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Chuck Schumer: Republican Health Plan ‘In Trouble’ On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the Republican Obamacare replacement plan is collapsing. “The bill’s in trouble,” Schumer said during a press briefing. “It’s in trouble in the House; it’s in even more trouble in the Senate; and we Democrats are unified in opposition.” Schumer’s comments come a day after the Congressional Budget Office report showed that 24 million people will lose health insurance under the Republican plan. With 14 million people losing coverage in just 1 year by 2018. “There are, I think, more than 10 Republican senators, some...

Trump To Stop Considering Climate Change Impact From Government Reviews: Report According to a new report in Bloomberg, Donald Trump plans to reverse an Obama administration environmental standard by removing climate change as a factor in making government decisions. The decision would impact environmental reviews of industry regulations, appliance standards and pipeline projects, the Bloomberg report noted. The Obama administration added the climate change consideration as a means to help the federal government consider longer term climate impact related to environmental reviews. President Obama required that government agencies submit formal environmental reviews that included the possible economic harm and impact...

Graham Fires Warning Shot At FBI: You’re ‘About To Screw Up Big Time’ Republican Senator Lindsay Graham on Tuesday fired a warning shot at FBI Director James Comey warning him that the FBI would be “about to screw up big time” if it had failed to respond to his subcommittee’s letter asking for “copies of any warrant applications and court orders” related to wiretaps of Donald Trump. Graham sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey and the acting deputy attorney general last week requesting any information they might have about wiretapping that targeted the Trump campaign before the election. Graham’s subcommittee will be...

Pelosi Demands Speaker Ryan Remove Steve King From Leadership For Racist Comments House Minority Leader on Tuesday demanded that House Speaker Paul Ryan remove Steve King from Republican leadership after his racist comments over the weekend. Pelosi said, “When Republican Congressman Steve King made his latest disgusting and racist statements, I called on Speaker Ryan and the Republican leadership to immediately strip his Chairmanship of the Constitution Subcommittee.” Republicans are facing questions about King’s comments that civilizations can’t be restored “with someone else’s babies.” “Since then, Congressman Steve King has doubled down on his statements, so I am doubling down on...

Republican Senator Confirms ‘There Is No Three-Phase Process’ Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Tuesday shot down the claim from the White House and Paul Ryan that there is a secret “three-phase” health plan. “There is no three-phase process. There is no three-step plan. That is just political talk. It’s just politicians engaging in spin,” Cotton told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Health and Human Service Secretary Tom Price said on  NBC’s “Today,” that Republicans have a “three-part plan.” Price tried to argue that the CBO report showing 24 million people losing insurance under the Republican plan is not complete...