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"I never trusted or liked pro-life activists," writes Ann McElhinney. "Even at college I thought them too earnest and too religious." |
| Good morning from Washington, where President Donald Trump continues to move fast to make big changes. His blessing for two major oil pipelines will boost the economy, Nick Loris writes, as will his plans to slash government regulations, Diane Katz predicts. The White House doesn't want states to be able to keep Obamacare, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: Rachel del Guidice on Democrats' delaying tactics, Melissa Quinn on the HHS nominee's intent to fix Medicaid, and Ann McElhinney on the legacy of a notorious abortion factory. |
CommentaryTrump's Pipeline Approvals Are a Win for the Economy and Environment The pipelines' completion will have significant impact for the economy and for Americans. The projects will result in thousands of construction jobs and lower prices at the pump. Read More |
NewsWhite House: Centrist GOP Senators' Obamacare Plan at Odds With Trump's Vision The White House seemed less than enthusiastic about one Senate Republican plan that would allow states to keep Obamacare, stressing President Donald Trump's opposition to mandates that drive down competition. Read More |
NewsDemocrats Don't Have Votes to Defeat Trump Nominees, but They Can Delay Them Senate rules and procedures allow Democrats to employ three basic tactics to delay confirmation votes on a president's appointments. Read More |
CommentaryTrump Wants to Slash Regulations by 75%. Here's How Regulatory Reform Could Boost US. In the past eight years alone, the Obama administration issued more than 22,700 rules, which increased annual regulatory costs by more than $120 billion. Read More |
NewsHHS Nominee Tom Price Urges Medicaid Changes to Improve Health Care "What I believe in is a Medicaid system that is responsive to the patients, and that's not the system we currently have," Price said. Read More |
FlashbackThis Family Struggled to Secure Health Insurance Under Obamacare for Their 4-Year-Old Son "Of all the populations to be targeted, children with disabilities shouldn't have their insurance terminated," said Lindsay Franks. Read More |
CommentaryHow Gosnell's House of Horrors Made Me Pro-Life "I never trusted or liked pro-life activists," writes Ann McElhinney. "Even at college I thought them too earnest and too religious." 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