CNN will host a town hall with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who will be debating health care with Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Monday, September 25 at 9 p.m. ET.
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