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Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday evening added to the social chatter over the GOP's health care bill passing the House. The outspoken Obamacare advocates called the bill's passage shameful.
Don't listen to the telecom lobby. Congress' vote to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's broadband privacy rules has a profound impact on your online privacy rights.
President Trump took aim at Democratic lawmakers defending the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, ripping their speeches on the House floor as "a lie." "I am watching the Democrats trying to defend the 'you can keep you doctor, you can keep your plan & premiums will go down' ObamaCare lie," Trump wrote on Twitter.
House Republicans on Thursday passed legislation aimed at repealing and replacing ObamaCare, taking a major step toward a long-held goal and setting in motion an overhaul of the nation's health system. The narrow 217-213 vote is a victory for GOP leaders, who faced a tumultuous path to getting the bill to the floor.
When the House Republican Conference gathered in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, it was greeted by a couple of motivational songs: "Eye of the Tiger" and "Taking Care of Business." On Twitter, the A.P.'s Erica Werner also relayed the message that the Party's leadership sent to the rank and file, which was equally lacking in subtlety: "It's time to live or die by this day."
Democrats on Thursday tore into the House GOP's vote to repeal ObamaCare, ripping their healthcare plan as a "tax cut for millionaires" and "immoral." The House narrowly passed the American Health Care Act by a 217-213 vote earlier Thursday afternoon.
WATCH: @SpeakerRyan 's full remarks in a Rose Garden press conference in the wake of GOP health care bill passing the House. pic.twitter.com/Y9SAaddhYS Paul Ryan Ryan touts passage of ObamaCare repeal at White House Snoozing GOP Congress is failing - and it can't blame Trump Dems tear into 'shameful' ObamaCare repeal vote MORE touted the passage of a House measure to repeal and replace ObamaCare on Thursday, but warned that there is still work to be done.
When you go to the polls in the fall of 2018, if your incumbent is a Republican congressmen, here is what you now know what they do and don't care about: Hours before a scheduled vote on a Republican bill that would repeal and replace major parts of Obamacare, a GOP congressman suggested that neither he - nor anyone else - has actually read the entire bill. But Rep. Thomas Garrett of Virginia said his "staff" had read all of the parts of the bill - which he plans to vote for.
California may hold its presidential primary elections in March after lawmakers in both chambers of the Legislature passed bills Thursday to increase the influence of the nation's largest and most diverse state. The state Senate passed a bill to move California's primary from June to the third Tuesday in March.
The Obamacare repeal bill that passed the House Thursday moves next to the Senate where it faces daunting challenges because of the same ideological splits between conservative and moderate Republicans that nearly killed it in the House. GOP leaders have set up a working group of senators across the ideological spectrum to try search for compromises that could unite enough Republicans to get the 51 votes needed for it to clear the chamber.
All seven Hoosier Republicans in the U.S. House voted Thursday in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with the American Health Care Act.
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After federal authorities announced they would not prosecute two white police officers in the shooting death of a black man, a refrain rang out from the man's family, lawyers and supporters: It's up to Louisiana's attorney general to seek justice. The Justice Department said it found insufficient evidence to charge either officer, Blane Salamoni or Howie Lake II, in the death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling last summer outside a Baton Rouge convenience store.
This combination of pictures created on May 4, 2017 shows a file photo taken on November 2, 2016 of then US President Barack Obama speaking at a rally at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and a file photo taken on April 18, 2017 of French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron reacting during his visit to the KRYS group's headquarters in Bazainville. In a message posted on Macron's Twitter account, the former US president said he was endorsing the centrist candidate "because of how important this election is."
Federal investigators closed a two-year investigation into U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger's dealings with his family's business without filing charges. Lia Bantavani, a spokeswoman for western North Carolina's top federal prosecutor, said in an email Thursday that the Justice Department has ended its investigation.
Half a century ago, we were a nation split more along news anchor lines than party lines. Some of us got our news from Walter Cronkite, some from Chet Huntley and David Brinkley.
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz apologizes for an incident in which a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight as he and other airline executives face tough questions from lawmakers Tuesday. "It was a mistake of epic proportions," he said.
What does the Republican Obamacare repeal bill actually do? The House is set to vote Thursday on the latest version of Republicans' Obamacare repeal legislation. Check out this story on jconline.com: https://usat.ly/2pKZVF0 The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, later today, beginning the process of repealing and replacing the bill.
"He is now the president of the United States and reportedly 'very upset' with me because I didn't vote for him. Do I owe him my loyalty?" Amanda Knox said of President Trump.