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Supreme Court Grants Cert in Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case

June 26, 2017

House of Representatives , governors' mansions, and state houses across America. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday morning to hear Gill v. Last fall, the lower court ordered the Legislature to redraw its maps. Democratic voters are clustered in cities such as Milwaukee and Madison, while Republican voters are more evenly spread out.

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Collins still undecided on Senate health care bill

June 26, 2017

Sen. He said Friday he would vote against the bill in its current form but did not rule out supporting a revamped, final version of it. The U.S. House of Representatives' version of the Obamcare repeal bill includes a provision in which customers must maintain coverage or pay more , but Democrats argued that conflicted with Republican President Donald Trump's promise to keep the guaranteed insurance provision of Obamacare .

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Top Republican to press for $705 billion defense budget

June 26, 2017

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana echoed Toomey's comments, saying people will move off the Medicaid expansion into the private health insurance market. I don't know that they would come down but they wouldn't go up as fast. And in a separate statement , Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown says the GOP Senate bill would hamper the state's progress in slowing the opioid epidemic, calling Medicaid the "number one tool" in the fight against opioids.

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Virginia man charged with spying for China: Justice Dept

June 26, 2017

Before 1990, he worked as a special agent for the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service. The CIA also declined comment, according to the Washington Post . Mallory told agents it was in reference to unclassified information he'd already summed up from the contact, whom he claimed to be stringing along.

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LSU to face Florida in SEC vs

LSU to face Florida in SEC vs

June 26, 2017

Caleb Gilbert held the No. 1 national seed Beavers to two hits in 7 1/3 innings, Michael Papierski homered from both sides of the plate and LSU won 6-1 on Saturday a day after beating them 3-1. Nothing Louisiana State encounters in the College World Series championship series will be any more daunting than the task the Tigers had to complete to get there.

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Trump optimistic on health care; some doubtful

June 26, 2017

A CBO score of the Senate bill is expected this week. This bill wouldn't actually do very much to help those people. The Senate Bill won't remove such a provision. Senate bill: Creates fund for high-risk pools at $112 billion over 10 years. The federal-state program covers low-income people, from newborns to elderly nursing home residents, from special-needs kids to young adults caught in the opioid epidemic.

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Eid-el-Fitr: Aisha thanks Nigerians for praying for Buhari

Eid-el-Fitr: Aisha thanks Nigerians for praying for Buhari

June 26, 2017

The post Eid-el-Fitr: Okowa congratulates Muslims, sues for tolerance, peaceful co-existence appeared first on Vanguard News . On this occasion, Albania's President, Bujar Nishani and many others senior officials conveyed messages of congratulations of Eid Al-Fitr to Albanian and all Muslims worldwide.

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NYCFC's David Villa is (still) living up to the hype

NYCFC's David Villa is (still) living up to the hype

June 26, 2017

By halftime, NYCFC had four shots on target while the Red Bulls had none. Harrison's goal was just the sixth goal for NYCFC in eight matches against the Red Bulls. "You have to give them credit, they adjusted certain things that they do and they physically put a lot more into the game", Red Bulls head coach Jesse Marsch said.

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Incredible footage shows crowd catch falling teen from U.S. amusement park ride

Incredible footage shows crowd catch falling teen from U.S. amusement park ride

June 26, 2017

The girl was then rushed to Albany Medical Center in stable condition with no serious injuries, the Warren County Sheriff's Office said. She lets go, strikes a tree limb on the way down, and is caught by people in the crowd. "My daughter was just traumatized", he said. A 47-year-old man from Schenectady, New York , was treated for a back injury and released from Glens Falls Hospital, the sheriff's office said.

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Senator Schatz speaks out on Senate health care bill

June 26, 2017

Heller said that to win his vote, GOP leaders would have to "protect Medicaid expansion states" from the bill's current cuts. That's Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent at Kaiser Health News . How would it work under this Senate bill? ROVNER: It's somewhat similar to the House bill, although the cuts would go even deeper. Later in the interview, Cassidy - a physician - seemed to indicate he'd like to see Medicaid turned into block grants for the states, a position supported by many ...

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43 arrested protesting Medicaid cuts

43 arrested protesting Medicaid cuts

June 26, 2017

Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid and erase tax boosts that helped Obama finance his expansion of coverage. Other journalists also saw people being hoisted by police out of the hallway. Bustle has reached out to Capitol Police for comment. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a statement: "We can't believe this needs to be said, but it's not okay to drag people out ...

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Modi greets nation on Eid-ul-Fitr

Modi greets nation on Eid-ul-Fitr

June 26, 2017

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari was at the Guards Brigade Mambila Barracks to offer Eid El Fitr Prayers, this morning of 25th June 2017. Ramadan and Eid do not fall on the same date each year for the same reason. Now it is time for Eid. "Eid-El-Fitr Celebration which marks the End of Ramadan Season, affirms man's commitment and total submission to the Will of God".

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President Trump: Congress not 'that far off' from passing health care overhaul

June 26, 2017

People are removed from a sit-in outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office as they protest proposed cuts to Medicaid , Thursday, June 22, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington . That program is jointly funded by the states and the federal government. "In this form, I will not support it", Heller said at a news conference with Republican Nevada Gov.

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'Lets Not Rush This': Senators Urge Health Care Vote Delay

June 26, 2017

Both Sen. Ron Johnson , R-Wisc., and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Sen. A handful of Republicans senators have already come out against the bill in its current form, and with so little time to make amendments and so many voices in opposition, the BCRA might not make it to Trump's desk.

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Trump says hostility has stymied bipartisanship

June 26, 2017

In addition to slamming the bill's effects, which would shift costs to older and sicker Americans, Obama said, efforts to tweak the Senate bill would not "change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation". "That was my term, because I want to see - and I speak from the heart - that's what I want to see". As we've said before, Obamacare is far from ideal.

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Trump To Get Another Supreme Court Judge?

Trump To Get Another Supreme Court Judge?

June 26, 2017

Three years later, the Murrs' parents bought an adjacent lot, which has stayed vacant since 1963. So after the Murrs transferred the lots to their four children in the 1990s, the younger Murrs were denied permission to build on the second lot.

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Senate GOP's Plan To Repeal, Replace May Be In Trouble

June 26, 2017

And we'll see if we can take care of that, calling the group of conservative lawmakers "four very good people". While neither of Louisiana's Republican U.S. I think there are plenty of practical solutions. "We can not support the current bill". House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was urging Democrats to post stories on social media on constituents whose health care coverage would be threatened.

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Petra Kvitova qualifies for her first final since horrific knife attack

Petra Kvitova qualifies for her first final since horrific knife attack

June 26, 2017

In the final, the Czech leftie will play Ashleigh Barty , an Australian who was impressive in containing former French Open champion Garbine Muguruza 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Petra Kvitova has qualified for her first final since her career-threatening stabbing. Barty was ranked at 271 at the start of the year, won her first career title in March in Kuala Lumpur, and has become the first Aussie finalist here in 25 years.

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Family of Sam DuBose demands another retrial, calls for peaceful protest

Family of Sam DuBose demands another retrial, calls for peaceful protest

June 26, 2017

Last week, a jury acquitted Minnesota officer Geronimo Yanez on charges stemming from shooting Philando Castile , who had indicated he had a legal firearm in his auto when he was stopped. When DuBose could not produce a driver's license, the officer told him to remove his seat belt and began to open the driver's door. The prosecution argued Tensing was in no imminent danger but rather forgot his training and reacted in an unreasonable manner.

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Trump confirms he called the Republicans' healthcare bill 'mean'

Trump confirms he called the Republicans' healthcare bill 'mean'

June 26, 2017

But I think we're going to get it. Five Republican senators have announced they will not support the bill , which is created to repeal and replace Obamacare , in its current form. The group said in a statement Friday it's encouraged that the Senate bill would take immediate action to stabilize shaky insurance markets by guaranteeing billions of dollars in subsidies under jeopardy due to a legal dispute and political maneuvering.

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Spieth leads by 1 midway through 2nd round at Travelers

Spieth leads by 1 midway through 2nd round at Travelers

June 26, 2017

He also two-putted from 70 feet for par on No. 3, leaving just under two feet for the second. The two-time major champion was 8 under. "But being able to be toward the front of the pack on a Saturday afternoon is a lovely position to be in and one that we'll certainly embrace".

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Trump says he's optimistic about Senate approval of GOP healthcare measure

June 26, 2017

So far, five Republican senators have announced they can not support the health care bill as drafted: Dean Heller of Nevada, who says the measure cuts coverage too deeply, and four conservatives: Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah and Johnson, who say it does not do enough to lower health costs.

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Sean Spicer May Get To Choose His Own Replacement If He Quits

Sean Spicer May Get To Choose His Own Replacement If He Quits

June 26, 2017

I know there was some chatter today, I know the president has been on the phone extensively with the leader [Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)] and with key Senators. Spicer also defended the decision to hold off-camera, non-recorded briefings, as he did yesterday. But outside of communications director Mike Dubke, the press office has not seen any departures.

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Mistrial declared in Ohio cop's murder retrial

Mistrial declared in Ohio cop's murder retrial

June 26, 2017

Around 2:15 p.m., jurors said they were "evenly split" and unable to reach a verdict; we don't know the exact split of the jurors. DuBose's mother, Audrey, released a statement saying his family was "outraged that a second jury has now failed to convict Ray Tensing for the murder of our beloved Sam DuBose ".

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Boston Renames Street After David Ortiz

Boston Renames Street After David Ortiz

June 26, 2017

After the game, manager John Farrell was asked about that particular situation. He had allowing at least four runs in three of his previous four starts, which was giving some reason to wonder if the too-good-to-be-true story might be coming to an end.

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GOP Senator Says It's 'Hard' To Imagine Obamacare Repeal Passing This Week

June 26, 2017

It is believed the president wants to see a more generous bill pass through the Senate . Clinton is also not the only Democratic Party leader who has criticized the bill. ROVNER: Well, of course, there's only 52 Republicans in the Senate. Judge: "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement" than Lincoln Hills teen inmates: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Patrick Marley writes : A federal judge on Friday issued a sweeping decision to curb the use of solitary confinement, pepper ...

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GOP senator: 'No way' health care bill should move forward

June 26, 2017

And the president called Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren "somebody that's just got a lot of hatred". Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., didn't mince words when she ripped into the bill on the Senate floor earlier Thursday . Defections from just three of the Senate's 52 Republicans would doom the legislation. Johnson then goes on to say the real problem with Obamacare is that it forces insurers to cover people with preexisting conditions and he trots out the party line that the AHCA cuts to ...

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Justices strike down gender differences in citizenship law

Justices strike down gender differences in citizenship law

June 26, 2017

As lower appellate courts blocking Trump's order have cited, the president's broad immigration powers are not unchecked by the Constitution's ban on discrimination. Nonetheless, the court couldn't grant Luis Ramon Morales-Santana - the plaintiff in the case - relief. "Accepting, arguendo , that Congress intended the diverse physical-presence prescriptions to serve an interest in ensuring a connection between the foreign-born nonmarital child and the United States, the gender-based means ...

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Republicans Scramble to Shore Up Support for Healthcare Bill

June 26, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Robert Greenstein, president of the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, told reporters the Senate plan is "harsher and does even more damage than the House bill". Shortly after the 142-page bill was distributed, more than a half-dozen GOP lawmakers signaled concerns or initial opposition. The Nevada senator joins four other Republicans in expressing opposition to the draft bill as it is now written.

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Ron Johnson: Health Bill Throws More Money at but Doesn't Fix Problem

June 26, 2017

The legislation would phase out federal funding for Medicaid expansion - now covering about 11 million people in 31 states - beginning in 2020, and shift more of those costs back to states. The latest Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act is being shunned by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow. The measure calls for reducing money for Medicaid.

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Trump suggests changes likely on health care overhaul

June 26, 2017

When asked what it would take to get some Senate Democrats on board with the plan, Durbin said to take repeal off the table. According to lawmakers who were at the unveiling, members from the left and right ends of the party's spectrum were deeply critical of the effort.

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GOP Senators Call for More Time to Debate, Change Health Care Bill

June 26, 2017

Make sure we're taken care of here in the state of Nevada", Heller said. Both our senators are included in the elite 13 GOP senators working in complete secrecy to produce this bill. He said any repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act would have "insurance for everybody", telling the Washington Post , "there was a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it".

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North Korea accuses U.S. of 'smear campaign' over Warmbier death

North Korea accuses U.S. of 'smear campaign' over Warmbier death

June 26, 2017

Revere retired from the Foreign Service in 2007 after spending years as one of the U.S. State Department's top Asia experts. Journalist Isaac Stone Fish uses the incident to describe the world of Western tourism in North Korea, in which carefree college students sometimes find themselves clashing with a closed and repressive state.

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Mayors: Look to us, not Washington, for results

Mayors: Look to us, not Washington, for results

June 26, 2017

Edmund Bartlett, has been invited to make a special presentation at the 85th Annual Meeting of the US Conference of Mayors , in Miami Beach to further support the twinning of the City of Miami Beach with the resort town of Negril, Jamaica.

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A weakening Cindy leaves behind tornado damage in Alabama

A weakening Cindy leaves behind tornado damage in Alabama

June 26, 2017

Expect poor visibility at times through the day in tropical downpours. The National Weather Service said the MS coast received almost a foot of rain over the four-day period ending Saturday , the most in the region. Cindy produced tornadoes that ripped into some parts of Alabama, including the Birmingham area where numerous damage reports emerged Thursday afternoon.

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Sens. Susan Collins, Rand Paul express doubts about Senate health care bill

June 26, 2017

Andrew Kolodny, co-director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at Brandeis University. "Healthcare's a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way, and this group doesn't like it". The National Alliance on Mental Illness also sharply criticized the bill, urging its supporters to call senators to voice their opposition, especially to the billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid.

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Tom Price promises GOP won't pull 'rug out' on health care

June 26, 2017

That puts the Senate in a time crunch because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he wants to vote on the legislation, which was kept secret until Thursday, before the Senate recesses next week for the July 4th holiday. If Paul and Heller were to vote against the bill, the decisive vote would most likely come from a moderate like Sen. Well, the individual mandate is about as popular as vegetables are with my kids.

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'A Very Narrow Path' to Repeal Obama's Healthcare Law

June 26, 2017

With unanimous opposition from Democrats, McConnell can afford to lose just two of the 52 GOP senators and still prevail on the bill. "It's going to be very hard to get me to yes", said Heller, viewed as the Senate Republican most at risk in the 2018 midterm election.

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Government websites hacked with pro-ISIS rant

Government websites hacked with pro-ISIS rant

June 26, 2017

The Ohio governor's website wasn't loading on Sunday afternoon, and a cached version showed the message "hacked by Team System Dz ". In 2015, the Dayton City Paper was hacked by the same group. News 5 has reached out to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections for comment but have not yet heard back. The hack is part of ongoing cyberterrorism that has impacted governments and corporations across the globe.

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Trump May Face Lawsuit For

Trump May Face Lawsuit For "Unprecedented Constitutional Violations"

June 26, 2017

The lawsuit, first reported by the Washington Post late Sunday, hinges on Trump's decision to maintain ownership of his company after becoming president, the D.C. White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday disputed that Trump's interests in his businesses violated the emoluments clause, pointing to the arguments raised by the Justice Department in its motion to dismiss the case in NY.

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GOP sen: 'We should not be voting' on healthcare this week

June 26, 2017

That's not sitting well with GOP Sen. With Republicans in the Senate holding only a 52-48 seat edge, they can afford only two defections to get to a 50-50 tie, allowing Vice President Pence to then presumably break any logjam. Most health care advocates, physician organizations and hospitals have come out against this bill. "This bill that's now in front of the United States Senate is not the answer", Heller, a moderate who is up for re-election in 2018, said at a news conference in Las ...

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Senators Against GOP Health Bill 'Will Probably Get There'

June 26, 2017

Rural hospitals will continue to be at risk of closure under the new bill, Zumbrun said. McConnell has acknowledged that he's willing to change the measure before it's voted on. "Pennsylvanians expected me to keep my word, and I said I would do everything I can to repeal as much of (Obamacare) as we can and move health care in the direction where patients and consumers are making decisions, not bureaucrats", Toomey told reporters on a conference call.

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After closing arguments, Michelle Carter's fate now in judge's hands

June 26, 2017

Verronneau, under cross-examination, said Carter could have deleted some cell phone messages she had sent Roy . Carter often showed the world a more positive aspect, according to testimony by Dr. Breggin asserted that the defendant believed she was helping her boyfriend. To buttress his argument, he drew from a text that Carter received in which Roy wrote that there wasn't anything anyone could do to "make me want to live".

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Two die in hunt for fabled USA treasure

Two die in hunt for fabled USA treasure

June 26, 2017

It would be the bigger church to come around him, the pastor said. Rescuers spent two days searching the Rio Grande until rafters spotted a body downstream - about seven miles from where he was last believed to have been. "So ever since the chase started in 2010, (Fenn) has always emphasized that he was 80 years old when he hid the chest". "I guarantee you we'll see more people killed".

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US Senator Rand Paul says would consider partial repeal of Obamacare

US Senator Rand Paul says would consider partial repeal of Obamacare

June 26, 2017

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of NY on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, June 25, 2017. Trump said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer criticized the GOP bill before knowing what was in it. Trump plans to be among the guests as Mnuchin weds Linton Saturday at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington. Trump, in an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News , said, "I think we're going to get there", but acknowledged the complicated road in the coming days to "picking a plan that ...

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Disability advocates protest outside McConnell's office over health care bill

June 25, 2017

The sit-in was organized by ADAPT , which advocates for people with disabilities and brought several dozen protesters to Capitol Hill on Thursday. ADAPT, the 25-year-old disability rights organization that organized the protest , immediately created a page on GoFundMe to raise money for the legal fees these patients now face.

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'I think we are going to get there' on health care

June 26, 2017

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell wants to hold a vote on the bill before the July 4th recess, most likely next Thursday. "And small tweaks over the course of the next couple weeks, under the guise of making these bills easier to stomach, can not change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation", Obama wrote in a statement on Thursday.

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ROBINSON: GOP cuts Medicaid for tax breaks

June 25, 2017

Schoettes and five colleagues recently resigned from the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, citing the Trump administration's ostensible indifference to the epidemic. Dean Heller and Susan Collins have also withheld support. It would allow insurers to cover fewer benefits and repeal tax boosts on wealthier people that help finance the statute's expanded coverage.

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GOP is hiding something in Senate health-care bill

June 26, 2017

Nearly immediately, the pro-Trump group America First Policies made a decision to launch what a source with the group says will be a major television, radio and digital ad buy against Heller - a remarkable attack on a member of Trump's own party whose seat is endangered in 2018.

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AARP Rips GOP Healthcare Bill

June 25, 2017

McConnell drafted the measure after spending weeks seeking middle ground between conservatives seeking an aggressive repeal of Obama's statute and centrists warning about going too far. "It's going to be very hard to get me to a yes", he said, noting that conservative Republican senators would likely be reluctant to add spending back to the measure.

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