House Republicans Cancel Vote On Disastrous Health Bill

House Republicans Cancel Vote On Disastrous Health Bill BREAKING… Republicans in the House have canceled their planned Thursday vote because they lacked the votes to pass the bill. MSNBC News reported a few minutes ago that they have hear from multiple sources that the planned vote has been canceled. CNN is also reporting the vote has been canceled. The Republican health plan was almost universally criticized after the Congressional Budget Office report revealed that at least 24 million people would lose their health insurance under the Republican plan. A House Republican conference meeting is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday....

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Two Democrats On Intel Committee Say Evidence Is ‘More Than Circumstantial’

Two Democrats On Intel Committee Say Evidence Is ‘More Than Circumstantial’ A second Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has said that the evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents is “more than circumstantial.” On Wednesday, Congressman Adam Schiff who is the top Democrat on the House Intel Committee said, “The evidence is more than circumstantial.” And Thursday Congressman Mike Quigley, another Democrat on the committee, said separately that he agrees with Schiff that the evidence is more than circumstantial.   .@RepAdamSchiff on Trump/Russia connection: “There is more than circumstantial evidence now…and is very much worthy of...

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Trump Fails To Make Deal With Conservative Wing Of Republican Party On Health Bill

Trump Fails To Make Deal With Conservative Wing Of Republican Party On Health Bill Donald Trump failed to make a last minute deal with the so-called “freedom” caucus, the most conservative members of the Republican party, on the health bill set for a vote Thursday. Trump’s failure to make a deal puts at risk the Republican plan for repealing Obamacare. Lawmakers leaving the White House after meeting with Trump said that they had not made a deal that would allow them to support the deal. Multiple whip counts from various news outlets show that Republicans are short of the...

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Only 17 Percent Of Voters Support Republican Health Plan: Poll

Only 17 Percent Of Voters Support Republican Health Plan: Poll On the day that Republicans in the House are planning to vote on their Obamacare replacement bill a new poll shows just how few Americans support the Republican plan.  And a strong majority of American voters oppose the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare the new poll finds. A new Quinnipiac University poll published Thursday found that 56 percent of voters disapprove of the Republican healthcare plan, and just 17 percent support it. Even among Republican voters, only 41 percent support the the plan while 24 percent oppose it. The poll also found that 46...

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WATCH: Elijah Cummings Calls For Investigation Into Republican Intel Chairman

WATCH: Elijah Cummings Calls For Investigation Into Republican Intel Chairman .@repcummings calls for investigation into House Intelligence Chair @DevinNunes for briefing POTUS before House Dems https://t.co/rflYKrvcSH — New Day (@NewDay) March 23, 2017 Congressman Elijah Cummings on Thursday called for an investigation into House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, who Wednesday decided to brief Donald Trump and the press before his own committee about incidental surveillance. During an interview on CNN Thursday morning Cummings who is the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, called the Intelligence panel a “very special committee.” “They are privileged to information that most...

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WATCH: McCain Calls Nunes’s Actions ‘Very Disturbing’

WATCH: McCain Calls Nunes’s Actions ‘Very Disturbing’   “No, I have not seen anything like it. And it’s very disturbing.” —John McCain on Nunes to @TODAYshow pic.twitter.com/3Pw6MZpy2Z — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 23, 2017 Senator John McCain on Thursday called House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes’s decision to bypass his own committee in order to brief the Donald Trump on information related to U.S. surveillance of his transition team was “very disturbing.” “No, I have not seen anything like that,” McCain said on NBC’s “Today” show. “And I am happy to say that, in the Senate Intelligence Committee, there’s a very good working relationship...

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U.S. Officials Investigating Manafort Offshore Financial Transactions

U.S. Officials Investigating Manafort Offshore Financial Transactions Agents for the Treasury Department have obtained details of overseas financial transactions involving Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. The information is part of an anti-corruption investigation into Paul Manafort’s past work in Eastern Europe, according to an Associated Press report. Officials in Cyprus reportedly turned over information about Manafort’s financial transaction to the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network earlier this year. The AP, which confirmed the exchange a person familiar with the case, notes that that Manafort is known to have route financial transactions through Cyprus. The report is based in...

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Schumer: Democrats Will Filibuster Trump Supreme Court Pick

Schumer: Democrats Will Filibuster Trump Supreme Court Pick Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Thursday that he will oppose Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and that he will urge other Democrats to do the same. Senator Schumer said that Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch and force Republicans to overcome a 60 vote threshold. “He will have to earn 60 votes for confirmation. My vote will be no, and I urge my colleagues to do the same,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “If this nominee cannot earn 60 votes, a bar met by each of President Obama’s nominees and George Bush’s last...

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Trump Approval Rating Dropping Among Republicans, Whites, Men

Trump Approval Rating Dropping Among Republicans, Whites, Men Multiple polls have already found that Donald Trump has record low approval ratings for a new president. But a new poll released Wednesday found that Trump is losing support among key groups that had previously been strong supporters including Republicans, whites and men. The new Quinnipiac University poll found that Donald Trump has a job approval rating of just 37 percent. And 56 percent of respondents disapprove of the job the president is doing. That is a 4 point drop from the same poll from two weeks prior when Trump’s approval rating...

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Scarborough: Republicans Should Remove Nunes As Intel Chairman

Scarborough: Republicans Should Remove Nunes As Intel Chairman If Republicans want to do the right thing for the country then they should remove Congressman Nunes from the House Intelligence Committee, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said Wednesday. “If the Republican Party wants to do what is best for this country and its national security, they will remove Devin Nunes as Intel Chairman,” Scarborough tweeted. If the Republican Party wants to do what is best for this country and its national security, they will remove Devin Nunes as Intel Chairman. — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) March 22, 2017 Scarborough’s call for Nunes’s removal...

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