Politics: Two more Senate Republicans oppose health-care bill, leaving it without enough votes to pass

Q&A for federal workers: Proposed retirement cuts | Sponsored by Presented by SAPRAC   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Reuters Photographer Two more Senate Republicans oppose health-care bill, leaving it without enough votes to pass Defections may end overhaul effort; McConnell now pushing for a showdown vote By Sean Sullivan and Lenny Bernstein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Q&A for federal workers: Proposed retirement cuts Some benefit proposals pending in Congress would apply only to those retiring in the future; for others, the retirement date wouldn't matter. By Eric Yoder  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   House GOP unveils budget plan that attaches major spending cuts to coming tax reform bill A draft budget proposal released Tuesday by the House Budget Committee calls for more than $200 billion in cuts from entitlement programs. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   Analysis Some argue that the West should limit democracy to save liberalism. Here’s why they’re wrong. Technocracy is populism's evil political twin. By Sheri Berman  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Is the presidency good for Trump's business? Not necessarily at this golf course. Public records reveal declining revenues at Trump's Los Angeles-area club since he entered politics. By David A. Fahrenthold and Rob Kuznia  •  Read more »   Analysis Vice President Pence’s bushel of false and misleading claims about health care In a speech to the nation's governors, Vice President Pence said several misleading and false claims about the Senate's health-care proposal and Obamacare. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Analysis What Mitch McConnell is doing next on health care, explained The majority leader publicly dangled in front of hard-right conservative senators what they have said they wanted if the current health-care effort falls apart: a so-called clean repeal of the law known as Obamacare. By Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Activists, wary of health-care bill pause, plan more protests against proposal Monday's demonstrations resulted in the arrests of dozens of people. By David Weigel and Perry Stein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis No, President Trump, you haven’t signed more bills than any other president The president said he "thinks" he's signed more bills than any president ever. But he's wrong, very wrong. By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   In Virginia governor's race, Democratic primary takes toll on Northam's war chest Underestimating his GOP rival had an upside for Gillespie, who has far more cash on hand. By Laura Vozzella  •  Virginia Politics  •  Read more »   Trump wishes ‘crusty’ Sen. John McCain a speedy recovery: ‘We need his vote’ The two men haven't had the warmest relationship. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Trump pushes ‘Made in America’ as White House defends Trump companies making products overseas Trump wants products made in America — except his own, apparently. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis Trump tweets about the health-care bill a lot. He just doesn’t really make the case for it. Trump goes light on details, assuming Americans will simply trust him. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Break-in, ‘threatening note’ at office of GOP senator considered swing vote in health-care bill Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada was one of few Republicans to come out against an earlier version of the GOP's health-care bill. By Ed O'Keefe and Amy B Wang  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Democrats step up campaign against White House elections commission Panic about the White House's voter integrity commission requests for data has led thousands of voters to ask to be removed from the rolls in key states. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  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