Politics: Senate GOP effort to unwind the Affordable Care Act collapses

The Daily 202: Trump's plutocracy problem complicates push for tax cuts; The end of political campaigns as we know them? A new study suggests we're doing it all wrong.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Alex Brandon / AP Senate GOP effort to unwind the Affordable Care Act collapses Sen. Susan Collins's opposition, after the CBO estimated millions would lose coverage, doomed the bill. By Sean Sullivan, Juliet Eilperin and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more » Analysis The Daily 202: Trump's plutocracy problem complicates push for tax cuts Poll suggests that selling tax cuts will be harder than Republicans think By James Hohmann  •   Read more »   Analysis The end of political campaigns as we know them? A new study suggests we're doing it all wrong. The study suggests that TV ads and campaign contacts have basically no impact. By Aaron Blake  •   Read more »   Q&A for federal workers: Retirement wave The long-expected wave of federal employee retirements never seems to reach the shore. By Eric Yoder  •   Read more »   Bill Cassidy: The public face of a doomed health-care bill The Republican senator from Louisiana has doggedly pushed his proposal to revise the Affordable Care Act despite almost certain defeat. By Elise Viebeck  •   Read more »   Poll shows 'Trump Effect' on race for Virginia governor Nearly 40 percent of voters say their choice is shaped by president, CNU poll finds. By Laura Vozzella  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Analysis Meet the man flagged by Cassidy as paying $40,000 in health-care premiums Sen. Cassidy often has told the story of man with $40,000 in health-care premiums. But it's unclear he'd be better off under repeal. By Glenn Kessler  •   Read more »   'That is racism': Black lawmaker condemns Trump, kneels in Congress to honor NFL players "I kneel because the flag is a symbol of freedom," she said. By Rachel Chason  •   Read more »   With lower stakes, Sanders and Klobuchar debate GOP repeal bill's sponsors on CNN During the event it was Graham and Sanders, with a combined 50 years on the Hill between them, who bantered the most. By David Weigel  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump pins blame on McCain as latest GOP health-care bill sinks The president sent out a video compilation of past remarks by the Arizona senator. By John Wagner  •   Read more »   Trump declares Puerto Rico is in 'deep trouble' as questions mount about his commitment On Twitter, the president notes challenges in the U.S. territory before Maria. By John Wagner  •   Read more »   Roger Stone plans to deny collusion, evidence of Russia hacking to Congress The former Trump campaign adviser had wanted to testify to the House Intelligence Committee in public, but will appear for a closed-door interview Tuesday. By Karoun Demirjian and Tom Hamburger  •   Read more »   Analysis The ACA repeal effort was bad news from the start, with little public scrutiny and little chance for success The Senate barely followed anything resembling a normal process as it considered a bill to overhaul an industry representing one-sixth of the national economy. By Paul Kane  •   Read more »   Trump returns to Twitter to claim 'tremendous backlash' against NFL For a fourth day, the president is continuing is focus on a divisive cultural issue. By John Wagner  •   Read more »   Analysis Why Republicans' latest Obamacare repeal attempt was doomed from the start The rushed, messy process didn't help. But there are other reasons. By Amber Phillips  •   Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the 5-Minute Fix newsletter 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 signed up for Politics or because it is included in your subscription. 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