memeorandum: Ryan: We'll Try To Repeal And Replace Obamacare ‘Concurrently’ (Caitlin MacNeal/Talking Points Memo)

1:20 PM ET, January 10, 2017

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Booker to testify against fellow senator Sessions in unprecedented move — Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is set to testify against Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions Wednesday in an unprecedented move during his attorney general confirmation. — This would be the first time in Senate history …

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Alex Johnson / NBC News:

Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis to Testify Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General — Booker to testify against colleague Sessions 6:22 — Sen. Cory Booker is set to make history this week when he testifies before the Judiciary Committee against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination …

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Seung Min Kim / Politico:

Inside Sessions' strategy to combat racism allegations — The Trump team and Senate Republicans have a strategy to usher Sen. Jeff Sessions through his attorney general confirmation hearing that will highlight his ties to moderate Republicans and Democrats and efforts on bipartisan legislation …

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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:

Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say — Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record

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Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
The Voter Fraud Case Jeff Sessions Lost and Can't Escape

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Andrea Ruth / RedState:
The Left Has Lost its Mind: Cory Booker to Testify Against Sessions

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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump AG nominee Jeff Sessions faces grilling in Senate hearing

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The Hill:
Five things to watch for in Sessions confirmation hearing

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CNN:
First on CNN: Condoleezza Rice endorses Sessions for attorney general

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight — The Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation of the repeal - with a promise to come up with a terrific replacement later - is probably its best way to destroy Obamacare. Unfortunately for Republicans …

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The Hill:

Ryan: GOP's goal is to replace, repeal ObamaCare ‘concurrently’ — (R-Wis.) said on Tuesday that some elements required to replace ObamaCare could be included in the earlier process to repeal the healthcare law. — Ryan, however, didn't identify specific elements or get into other details of how that process would work.

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Senate Dems end ObamaCare repeal protest after 5 hours — Democrats ceded back the Senate floor early Tuesday morning, ending a more than 5-hour protest of GOP efforts to repeal ObamaCare. — Democrats painted the late-night talkathon as the first test against a Republican-led government …

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The Huffington Post:

A Half-Dozen GOP Senators Just Fired A Big Warning Shot On Obamacare Repeal — Cries to slow down and wait for a replacement are getting louder. — Senior National Correspondent, The Huffington Post — Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Ryan: We'll Try To Repeal And Replace Obamacare ‘Concurrently’ — House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday indicated that Republicans in Congress will look to repeal and replace Obamacare at the same time, diverging from Republicans' previous plan of repealing the health care law quickly but delaying passing a replacement plan.

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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters skeptical of Obamacare repeal without a replacement plan

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Bloomberg:
Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal

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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus looks to delay budget — and Obamacare repeal

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CNN: Republicans increasingly worried about Obamacare plan

Associated Press:
GOP Anxiety Mounts Over Voiding Health Law Without Own Plan

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:

HarperCollins pulls Trump pick Monica Crowley's book amid plagiarism revelations — Publisher HarperCollins said Tuesday that it will stop selling a book by Monica Crowley that a CNN KFile investigation found to have more than 50 instances of plagiarism. — Crowley was picked …

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Grace Watkins / Politico:
Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation

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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze:

Obama staffers can't find work in Trump's DC: ‘There are no jobs’ — As outgoing President Barack Obama plans to head off on vacation when he vacates the White House next week, his staffers and appointees are struggling to find work in Washington, D.C. — Following President-elect Donald …

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House defends Meryl Streep's anti-Trump speech

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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump rant was easily the worst performance of your career …

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Robby Mook / New York Times:

Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start — Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …

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New York Times:

Fox News Settled Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Documents Show — In the weeks after Roger Ailes was ousted as the chairman of Fox News in July, amid a sexual harassment scandal, company executives secretly struck an agreement with a longtime on-air personality …

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

U2 delays album release after Trump win — The band U2 is delaying the release of its new album in the aftermath of the unexpected victory of President-elect Donald Trump — The band is reconsidering some aspects of “Songs of Experience,” a follow-up to its 2014 album, “Songs of Innocence.”

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Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Edge Breaks Down U2's Upcoming ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour

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Roxane Gay / Harper's BAZAAR:

MADONNA'S SPRING AWAKENING — The pop icon on election-night prayers, aging, and bad wine. — Madonna has no patience for bad wine. I learned this while sitting in a well-appointed living room at her New York City home, with Nina Simone playing softly in the background.

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Josephine Mendez / Herald-Dispatch.com:

Huntington High teacher suspended over racially charged tweets — HUNTINGTON — A social studies teacher at Huntington High has been suspended with pay following the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared through her personal Twitter account over the span of more than a year, a school official said Monday.

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Michael Gartland / New York Post:

Al D'Amato kicked off flight after starting rebellion against crew — Former Sen. Al D'Amato was escorted from a JetBlue flight Monday night after trying to lead passengers in a chant protesting seating changes requested by the crew, an eyewitness on the flight told The Post.

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