Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Wednesday's Headlines: ‘Repeal and replace’ was once a unifier for the GOP. Now it’s an albatross.

Trump, Senate leaders try to regroup on health bill; Unafraid of Trump, GOP senators feel free to 'go their own way'; Trump attorney Jay Sekulow's family has been paid millions from charities it controls;
 
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'Repeal and replace' was once a unifier for the GOP. Now it's an albatross.
After seven years, Republicans' promise to overhaul the health-care law is a sprawling objective still in search of a solution. It also has cost the Trump administration precious months of its first year, with tax reform and other priorities left unresolved.
Trump, Senate leaders try to regroup on health bill
Bowing to pressure from within their ranks, GOP leaders delayed a vote on the Senate bill until after the Fourth of July recess. But huge hurdles remain as lawmakers try to craft a bill that can secure enough support.
 
Unafraid of Trump, GOP senators feel free to 'go their own way'
History suggests that presidents who have governed successfully have been both revered and feared. But GOP fixtures in Washington are beginning to conclude that Trump may be neither, and he has struggled to get lawmakers to move in lockstep on major issues like health care.
 
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow's family has been paid millions from charities it controls
Sekulow, the most visible member of the legal team defending President Trump in the Russia probe, is poised to capitalize on his new role in ways that are not obvious to the public.
 
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Helicopter trailing 'freedom' banner flies over Venezuela's supreme court building in protest of president
Following the incident, President Nicolás Maduro ordered the armed forces on high alert to "keep the peace," and security personnel took positions around government buildings, including the presidential palace.
Gorsuch asserts himself early as force on Supreme Court's right
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Manafort files as foreign agent for Ukraine, discloses $17.1 million in payments over two years
Paul Manafort, a former chairman of President Trump's campaign, disclosed the payments to a consultant firm in a filing to the Justice Department. The report makes him the second former senior Trump adviser to retroactively acknowledge the need to disclose work for foreign interests.
Rep. Chaffetz: Members of Congress should get stipends to afford homes in D.C.
The Utah Republican made the comment that lawmakers have trouble stretching their $174,000 salaries to cover housing weeks after stating that poor people should give up iPhones to pay for health insurance.
 
     
 
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