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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Schumer adopts Trump slogan: GOP wants to ‘Make America sick again’ — It's a world where health insurance companies are jacking up rates, Americans are losing benefits and illness is racking the nation. — This is the apocalyptic picture of America offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act — According to our latest estimates, repealing the ACA in its entirety would cost roughly $350 billion through 2027 under conventional scoring and $150 billion using dynamic scoring. — In this paper, we offer rough estimates for a variety of full and partial repeal options.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump plans executive actions for ObamaCare repeal — House Republicans are planning to get an ObamaCare repeal bill on President Trump's desk by Feb. 20, according to two Republican lawmakers. — The date was put forward by incoming House Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black
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CNN:
Obama tells Democrats: 'Don't rescue' Republicans on ‘Trumpcare’ — This is likely Obama's last visit to Congress, and it comes as Republicans push to overturn his signature legislative accomplishment — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: “Don't rescue” Republicans on Obamacare.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Obama urges Dems to fight GOP on ObamaCare — President Obama urged Democrats to fight Republican efforts to repeal ObamaCare during a rare trip Wednesday to Capitol Hill. — The current president challenged lawmakers to take on an uphill fight even as Vice President-elect Mike Pence
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Doctor's Orders: Don't Repeal Obamacare Until You Have A Plan To Replace It
Doctor's Orders: Don't Repeal Obamacare Until You Have A Plan To Replace It
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Repealing Obamacare Could Be Trump's First Lesson in the Glacial Pace of Congress
Repealing Obamacare Could Be Trump's First Lesson in the Glacial Pace of Congress
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Manchin says he won't attend Obama's Capitol Hill meeting
Manchin says he won't attend Obama's Capitol Hill meeting
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Media Matters for America:
10 Facts Reporters Should Include In Stories About Efforts To Repeal Obamacare
10 Facts Reporters Should Include In Stories About Efforts To Repeal Obamacare
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's “if you like your insurance, you can keep it” moment
Trump's “if you like your insurance, you can keep it” moment
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump in 2010: WikiLeaks ‘disgraceful,’ there ‘should be like death penalty or something’ — Trump called WikiLeaks “disgraceful” and suggested there be a “death penalty” for their actions during a 2010 interview. — His 2010 comments are in sharp contrast to his decision Wednesday morning …
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
To Julian Assange: I apologize. — Please watch Sean Hannity's interview with Julian Assange (Wikileaks). — Exposing the truth re: the Left having been oh-so-guilty of atrocious actions and attitudes of which they've falsely accused others. The media collusion that hid what many on the Left have been supporting is shocking.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cotton responds to Trump: I have more faith in intel officers than Assange
Cotton responds to Trump: I have more faith in intel officers than Assange
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Speaker Paul Ryan On The “100 Days” Ahead
Speaker Paul Ryan On The “100 Days” Ahead
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Fox News:
Wikileaks' Assange: ‘A 14-year-old kid could have hacked Podesta’ emails
Wikileaks' Assange: ‘A 14-year-old kid could have hacked Podesta’ emails
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Ryan calls Assange a ‘sycophant for Russia’
Ryan calls Assange a ‘sycophant for Russia’
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How to Stop a Trump Supreme Court Nominee — President-elect Donald Trump will soon announce his nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Once he does, we'll know within just a few hours whether there is any chance that the Senate will reject his choice.
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
McConnell: Americans ‘will not tolerate’ Dems blocking SCOTUS nominee … said Wednesday that Republicans will not accept any Democratic efforts to block a Supreme Court nominee chosen by President-elect Trump. — “Apparently there's yet a new standard now to not confirm a Supreme Court nominee at all,” McConnell said.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Schumer regrets Dems triggering ‘nuclear option’
Schumer regrets Dems triggering ‘nuclear option’
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer Says Democrats Willing To Keep Supreme Court Seat Empty
Schumer Says Democrats Willing To Keep Supreme Court Seat Empty
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Schumer Prepared to Hold Supreme Court Seat Open
Schumer Prepared to Hold Supreme Court Seat Open
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Hires Eric Holder as Legal Bulwark Against Donald Trump — LOS ANGELES — Girding for four years of potential battles with President-elect Donald J. Trump, Democratic leaders of the California Legislature announced Wednesday that they had hired Eric H. Holder Jr. …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Even when Trump shows backbone, his haters refuse to give him any credit — THE BIG IDEA: It took grit and gumption for Donald Trump to call out House Republicans yesterday. — Maybe he did not fully comprehend the risks of criticizing the very lawmakers who he needs …
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Why Republicans took aim at an ethics watchdog
Why Republicans took aim at an ethics watchdog
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NBC News:
Trump Takes Jab at ‘Intelligence’ Officials for Allegedly Delaying ‘Russian Hacking’ Briefing
Trump Takes Jab at ‘Intelligence’ Officials for Allegedly Delaying ‘Russian Hacking’ Briefing
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New York Times:
Dylann Roof, Addressing Court, Offers No Apology or Explanation for Massacre — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sometime in the six weeks after he killed nine people at this city's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Dylann S. Roof wrote in a journal that he had “not shed a tear for the innocent people I killed.”
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Tom George / KTNV:
Man captures neighbor's racist rant on camera — LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - A Facebook video shot by a Las Vegas man has been shared thousands of times on social media, showing his neighbor going off on a racist rant. — The video all stemmed from an argument between Dexter Manawat and his next door neighbor over cleaning up leaves.
Tegna / WUSA:
Free marijuana on Inauguration Day — 4,200 free joints on Inauguration Day as part of a protest … WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - You might catch a strong smell of marijuana on Inauguration Day. That's because there will be thousands of joints handed out—for free—by the DC Cannabis Coalition.
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USA Today:
Free marijuana to be handed out Inauguration Day
Free marijuana to be handed out Inauguration Day
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Omarosa Angers Black Republicans With Invite-Only Meeting — WASHINGTON — Black Republicans are figuring out how to respond to an invite-only meeting taking place Wednesday between senior staff of President-elect Donald Trump's transition and mostly Democratic-leaning civil rights groups and clergy.
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
Mariah Carey breaks silence on New Year's mishap: ‘Mortified’ — One day after Mariah Carey's management team blasted Dick Clark Productions for its response to her now-infamous performance during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, the singer is breaking her silence on the matter as well.
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Mary Cornatzer / Raleigh News & Observer:
Gov. Roy Cooper wants to expand Medicaid — Gov. Roy Cooper says he wants to expand Medicaid immediately, defying a state law. — Talking to a group of business leaders at an economic forum on Wednesday morning, the Democratic governor said he would file an amendment by Friday asking …
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Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Read Deval Patrick's Scathing Indictment Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick—who in 1985 worked on the defense team that represented three black civil rights leaders targeted by Sen. Jeff Sessions in the notorious voter fraud case …
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