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Senate Health Bill Reels as C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured — WASHINGTON — The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act was edging toward collapse on Monday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it would increase the number of people without health insurance by 22 million by 2026.
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H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 — CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would reduce federal deficits by $321 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to current law.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans eye billions in side deals to win Obamacare repeal votes — White House and Capitol Hill officials are exploring potential deals to divvy up billions of dollars to individual senators' priorities in a wide-ranging bid to secure votes for the imperiled GOP health care bill.
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
A critical mass of Republicans are rejecting the Senate health care bill — “You're either gonna get 50 or probably 35.” — Senate Republican leaders want to vote on their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare in three days, but a critical mass of senators have already said they would block …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Page 48 is the most important page in the CBO report — This is the web version of VoxCare, a daily newsletter from Vox on the latest twists and turns in America's health care debate. Like what you're reading? Sign up to get VoxCare in your inbox here. — The Congressional Budget …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Will the real Donald Trump please stand up on health care
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The most devastating passage in the CBO's report on the Senate health bill
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The CBO just made it much, much harder for Senate Republicans to pass health care
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Jeanne Lambrew / The Hill:
Budget estimate shows GOP bill is about tax cuts for rich, not healthcare
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Three journalists leaving CNN after retracted article — Three CNN journalists, including the executive editor in charge of a new investigative unit, have resigned after the publication of a Russia-related article that was retracted. — Thomas Frank, who wrote the story in question …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Three Employees Resign from CNN Amid Very Fake News Scandal
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Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Three CNN Employees Resign Over Retracted Story on Russia Ties
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Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump's Leadership — America still wins praise for its people, culture and civil liberties — Although he has only been in office a few months, Donald Trump's presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States.
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Washington Post:
Poll shows U.S. tumbling in world's regard under Trump … BERLIN — President Trump has alarmed citizens of the nation's closest allies and others worldwide, diminishing the standing of the United States in their eyes, according to a wide-ranging international study released Monday.
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Jacob Poushter / Pew Research Center:
Around the world, favorability of the U.S. and confidence in its president decline
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Mike Allen / Axios:
What's next if healthcare goes down — We hear that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is warning Republicans that there'll be a political and policy price to pay if healthcare goes down — that failure would have painful implications: — Senators are being told it's not possible …
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Pence woos Senate conservatives in Obamacare repeal push
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
6 Nobel Prize-winning economists announce opposition to Senate health bill
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American Pravda: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “bullsh*t” … CNN Producer John Bonifield who was caught on hidden-camera admitting that there is no proof to CNN's Russia narrative. — He confirms that the driving factor at CNN is ratings. — According to the CNN Producer, business is booming.
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Project Veritas Undercover Investigation: CNN Producer Admits Network Hyping 'Mostly Bullsh*t …
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show — Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal Jay Sekulow approved plans to push people to give to his Christian nonprofit, which then paid big sums to his family … More than 15,000 Americans were losing …
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BuzzFeed:
White House Says Syria May Be Preparing Another Chemical Attack, Warns Assad Will “Pay A Heavy Price” — “The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said.
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Planned Parenthood Still Believes It Can Win the Culture Wars — The United States Congress is trying hard to defund Planned Parenthood, once and for all. For a period of one year, the proposed American Health Care Act would prohibit federal funds from going to non-profit organizations …
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Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
‘Trumpcare’ would send her to Mexico for birth control
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WATCH| Secret memos show Trump adviser roiled bureau by intervening in agent's discrimination case before he was targeted in Russia case. — The FBI launched a criminal probe against former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn two years after the retired Army general roiled …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
E.P.A. Official Pressured Scientist on Congressional Testimony, Emails Show — WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency's chief of staff pressured the top scientist on the agency's scientific review board to alter her congressional testimony and play down the dismissal of expert advisers, his emails show.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Despite tweet, McCaskill attended reception at Russian ambassador's home — McCain questions Sessions about Russia meeting — Washington (CNN)In March, Sen. Claire McCaskill was unambiguous. The Missouri Democrat said she never once met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI has questioned Trump campaign adviser Carter Page at length in Russia probe — FBI agents have repeatedly questioned former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page about his contacts with Russians and his interactions with the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The Pentagon promised citizenship to immigrants who served. Now it might help deport them. — The Pentagon is considering a plan to cancel enlistment contracts for 1,000 foreign-born recruits without legal immigration status, knowingly exposing them to deportation, a Defense Department memo shows.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Chaffetz calls for $2,500 legislator housing stipend — Just days before he resigns from Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffetz — (R-Utah) said Monday that House and Senate lawmakers should receive a $2,500 per month housing allowance — something he explained would help ease housing costs …
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