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“Obamacare continues to collapse,” McConnell said. “Republicans are working to implement better ideas. Democrats are still trying to prevent Congress from acting.”

Schumer said his party’s actions were “merely the first steps we’re prepared to take in order to shine a light on this shameful Trumpcare bill.”

Senate Republicans have been racing to draft the bill since May when the House narrowly passed its version. Both chambers would have to agree on the language in order for the repeal measure to become law.

“When President Trump said that the House bill was mean he was not kidding around,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, said in a speech from the Senate floor Monday night. “And if you think the one on the Senate side is gonna be any better there's one little phrase I'd like to bring to your attention. We're not stupid.”

Democrats, who oppose the bill but lack the necessary votes to block it, have vowed to block GOP procedural requests in an attempt to increase transparency in the drafting process. They have also tried to force the bill into committee and delay a potential vote.

Democrats also noted that before the ACA was passed, the bill’s text had been public for weeks, and it had seen at least 100 Senate deliberations, while the current bill hasn't seen any.

This is not normal. Senate Republicans are refusing to hold hearings on #Trumpcare. They won't even #ShowUsTheBill. What are they hiding? pic.twitter.com/yMsJ3eHKRF

— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) June 20, 2017

McConnell told President Donald Trump earlier this month that a vote on the bill could come before Independence Day, but Senate leaders have held back from divulging details about the bill.

However, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-WI, a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act, said last week that his party would need more time to pass a viable replacement for Obamacare.

“We need enough time to really fully understand it. It's going to take time,” Johnson told reporters last week. “This is complex. I really don’t want to see us vote before the July 4th break. I think it'd be too soon.”

ABC News' Chad Murray contributed to this report.

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