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Senate GOP Health Bill Seeks To Hobble Obama Law (Full text of bill included)

Associated Press / HPM Digital Team

Posted on June 22, 2017 · Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited plan to scuttle Barack Obama's health care law.

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Republicans’ Health Bill Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured: Congressional Budget Office

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR

Posted on May 24, 2017 · The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the GOP's Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill would increase the number of uninsured and reduce the deficit.

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(Now former) FBI Director James Comey speaks to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance Leadership Dinner in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, March 29, 2017.

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 7: You’re Fired!

HPM Digital Team

Posted on May 12, 2017 · We are aware of how little thought we put into the title of this episode.

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A TV screen shows images of the U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. South Koreans are bewildered by President Donald Trump’s recent use of the term “smart cookie” to refer to current leader Kim Jong Un, and by Trump’s assertion that he’d be “honored” by a possible meeting. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 6: Foreign Policy Hokey Pokey

HPM Digital Team

Posted on May 5, 2017 · What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

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The U.S. Capitol dome seen at sunrise in Washington. The House GOP believes it has the votes to pass a repeal-and-replace health care bill, but this likely won't be the final version of the law.

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GOP Expected To Pass Its Health Care Bill At Long Last, But Still A Long Way To Go

Domenico Montanaro, NPR

Posted on May 4, 2017 · The House votes Thursday to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But this bill will likely never become law, at least not in its current form. And the road ahead is bumpy and full of potholes.

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NFL Players Kneeling During National Anthem

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A New Travel Ban, And Pres. Trump’s Comments On NFL Players Mark A Busy Weekend In Politics

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Posted on September 25, 2017 · From Pres. Trump's comments about NFL players who kneel during the national anthem, to a new travel ban, to the latest on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill: Mark Jones walks us through the latest political stories.

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 U.S. Senate rejects proposal for ‘Obamacare’ repeal

Associated Press

Posted on July 26, 2017 · Seven Republicans joined all Democrats Wednesday in a 45-55 vote defeating the plan. It was the second self-inflicted setback the GOP has suffered this week in trying to roll back Obama's 2010 statute.

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as the Senate was to vote on moving head on health care with the goal of erasing much of Barack Obama's law.

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Trump Praises Senate For Taking Up Health Care

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Posted on July 25, 2017 · Trump is also thanking Arizona Sen. John McCain, who returned to Washington after his brain cancer diagnosis to cast a vote.

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Senate GOP Gets New Pressure From Trump On Health Care

Alan Fram, Associated Press

Posted on July 24, 2017 · At least a dozen Republican senators have publicly opposed or criticized the legislation, more than enough to kill it in the face of uniform Democratic opposition.

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