But it will highlight the secrecy around the health care debate as Republicans rush to finish the bill before their Fourth of July recess.
In a show of frustration with what they deem the GOP's "shameful" and "secret" legislative process, Democrats on Monday also held the Senate floor with a series of back-to-back speeches.
"They're ashamed of the bill", said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to the New York Times Thursday.
In a slew of lengthy floor speeches throughout Monday night, Democrats accused GOP lawmakers of drafting its Obamacare replacement bill in secret and called for more time to consider the bill, which could see a vote as early as next week.
The Senate is planning to act soon to pass their own bill, which is expected to mirror numerous provisions of the House GOP bill.
An all-male group of Senate Republicans has worked privately for months to craft its version of the House healthcare bill, which narrowly passed to the upper chamber in May, under increasing pressure from Trump.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement that the moves are created to shed a light on the bill because the secretive process shows Republicans are "ashamed of it, plain and simple".
Speaking during a Senate talkathon in which Democrats protested GOP senators' closed-door efforts to shape their own legislation, the freshman senator compared the two bills.
An organization that opposes the Republican effort to repeal and replace key parts of the Affordable Care Act is pressuring five GOP senators not to vote for the emerging legislation in a new $1.5 million ad campaign that begins Monday, officials with the group told The Washington Post.
GJM observes 'Black Sunday', Darjeeling braces for another shutdown
The GJM's supporters attacked security forces with bricks and bottles, in a worst violence since the flare-up on June 8. Police rejected the allegations of firing by its personnel, and said one person was killed during the clashes.
Some Senate Democrats also are preparing to block lengthy committee hearings beginning on Tuesday, although Democratic leaders have not announced or confirmed that decision.
Asked if 20 hours is sufficient time to debate something that will affect one sixth of the U.S. economy, Burr said: "I believe it is".
The Democratic leadership and rank-and-file members are planning to prevent the chamber from conducting routine business, including allowing committees to meet for extended hearings when the Senate is in session.
McConnell's office did not respond to a request for comment over his fundraising schedule.
From left, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen.
If Senate Republicans plan to win moderate votes by spending more on health insurance subsidies and by delaying the phase-out of Medicaid expansion under the PPACA, they will need to find a way to pay for it, The Hill points out. We will seek, in as many ways as we can, in as many times as we can, to refer the House-passed health care bill to committee.
Critics have estimated that the House bill would curtail Medicaid by some $800 billion, and some Republican senators from states where Medicaid was expanded under Obama have expressed concern about passing legislation that slashes aid to thousands of constituents.
The discussion occurred just hours before their colleagues in the Senate planned to take control of the floor for a talk-a-thon against the passage of Republican legislation.
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