 votes needed to begin considering a version of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s replacement bill or a stripped-down bill that would repeal much of Obamacare with a two-year delay.

“I will vote to move forward and give us a chance to address the unworkable aspects of the law that have left many Nevadans -- particularly those living in rural areas -- with dwindling or no choices,” Republican Senator Dean Heller of Nevada said in a statement. “If the final product isn’t improved for the state of Nevada, then I will not vote for it; if it is improved, I will support it.”

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