Politics: Senate GOP health-care bill appears in deeper trouble following new CBO report

Top GOP super PAC sets its 2018 strategy: Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA Senate GOP health-care bill appears in deeper trouble following new CBO report Analysts estimate plan would cause 22 million more uninsured Americans by 2026 while cutting federal spending $321 billion. By Amy Goldstein and Kelsey Snell  •  Health & Science  •  Read more » Top GOP super PAC sets its 2018 strategy: Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi The Congressional Leadership Fund, which has ties to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, plans to spend $100 million before next year's midterm elections. By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Q & A for federal workers: Early outs and buyouts Agencies may soon offer cash payments or early retirement to entice employees to leave. By Eric Yoder  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis Will Trump’s new rules make it harder to get asylum in the U.S.? That will vary dramatically from one judge to the next. This new data examines shows that some judges grant almost all asylum applications. Some grant almost none. By Richard Vengroff  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump-McConnell bond, and the entire GOP agenda, are being tested by health bill The two men are both hungry for a win. Their understanding, built to score legislative victories, does neither of them any good if victories remain out of reach. By Robert Costa and Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis This is why so many Republicans are ready to buck public opinion on health care GOP voters are happier when lawmakers follow their principles instead of the polls. By David C. Barker and Christopher Jan Carman  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Analysis Video: Two wrongs don’t make a right. The Republican spin on Obamacare premiums For years, Republicans have run inaccurate attack ads based on President Obama's misleading claim that health-insurance premiums would decline by $2,500. By Meg Kelly and Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Senators take the health-care debate to Capitol steps By David Weigel  •  Post Politics  •  Read more » White House says Syria’s Assad preparing another chemical attack, warns of ‘heavy’ penalty The U.S. said it has detected evidence that Assad is preparing for another chemical weapons attack. By Abby Phillip and Dan Lamothe  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   No questions allowed: Trump hails democratic bonds with India's Modi while ignoring the press corps The White House strays from the tradition of allowing questions in a Rose Garden appearance during the U.S.-India summit. By David Nakamura  •  Read more »   House Ethics Committee is reviewing allegations against three Democrats The lawmakers facing an ethics review are Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich), the longest-serving sitting House member, and Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as well as a senior aide. By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Kushner adds defense attorney Abbe Lowell to Russia-investigation legal team Kushner has retained the services of a storied white collar criminal defense attorney. By Abby Phillip and Philip Rucker  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Supreme Court to take case on baker who refused to sell wedding cake to gay couple Lower courts had ruled that the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who cited his religious beliefs, had violated the state's public accommodations law. By Robert Barnes  •  Courts & Law  •  Read more »   Senate leaders try to bolster GOP health-care bill with incentive for consumers to stay insured The new provision would penalize them for not keeping their plans, imposing a six-month wait before they could re-enroll. By Juliet Eilperin and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Analysis Tip for saving money under the Senate health-care bill: Don’t be old Here's how the Senate health-care bill might affect you. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up »         Share Politics:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics PM. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071