memeorandum: Red-state Dems pounce on Obamacare repeal bill (Elana Schor/Politico)

9:15 PM ET, May 4, 2017

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Senate won't vote on House-passed healthcare bill — Senate Republicans said Thursday they won't vote on the House-passed bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but will write their own legislation instead. — A Senate proposal is now being developed by a 12-member working group.

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Wall Street Journal:

Little-Noted Provision of GOP Health Bill Could Alter Employer Plans — Many people who obtain health insurance through their employers could be at risk of losing protections that limit out-of-pocket costs due to a provision proposed in the House Republican health-care bill.

New York Times:

How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill — The House passed a health care bill on Thursday that would repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act. Read our story | Sign up for the Morning Briefing

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

The Health Care Bill Could Be A Job-Killer For GOP Incumbents — Republicans in the House of Representatives voted today to approve a version of the American Health Care Act, their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. The biggest effects of the bill will be on the millions of additional Americans …

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:

GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would protect just 5 percent of people with pre-existing conditions: Analysis — The Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare does not allocate nearly enough money to protect people with pre-existing health conditions from potentially higher insurance premiums, an analysis finds.

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:

Republicans don't really like the health care bill they just passed — Republicans are excited about repealing Obamacare. They are not as excited about their legislation that will do it. — The House passed the American Health Care Act on Thursday afternoon by a razor-thin margin …

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Sarah Spellings / New York Magazine:

In Trump's America, Rape Is a Preexisting Condition — An amendment in the GOP health-care-reform bill will allow states to deny coverage for preexisting conditions, including sexual assault. — Pre-Obamacare rape survivors who sought treatment for their injuries could be denied health care later on.

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

Health care hot potato — Republicans don't want the AHCA to pass. But none of them want to be the cause of its failure. — The American Health Care Act has resumed its zombie shuffle forward. No one — including House leadership — knows for sure whether the bill has the votes.

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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
These 24 Republicans Were Already Vulnerable—and Now They Just Voted to Repeal Obamacare

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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Here are the 20 Republicans who rejected ObamaCare repeal

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
GOP congressman on Obamacare replacement: 'I don't think any individual has read the whole bill'

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New York Times:
House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act

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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
House Republicans claim a major victory with passage of health-care overhaul

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Elana Schor / Politico:
Red-state Dems pounce on Obamacare repeal bill

Discussion: Washington Post

Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today: Health care vote puts pressure on dozens of vulnerable GOP reps

Bloomberg:
Senate GOP to Snub House Obamacare Repeal Bill and Write Its Own

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Is the atrocious health-care bill a lose-lose proposition for Republicans?

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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 11 states most likely to be affected by pre-existing conditions all voted for Trump

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Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
House GOP Just Voted to Slash Medicaid — Which Pays for 60 Percent of People in Nursing Homes

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Dylan Scott / Vox:
The many obstacles awaiting the Republican health care bill in the Senate

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The Hill:
GOP predicts victory on ObamaCare repeal vote

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 Senate Republican: ‘No timeline’ on ObamaCare replacement bill

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CNBC:
Republican Obamacare replacement bill passes House

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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:

Exclusive: Joe and Mika Are Getting Hitched — After years of rumors, gossip, and intrigue, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reveal their engagement, how it all went down, and the unlikely guy (Donald Trump) who asked to oversee their vows.

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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged

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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:

ACLU won't sue, says ‘religious freedom’ order was ‘elaborate photo-op’ — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reversed course Thursday, saying it won't file a lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order on religious political exemptions. — “Today's executive order signing …

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USA Today:
Religious conservatives mixed on Trump's order targeting birth control, church involvement in politics

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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty

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Elex Michaelson / abc7.com:

SoCal family thrown off overbooked Delta flight over child's seating … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 1952588" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — A Southern California family says they were kicked off an overbooked Delta airplane …

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The Guardian:

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, Julian Borger in Washington, and agencies — Barack Obama has made a last-minute intervention in the French presidential election in support of Emmanuel Macron, saying “the success of France matters to the entire world”. — Macron, a centrist …

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Bloomberg:
National Front Leaders Start to Acknowledge That Le Pen May Lose

Discussion: Axios

Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
French election: Macron hailed as winner of bruising Le Pen TV debate

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Reuters:

Exclusive: Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities — The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation said.

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Hillary Clinton to launch political group as soon as next week — Six months after losing the presidential election, Hillary Clinton is ready to wade back into politics. — The former secretary of state is building a new political group to fund organizations working on the resistance …

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

“Hey Hey Goodbye” … This is both an homage and a literal repetition of what Republicans did when the Clinton tax bill passed in the House in 1993. Same singing, same song. The bill paved the way for budget balancing over the course of the decade and (more arguably) played a role in creating the prosperity of that decade.

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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics

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Bloomberg:

Lewandowski Exits Lobby Firm Amid Reports of Foreign Clients — Former Trump campaign officials co-founded firm in January — Reports have said Avenue affiliate was selling Trump access — Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, is leaving Avenue Strategies amid …

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Matea Gold / Washington Post:

The mystery behind a Flynn associate's quiet work for the Trump campaign — Jon Iadonisi, a friend and business associate of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, had two under-the-radar projects underway in the fall of 2016. — One of his companies was helping Flynn …

Discussion: Raw Story

Amir Tibon / Haaretz:

Trump Deletes Tweet Saying It Was ‘An Honor’ to Meet With Abbas — The tweet, posted on the president's personal account shortly after the White House meeting, was deleted after it has been shared by thousands — A tweet posted on U.S. President Donald Trump's personal account on Wednesday saying it was …

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Craig Giammona / Bloomberg:

Why the Retail Crisis Could Be Coming to American Groceries — These five forces are going to shake up the American supermarket. — The American grocery store has so far been mostly immune to the ravages of online shopping and the all around apocalyptic outlook facing the nation's retailers.