Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulSecond GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Trump seeks to flip 'Rage' narrative; Dems block COVID-19 bill MORE (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that absent a last-minute deal, he believes House GOP leadership will scrap its current bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare and start over.

"I think there’s easily 35 'no' votes right now, so unless something happens in the next 24 hours, I would predict they pull the bill and start over," Paul told the conservative website Breitbart News.

Paul, who was an early and vocal critic of the House legislation, added that if conservatives are able to foil the current proposal, "they will have earned a seat at the table where real negotiation to make this bill an acceptable bill will happen."

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House leadership rolled out changes to its bill on Monday night aimed at winning over more GOP votes, but Paul said the revisions weren't enough to ensure passage of the bill, which he called "ObamaCare lite."

"I think what it will be is the real negotiations will begin the moment his bill fails, and when his bill fails conservatives will have a seat at the table," he told Breitbart.

"We will reach a conclusion on healthcare next week because we're going to [Supreme Court nominee] Judge [Neil] Gorsuch the week after that," McConnell told reporters when asked if he thought the current timeline is realistic. "We'll try to move it across the floor next week."

Top Senate Republicans have previously signaled that they intended to use next week to pass the repeal-and-replace bill.

But the House proposal doesn't appear to have the votes to pass the Senate.

Six senators have said they can't support the House bill without changes and that they should slow down and take more time to work out a deal.

With a 52-seat majority, McConnell can only afford to lose two GOP senators and still pass the legislation through the Senate.

But McConnell downplayed signs of division, saying it was part of the "legislative process" and that senators would be able to make additional changes once the bill reaches the Senate.

"I'm not going to comment on every single episode along the way. ... You guys will be able to write a lot of stories," he said. "We're not slowing down."