Tuesday 26 September 2017

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

 
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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.
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
 
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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.
 
 
Q&A for federal workers: Retirement wave
The long-expected wave of federal employee retirements never seems to reach the shore.
 
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.
 
Poll shows 'Trump Effect' on race for Virginia governor
Nearly 40 percent of voters say their choice is shaped by president, CNU poll finds.
 
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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.
 
'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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
 
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.
 
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.
 
Analysis
Why Republicans' latest Obamacare repeal attempt was doomed from the start
The rushed, messy process didn't help. But there are other reasons.
 
 
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