Tuesday 27 June 2017

Tuesday's Headlines: CBO analysis could make it harder for Senate GOP to secure votes for health bill

New Senate provision: Drop your insurance? You must wait six months to re-enroll.; Booker, other senators take health-care debate to the Capitol steps; White House says Syria's Assad is preparing another chemical attack, warns he would pay a 'heavy price'; Poll shows the United States' image abroad has tumbled under Trump; FBI questioned Trump campaign adviser Carter Page at length in Russia probe;
 
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CBO analysis could make it harder for Senate GOP to secure votes for health bill
The bill would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office projects, only about a million fewer than the House's health bill. The measure also would lower federal spending by $321 billion over the decade, far more than the House version, the analysis said. The forecast seemed to worsen the bill's prospects. At least four GOP senators, including Susan Collins of Maine, have signaled that they would vote against starting debate on the bill in its current form.
New Senate provision: Drop your insurance? You must wait six months to re-enroll.
The change, intended to satisfy insurers and minimize the number of Americans who may drop their plans if the Senate bill becomes law, received measured praise from some industry officials but sharp criticism from patient advocates.
 
Booker, other senators take health-care debate to the Capitol steps
The tone of the talk, which was broadcast on Facebook Live, alternated between grim stories of people who'd lose access to Medicaid, and in-jokes between senators.
 
White House says Syria's Assad is preparing another chemical attack, warns he would pay a 'heavy price'
Press secretary Sean Spicer said the United States had detected evidence of preparations for a chemical attack similar to those that preceded a deadly strike in April.
 
Poll shows the United States' image abroad has tumbled under Trump
President Trump has alarmed citizens of the nation's closest allies and others worldwide, diminishing the standing of the United States in their eyes, according to a new international Pew study. But in the 37 countries surveyed, Russia is a bright spot for Trump.
 
FBI questioned Trump campaign adviser Carter Page at length in Russia probe
Over a series of five meetings in March, Page denied wrongdoing when asked about allegations that he may have acted as a go-between for Russia and the campaign, according to a person familiar with Page's account.
 
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House Ethics Committee is reviewing allegations against 3 Democrats
The subjects of the review are Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich), the longest-serving sitting House member; Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; and a senior aide to Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.).
Debrief
No questions allowed: Trump hails democratic bonds with India's Modi while ignoring the press corps
The leader of the world's oldest democracy welcomed the leader of the world's largest democracy to the White House and proclaimed them both "believers" in public accountability. But in a break from Rose Garden tradition, journalists were told they could not ask questions.
The Pentagon promised citizenship to immigrants who served. Now it might help deport them.
The Defense Department is considering a plan to cancel enlistment contracts for 1,000 foreign-born recruits without legal immigration status, knowingly exposing them to deportation, a department memo shows.
North Korea at the top of agenda as South Korea's new leader comes to D.C.
Moon Jae-in and President Trump are taking sharply different approaches to dealing with North Korea and they have a continuing disagreement over an American antimissile system deployed to South Korea.
Supreme Court allows scaled-back version of Trump's travel ban
Justices indicated that lower courts had gone too far in completely freezing President Trump's ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries, and said they will consider in the fall the president's broad powers in immigration matters.
Justices side with religious institutions in major church-state decision
The high court ruled that a Missouri church cannot be excluded from a state program with a secular intent.
Perspective
The newest exhibit on the Mall? Fear of young African Americans.
When they didn't get their dream summer jobs, the boys became entrepreneurs, selling water to thirsty tourists. And that got them in handcuffs.
 
     
 
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