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Paul Demko / Politico:
White House analysis of Obamacare repeal sees even deeper insurance losses than CBO — A White House analysis of the GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare shows even steeper coverage losses than the projections by the Congressional Budget Office, according to a document viewed by POLITICO on Monday.
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Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax:
Trump Should Ditch Freedom Caucus, Seek Bipartisan Plan — Trump ran on a platform of taking on Obamacare, but he should reject the current GOP plan. — A A — President Donald Trump should be applauded for courageously tackling the “disaster” - as he calls Obamacare - in his first major legislative effort.
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Tom Cotton On The CBO Score and AHCA — Senator Tom Cotton joined me this morning: — Audio: — 03-14hhs-cotton — Transcript: — HH: On a snowy day on the East Coast, Senator Tom Cotton is still at work via the phone from Arkansas. He joins me, he is from Arkansas …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
CBO score makes the case for full repeal and free market replacement — In an effort to blunt Democratic attacks, House Republicans designed a healthcare plan that kept most of Obamacare's regulations in place and preserved some of its spending. The hope was that when it came …
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Allison Kite / Associated Press:
Kansas Rep. Booed Defending GOP Health Plan — Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins faced boos and shouts of ‘Do Your Job!’ in defending a GOP plan for overhauling health care. — A crowd of people packs into the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics for a town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., on Monday.
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Incredible Cruelty of Trumpcare — Republicans are willing to cause a humanitarian crisis just to give permanent tax cuts to millionaires. — The American Health Care Act is a misnamed, regressive tax-cut bill meant to fool you into thinking its primary purpose is improving the health care system.
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Believe It Or Not, CBO's Score Of House GOP Obamacare Replacement Is Better Than Expected — The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that 24 million fewer people will have health insurance by 2026 under the House GOP plan to replace Obamacare. That projection is unsurprising, and quite likely overstated.
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Trump's Backing a Healthcare Plan That Breaks His Promises
Trump's Backing a Healthcare Plan That Breaks His Promises
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Julia Belluz / Vox:
The GOP plan for Obamacare could kill more people each year than gun homicides
The GOP plan for Obamacare could kill more people each year than gun homicides
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
No Magic in How G.O.P. Plan Lowers Premiums: It Pushes Out Older People
No Magic in How G.O.P. Plan Lowers Premiums: It Pushes Out Older People
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Fox News:
Paul Ryan: CBO report on ObamaCare repeal ‘exceeded my expectations’
Paul Ryan: CBO report on ObamaCare repeal ‘exceeded my expectations’
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Lanhee J. Chen / CNN:
A CBO report that conservatives can get behind
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP scrambles after scorching health bill appraisal
GOP scrambles after scorching health bill appraisal
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Audio Emerges of When Paul Ryan Abandoned Donald Trump: ‘I Am Not Going to Defend Donald Trump—Not Now, Not in the Future’ — On a never-before-released private October conference call with House Republican members, House Speaker Paul Ryan told his members in the U.S. House …
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Chris Massie / CNN:
Steve King: Blacks and Hispanics ‘will be fighting each other’ before overtaking whites in population — (CNN)Iowa Rep. Steve King said Monday that blacks and Hispanics “will be fighting each other” before overtaking whites in the US population. — King, a Republican …
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Des Moines Register:
GOP needs to oppose King's re-election, not just King's words — Rep. Steve King has apparently ticked off Jeb Bush for making comments about populating the country with “somebody else's babies.” Nathan Rousseau Smith (@fantasticmrnate) has the story. Buzz60 — CONNECT
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats paralyzed as Gorsuch skates — Democrats can't seem to land a punch on Neil Gorsuch — and it's not even clear they want to. — President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee has breezed through more than 70 meetings with senators. Opponents who've scoured his record have found little to latch onto.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Politico: Senate Dems “paralyzed” over Gorsuch confirmation
Politico: Senate Dems “paralyzed” over Gorsuch confirmation
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Kellyanne's Alternative Universe — Even in triumph, Kellyanne Conway nursed a grudge. As she reflected on Donald Trump's November victory, she made clear that she hadn't forgotten how people treated her back when they thought she was a sure loser. Their attitude wasn't one of outright rudeness …
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order on a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch — COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR REORGANIZING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Trump Signs New Executive Order With Goal of Shrinking Federal Government
Trump Signs New Executive Order With Goal of Shrinking Federal Government
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CBS New York:
De Blasio: NYC Public Schools To Reopen Wednesday, But ‘Dangerous’ Conditions Continue — NEW YORK — New York City public schools will reopen on Wednesday after a late-winter storm brought less snow than originally forecast to some spots, but officials are still urging caution.
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Ben Mutzabaugh / USA Today:
Tuesday: Blizzard flight woes peak; 8,000 cancellations since Sunday
Tuesday: Blizzard flight woes peak; 8,000 cancellations since Sunday
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Never-Trump Republicans join call for select committee to investigate Russia and Trump — Democrats in Congress have long argued that the ongoing intelligence committee investigations into Russia's interference in the presidential election and the Trump campaign's ties to the Kremlin are unlikely to get to the bottom of the issue.
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Defunding Planned Parenthood would lead to thousands more births, CBO says — A congressional plan to make Planned Parenthood ineligible for federal funding would leave many women without services to help them avoid pregnancy, resulting in thousands of additional births, according to a new federal budget analysis.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Trump's Counties Lose Out to Clinton's in GOP Health Tax Cuts — Most Rust Belt voters wouldn't benefit from Obamacare tax cuts — New York County would see the biggest Medicare tax windfall — The very first individual tax cuts officially endorsed by President Donald Trump don't offer great news …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Preet Bharara proved Trump right: Glenn Reynolds — The former U.S. attorney's petty defiance shows why he needed to be shown the door. — In the excellent Paul Newman legal thriller, Absence of Malice, Wilford Brimley faced a misbehaving Justice Department prosecutor who refused to resign.
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Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
How a Wonky National-Security Blog Hit the Big Time — A little over a year ago, Benjamin Wittes, the editor in chief of the blog Lawfare, made the case that Donald Trump, as a Republican presidential candidate, represented nothing less than a national-security threat.
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
As an expert witness for Whole Foods, Kellyanne Conway gave testimony that was deemed ‘fundamentally flawed’ and thrown out — Since becoming a regular on television as President Donald Trump's campaign manager and later top counselor, Kellyanne Conway has raised doubts about the veracity and credibility of her answers.
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Allison Stanger / New York Times:
Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury that Gave Me a Concussion — MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — There's nothing like a little violence to focus the mind. I am the Middlebury College professor who ended up with whiplash and a concussion for having the audacity to engage with the ideas of Charles Murray …
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Jamie Lovegrove / Dallas Morning News:
Watch: Texas congressman tells rowdy town hall attendee to ‘shut up’ — WASHINGTON — Facing an earful from angry constituents at a town hall this weekend, Rep. Joe Barton at one point told a loud attendee to “shut up” — setting off even more heated reactions.
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
IRS strips tax-exempt status from Richard Spencer's white nationalist nonprofit — Reporters interview white nationalist Richard Spencer last month. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) — The nonprofit run by one of America's most prominent white nationalists, Richard Spencer …
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