Eliza Collins

USA TODAY

Democrats and at least one Republican were searching the Capitol on Thursday following a Bloomberg report that the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare was locked in a dedicated reading room.

Sen. Rand Paul — who has said he’d vote against a draft of the bill that was leaked last week — was not happy about the report and asked to make a copy so he can publicly release it.

The Kentucky Republican then decided to take things into his own hands.

It didn’t go so well.

In a statement, Paul said that he had been denied from making a copy.

"It is already bad enough that it appears House leadership wants us to settle for ‘Obamacare Lite,’ but now we can’t even expect full transparency during the process," he said. "I will not settle and I will not stand idly by while the American people are kept in the dark. I will continue to speak out for full repeal."

Democrats also seized on the opportunity:

The stunts highlight the ongoing repeal-and-replace drama surrounding the Affordable Care Act.