memeorandum: Ambulance — Republicans are trying to crush affordable health care. (YouTube)

7:40 AM ET, May 5, 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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Shareblue, Roll Call, The Atlantic, CNN, FiveThirtyEight, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, New York Times, The Daily Signal, Occupy Democrats, Business Insider, Hot Air, Hit & Run, RedState, Politicus USA and The Hill

Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:

What the GOP's Health-Care Gamble Means for 2018 — In a gamble that looks poised to shape the 2018 midterm landscape, the vast majority of House Republicans in districts that backed Democrats in any of the most recent presidential elections voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in Thursday's nail-biting tally.

Discussion: The Week

Chris Cillizza / CNN:

31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics — (CNN)When House Republicans secured their 216th “yes” on the American Health Care Act Thursday, Democrats immediately began taunting their across-the-aisle rivals. — “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye,” Democrats sang at Republicans.

Discussion: Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Balloon Juice

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

How the House got a health-care bill after Trump and Ryan stepped back — The rescue effort that pulled the Republicans back from the brink of failure on health care began quietly, with two House members who are not exactly household names trying to find common ground on a little-noticed issue.

Discussion: Vox, Axios, ABC News, The Daily Signal and Politico

New York Times:

In Rare Unity, Hospitals, Doctors and Insurers Criticize Health Bill — It is a rare unifying moment. Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are speaking with one voice and urging significant changes to the Republican health care legislation that passed the House on Thursday.

Discussion: New York Magazine and Outside the Beltway

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 …

Carl Hulse / New York Times:

Has the G.O.P. Kicked Open a Health Care 'Hornet's Nest'? — WASHINGTON — No one knows better than House Democrats how a contentious health care vote can exact a steep political price — losing control of the House in the first midterm election of an untested new president's tenure for example.

Discussion: Political Wire

Josh Dawsey / Politico:

'The White House just couldn't let this go' — Donald Trump had had it. — The Obamacare repeal bill that the president had just boasted was on the cusp of passage was suddenly in trouble again, and the president demanded to talk to the influential congressman who dropped a bombshell hours earlier …

Discussion: Vox

New York Times:
How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill

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

Discussion: Politicus USA and Washington Post

Fox News:
ObamaCare replacement bill approved in House

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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood defunded for one year under GOP health bill

Discussion: VTDigger

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

Discussion: Washington Post

Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans don't really like the health care bill they just passed

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Magazine, New York Times, Daily Kos, Axios, Raw Story, Portland Mercury, PerezHilton, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politicus USA and Vox

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“Hey Hey Goodbye” … This is both an homage and a literal repetition …

Discussion: AOL, ThinkProgress, The Week, Mediaite and Washington Monthly

Robert Pear / New York Times:
What's in the AHCA: The Major Provisions of the Republican Health Bill

Discussion: The Cornell Daily Sun and Motherboard

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

Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Kos

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Health care hot potato

Discussion: Axios, Slate, Politico, The Week, Hit & Run, bradford-delong.com, Talking Points Memo, Consequence of Sound and Hot Air

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

Discussion: Consumerist, Morning Consult, Mother Jones, Shareblue, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
4 GOP senators demand to keep Obamacare Medicaid expansion

Discussion: Yahoo, Business Insider and Vox

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

Discussion: Boing Boing

Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:

Mayoral candidate Bo Dietl admits Fox News hired him to dig up dirt on women making sexual harassment claims — Federal investigators looking into sexual harassment settlements and alleged intimidation tactics at Fox News are eyeing mayoral hopeful Bo Dietl's work for the network, according to reports.

Discussion: Political Wire

Wall Street Journal:

Scope of Federal Probe into Fox News Broadens — Federal investigators have interviewed network executives and on-air talent, asking about sexual-harassment settlements — Federal authorities have interviewed current and former Fox News employees and on-air talent in a widening inquiry …

Discussion: New York Times, The Week, Deadline and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:
Fox News Besieged by New Bias Lawsuit and Federal Inquiry

Discussion: Breaking News USA, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: New York Times, New York Magazine, The Verge, The Week, Mashable and Axios, more at Techmeme »

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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Robert King / Washington Examiner:

Paul Ryan ‘almost giddy’ in GOP rally before healthcare vote … House Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting Thursday morning confident and “feeling good” that they have the votes on a bill to partially repeal Obamacare, and dismissed questions about why they are moving forward without …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

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

Discussion: The Atlantic, Vox, Mashable, Business Insider, Washington Post, Shareblue, Political Wire and New York Times

Brandon Carter / The Hill:

Maxine Waters: Trump is ‘a disgusting, poor excuse of a man’ — Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) went after President Trump on Wednesday night, calling him a “disgusting, poor excuse of a man” and saying, “I want him impeached.” — Waters was speaking at a gala held by EMILY's List …

Discussion: Townhall.com and The Root

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 …

Discussion: CNN, Balloon Juice, Occupy Democrats, Hot Air, Mediaite, The Week, The Atlantic, Washington Times and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Washington Post, Politico, Raw Story, Naked Politics and Talking Points Memo

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 …

Discussion: RedState, Occupy Democrats and The Hugh Hewitt Show