内容摘要：Lane’s sister declined to comment when reached by telephone. The family is expected to give a written statement Tuesday night.

Lane’s sister declined to comment when reached by telephone. The family is expected to give a written statement Tuesday night.

that would be phased out quickly under the House bill. The four senators argued that the quick repeal creates uncertainty for businesses and could raise prices for consumers.Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida have argued the legislation

and threatened to vote against it.Paul is considered the least likely to support the measure. He says he won’t vote for it if it raises the debt ceiling — a key priority for GOP leaders in both the House and the Senate. The package would raiseby $4 trillion to allow more borrowing to pay the nation’s bills, as the Treasury Department says the limit

by the middle of July.Johnson has been railing against the legislation since it was unveiled in the House, arguing that it does little to reduce government spending over time. He took those arguments to Trump last week at a meeting between the president and members of the Senate Finance Committee.

After the meeting, Johnson said he would continue to argue that the bill needs to do more to cut costs. But he said he came away with the recognition that he needed to be “more positive” as Trump exerts political pressure on Republicans to pass it.

“We’re a long ways from making the deficit curve bend down, but I recognize that’s going to take time,” Johnson said. “The truth is, there are a lot of good things in this bill that I absolutely support. I want it to succeed.”Both Bareilles and Keenan-Bolger are involved with the Gavin Creel Fellowship, an initiative that plans to provide $25,000 grants to five emerging theater actors each year.

Sarah Bareilles and host Cynthia Erivo perform “Tomorrow” during the in memoriam segment (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Sarah Bareilles and host Cynthia Erivo perform “Tomorrow” during the in memoriam segment (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

The final award had been announced— best musical to “Maybe Happy Ending” — and the audience started to disperse. But Erivo had another idea.