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Holding Obamacare Repeal Hostage for Replace Guarantees Its Defeat - 4 Key Things to Know About Building Trump's Border Wall

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Jan. 9, 2017

Holding Obamacare Repeal Hostage for Replace Guarantees Its Defeat - 4 Key Things to Know About Building Trump's Border Wall
It's Monday in Washington, just 11 days until Donald Trump's inauguration. We've got reports on three Trump priorities: creating jobs, securing the border, repealing Obamacare. Josh Siegel examines the president-elect's pressure on the auto industry, and Fred Lucas looks at what it'll take to build a wall. James Wallner warns Republicans against waiting to repeal the health care law, and Melissa Quinn shares two Americans' related struggles. Plus: Melanie Israel on cutting off taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood, and Jason Snead on the left's fickleness about voter fraud.
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Holding Obamacare Repeal Hostage for Replace Guarantees Its Defeat


Holding repeal hostage for replace perpetuates the current market instability, increasing premiums, and coverage losses that have been the result of Obamacare. This poses significant political risks for the GOP.
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News

How Trump's Presidency Could Retool the Auto Industry


According to the Center for Automotive Research, of the 11 assembly plants announced to be built in North America since 2009, nine were planned for Mexico.
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4 Key Things to Know About Building Trump's Border Wall


Since Congress doesn't have to pass a stand-alone bill for the wall, the Republican majority reportedly intends to make it part of an appropriations bill that must pass by the end of April.
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Commentary

A First Step Toward Ending Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood


Stopping the stream of federal funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, will be part of the upcoming budget reconciliation package, House Speaker Paul Ryan says.
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Meet 2 Hurting Americans Who Are Ready for Congress to Repeal Obamacare


Last year, Warren Jones got a letter notifying him that his monthly premiums would increase from $491 to $716 for 2017.
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Commentary

The Left's Selective Outrage Over Alleged Voter Fraud


The left's sudden awakening to the possibility that elections can in fact be rigged is welcome. But their epiphany seems limited only to pie-in-the-sky fantasies that would deprive conservatives of their electoral gains.
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