Vote On Obamacare Replacement Bill Canceled, And Other Trump News From Today
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Vote on Obamacare replacement bill pushed after GOP leadership couldn't wrangle the necessary votes
- On Thursday evening, Trump reportedly told GOP leaders that if they didn't pass the AHCA on Friday, he'd stop pursuing the repeal/replacement of Obamacare.
- With the news that the White House and GOP leaders couldn't strike a deal with the influential House Freedom Caucus, the House vote on the AHCA won't happen today as planned. Paul Ryan wanted to pass the repeal and replace bill today, the 7th anniversary of Obamacare's becoming law, but that won't happen.
- One of the key revisions Ryan and Trump sought to woo the HFC with was the removal of an "essential benefit" provision, which requires insurers to cover things like emergency services, prescription drugs, maternity coverage, mental health treatment and more. The revision is intended to decrease costs, but it's not clear if it would actually do so, despite the inevitable decreases in coverage.
Chuck Schumer suggests Democrats will filibuster in attempt to block Neil Gorsuch's confirmation
- It was reported yesterday that Senate Democrats were considering a deal to let Neil Gorsuch's nomination go through in exchange for the Senate GOP not blowing up the filibuster for the next Supreme Court nominee. But this morning, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Gorsuch would need to reach a filibuster-proof 60 votes to be confirmed.
Unnamed officials say the FBI has information showing possible coordination between Trump team and Russia in releasing Clinton leaks
- CNN reports that the intelligence "is raising the suspicions of FBI counterintelligence investigators that the coordination may have taken place, though officials cautioned that the information was not conclusive and that the investigation is ongoing."
- The revelation comes days after James Comey revealed to Congress that the FBI was investigating a possible Trump/Russia connection and hours after House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes revealed that information was "incidentally collected" on members of the Trump team during unrelated surveillance
Other Stories
- Settlement-backer David Friedman confirmed as US Ambassador to Israel Haaretz
- Trump talked to TIME about truth and falsehoods — you can read TIME's story here and the interview transcript here
- McCain slams House Intelligence Committee leaders after Wednesday's antics, calls for select committee or independent investigation NBC News
- Trump sat in a semi truck and had quite a good time Buzzfeed
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