Nov. 10, 2016
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Good morning from what is soon to be Donald Trump's Washington. We've got a basket of timely offerings. Kelsey Harkness reports on the Trump transition team and its full plate. Melissa Quinn lays out how Republicans can put a Obamacare repeal on the new president's desk. Josh Siegel looks at GOP victories in state legislatures and governorships. Plus: James Phillips on ditching the Iran deal, Ryan T. Anderson on restoring religious liberty, and Katrina Trinko on rejecting the "racist" label. Happy 241st birthday, Marines. |
NewsHow Republicans Can Start to Dismantle Obamacare With a Trump PresidencyGOP lawmakers are likely to use a budget tool called reconciliation—a procedure used in the Senate that allows a bill to pass with 51 votes—to roll back key provisions of Obamacare and avoid a Democratic filibuster. Read More |
CommentaryDonald Trump's Win Wasn't About Racism"This was a white-lash against a changing country," says CNN's Van Jones. But the facts tell a different story. Read More |
NewsThe Team That Will Transition Trump Into the White HouseFor the next three months, Trump's transition team—separate from his campaign team—will guide the president-elect on his future administration. Read More |
CommentaryIran Is Wrong: Trump Can Absolutely Overturn the Nuclear DealIranian President Hassan Rouhani claimed that there is "no possibility" for the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran to be overturned by Trump. Read More |
NewsRepublicans Maintain Strong Control of State Capitols. Here's What That Means.Republicans increased the number of states they fully control from 22 to 24. Democrats have total control of six states. Read More |
CommentaryMake Religious Freedom Great AgainThe Obama administration has engaged in a series of executive actions—some of which were likely unlawful—to advance a radical transgender agenda. Trump can reverse these and other actions. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans