(Bloomberg) -- Senate Republicans making one last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare have thedaunting task of assembling 50 votes for an emotionally chargedbill with limited details on how it would work, what it would costand how it would affect health coverage -- all in 12days.

They need to act by Sept. 30 to use a fast-track procedurethat prevents Democrats from blocking it, but the deadline doesn’tleave enough time to get a full analysis of the bill’s effects fromthe Congressional Budget Office. The measure wouldface parliamentary challenges that could force leaders to strip outprovisions favored by conservatives. Several Republicans arestill withholding their support or rejecting it outright.

And even if Republicans manage to get it through the Senate bySept. 30, the House would have to accept it without changing asingle comma.

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