memeorandum: The new things in the Senate health bill (Axios)

2:20 PM ET, July 13, 2017

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Dana Bash / CNN:

First on CNN: Graham, Cassidy unveil details of alternative health care plan — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)With the prospects for passing the current Senate Republican health care bill still in jeopardy, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, IJR and Vox

Axios:

The new things in the Senate health bill — Here's what Senate Republicans have added to the latest version of their health care bill (summary here, text here): — A modified version of Cruz's proposal to let insurers offer health plans that don't comply with all Affordable Care Act regulations, as long as they offer ones that do.

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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:

The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill — THE PROGNOSIS — Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attends a new conference following party policy lunch meeting. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX) — It's looking increasingly …

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Haley Byrd / IJR:

Senate Republicans are Considering Alternative Scoring for Cruz Amendment Instead of Waiting for CBO — Republicans are considering using alternative scoring methods for a version of Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) Consumer Freedom Option in order to proceed with their health care push next week rather …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Dylan Scott / Vox:

Leaked outline shows Senate bill will allow bare-bones health plans — It will also keep some — but not all — of the Affordable Care Act taxes on the rich. — The Senate Republicans' revised health care bill will keep Obamacare's taxes on high-income Americans in place and allow the sales …

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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision

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Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
Senate Republicans release new Obamacare repeal bill

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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Republican Senators Left Exposed in Health Care Ad Wars

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Jeffrey Young / HuffPost:
The New Senate Health Care Bill Is Still An Assault On The Safety Net

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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Competing plans deal Senate health-care push a surprise setback

Discussion: Political Wire and New York Magazine

Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
TEXT: Cruz amendment would allow insurers to escape these nine Obamacare regulations

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David Nather / Axios:
Lindsey Graham's health care idea: Turn it over to the states

Discussion: Politico

New York Times:
Senate G.O.P. Leaders Unveil Health Care Bill to Try Winning Over Skeptics

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Sam Baker / Axios:
Here comes the brand new Senate health bill

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Reuters:

Highlights of Reuters interview with Trump — 7 MIN READ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are highlights of the Reuters Oval Office interview with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. — ON WHETHER HE WAS AWARE HIS SON DONALD TRUMP JR. WAS MEETING WITH A RUSSIAN LAWYER — “No. That I didn't know.

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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:

The Note: Dark cloud hangs over Trump's visit to City of Lights — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — Bonjour! President Trump is in Paris today and Friday at the invitation of his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, for the Bastille Day celebrations and to hold a one-on-one meeting.

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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:

Team Trump Hunts for ‘Traitors’ While the President ‘Growls’ at the TV … Three days after the Donald Trump Jr. email revelations broke, the White House seems stuck in purgatory, with aides still deeply unsure about who leaked the damaging information, and the president still yelling at the TV.

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Rusty Surette / KBTX-TV:

Rep. Flores says President Trump's children should be removed from White House — A Republican U.S. Representative from the Brazos Valley believes the President's children should be removed from the White House. — Rep. Bill Flores, District 17, made the remarks on Wednesday …

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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:

Trump Needs to Come Clean. Democrats Need to Be Careful. — The Donald Jr.-Russia revelations are a tipping point but not treason. — It's fashionable among President Donald Trump's defenders to dismiss the reports of his eldest son meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information …

Discussion: New York Times, American Prospect, Vox, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Conspiracy or Coincidence? A Timeline Open to Interpretation — WASHINGTON — At 6:14 p.m. on June 7, 2016, Donald Trump Jr. clicked the send button on an email to confirm a meeting with a woman described as a “Russian government attorney” who would give him “information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia.”

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Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
Roger Stone dismisses ‘desperate’ lawsuit alleging he and Trump campaign conspired with Russia over emails

Discussion: Washington Times and New York Times

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
America needs to hear from Jared Kushner

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump salutes strong bond between US, France

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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com: This Time We Liberals Have Totally Got Trump. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Mark Katkov / NPR:

Justice Department Releases Sessions' Disclosure Form, A Day Late — Updated 11 a.m. — A day late, the Justice Department complied this morning with a federal court order and released part of a security clearance form dealing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contacts with foreign governments.

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The Hill:

Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team — The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump — 's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign …

Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Obama administration let Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. into US after visa block

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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Ordered by court to disclose his Russia contacts, Sessions releases blank sheet of paper

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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Why Did Loretta Lynch Grant Trump Jr's Russian Lawyer A Special Visa To Enter America?

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American Oversight:
Updated: DOJ Releases Redacted Page of Sessions's SF-86 to American Oversight

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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:

Sheldon Silver's Conviction Is Overturned — A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful New York State Assembly speaker who obtained nearly $4 million in illicit payments in return for taking official actions that benefited others …

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Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:

Russian Officials Overheard Discussing Trump Associates Before Campaign Began — It isn't clear whether Mr. Trump's associates had any connection to his presidential aspirations — WASHINGTON—Investigators are re-examining conversations detected by U.S. intelligence agencies in spring 2015 …

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CBO's Publications:

An Analysis of the President's 2018 Budget — Under the President's proposals, budget deficits from 2018 through 2027 would total nearly one-third less than those in CBO's baseline projections, ranging between 2.6 percent and 3.3 percent of GDP, down from 3.6 percent in 2017.

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Geoff Bennett / NPR:

Committee Chair Requests Donald Trump Jr. Testify On Capitol Hill — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tells NPR that he has sent a letter to Donald J. Trump Jr. saying that he wants him to testify in an open session of the committee as early as next week and will subpoena him if necessary.

Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller