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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Senate won't vote on House-passed healthcare bill — Senate Republicans said Thursday they won't vote on the House-passed bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but will write their own legislation instead. — A Senate proposal is now being developed by a 12-member working group.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Cheers a Big Victory. But Has It Stirred a 'Hornet's Nest'? — WASHINGTON — No one knows better than House Democrats how a contentious health care vote can exact a steep political price — losing control of the House in the first midterm election of an untested new president's tenure for example.
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Political Wire, Daily Kos and The Week
New York Times:
In Rare Unity, Hospitals, Doctors and Insurers Criticize Health Bill — It is a rare unifying moment. Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are speaking with one voice and urging significant changes to the Republican health care legislation that passed the House on Thursday.
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Political Wire, The Week, New York Magazine, Politico, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post and ama-assn.org
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics — (CNN)When House Republicans secured their 216th “yes” on the American Health Care Act Thursday, Democrats immediately began taunting their across-the-aisle rivals. — “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye,” Democrats sang at Republicans.
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Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What the GOP's Health-Care Gamble Means for 2018 — In a gamble that looks poised to shape the 2018 midterm landscape, the vast majority of House Republicans in districts that backed Democrats in any of the most recent presidential elections voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in Thursday's nail-biting tally.
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The Week
Bloomberg:
Senate Moves Obamacare Repeal to Slow Lane After House Squeaker — Recent changes to House measure complicate path in Senate — Murkowski says she hopes Senate GOP starts with ‘clean slate’ — Passage of the House's health-care bill gives the Obamacare repeal effort new life after months of wrangling …
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New York Times:
The Trumpcare Disaster — House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans falsely accused Democrats of rushing the Affordable Care Act through Congress. On Thursday, in a display of breathtaking hypocrisy, House Republicans — without holding any hearings or giving the Congressional Budget Office …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Did Republicans just wave bye-bye to their House majority? — As House Republicans proudly passed their health-care bill on Thursday, Democrats trolled them — hard. They sang “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!” and waved goodbye at the GOP. It was a pretty good one, as political gimmicks go.
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Power Line
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
A Few Grafs That Explain Why America Hates Vacuous Political Reporting
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The Talking Dog, Los Angeles Times and New York Times
Fox News:
ObamaCare replacement bill approved in House
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Fox News Insider, Scared Monkeys, BizPac Review, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, Snopes.com and Politico
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
These 24 Republicans Were Already Vulnerable—and Now They Just Voted to Repeal Obamacare
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Politicus USA and Washington Post
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood defunded for one year under GOP health bill
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VTDigger
Robert Pear / New York Times:
What's in the AHCA: The Major Provisions of the Republican Health Bill
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The Federalist, Chris Jacobs on Healthcare, The Cornell Daily Sun and Motherboard
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“Hey Hey Goodbye” … This is both an homage and a literal repetition …
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AOL, ThinkProgress, The Week, Mediaite and Washington Monthly
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 Senate Republican: ‘No timeline’ on ObamaCare replacement bill
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Consumerist, Morning Consult, Mother Jones, Shareblue, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
Mayoral candidate Bo Dietl admits Fox News hired him to dig up dirt on women making sexual harassment claims — Federal investigators looking into sexual harassment settlements and alleged intimidation tactics at Fox News are eyeing mayoral hopeful Bo Dietl's work for the network, according to reports.
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Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
Scope of Federal Probe into Fox News Broadens — Federal investigators have interviewed network executives and on-air talent, asking about sexual-harassment settlements — Federal authorities have interviewed current and former Fox News employees and on-air talent in a widening inquiry …
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Mediaite, New York Times, Raw Story, Deadline, The Week, Media Matters for America and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Anti-vaccine activists spark a state's worst measles outbreak in decades — MINNEAPOLIS — The young mother started getting advice early on from friends in the close-knit Somali immigrant community here. Don't let your children get the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella — it causes autism, they said.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
'The White House just couldn't let this go' — Donald Trump had had it. — The Obamacare repeal bill that the president had just boasted was on the cusp of passage was suddenly in trouble again, and the president demanded to talk to the influential congressman who dropped a bombshell hours earlier …
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Axios, Vox and bradford-delong.com
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New York Times:
In House Health Vote, Reince Priebus Sees a Much-Needed Reprieve — WASHINGTON — The Republican health care overhaul might never become law, but it has already changed the life of one American: Reince Priebus, who knew it was his best and perhaps last hope of becoming an empowered White House chief of staff.
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Watch: Chris Collins admits he didn't read health care bill — WASHINGTON - Rep. Chris Collins told CNN that he didn't read the entire Republican health care bill that the House passed Thursday. — And then he told The Buffalo News that he was unaware of a key provision in the bill …
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Syracuse Post-Standard, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Hill and Patterico's Pontifications
National Review:
A Half Measure on Religious Liberty — In response to the ongoing federal assault upon Americans' religious liberties, President Donald Trump has responded with an executive order that will entrust these liberties to the discretion of IRS agents. — Maybe this one needs a bit more thought.
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Vox and Washington Post
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
ACLU won't sue, says ‘religious freedom’ order was ‘elaborate photo-op’
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RedState, Occupy Democrats and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Islamic State magazine steers followers to U.S. gun shows for ‘easy’ access to weapons — In August, a former Islamic State recruit caused a stir when he described how the terrorist organization sought to exploit America's lax gun laws. — “They say the Americans are dumb …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities — The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation said.
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The Week, New York Times, Above the Law, New York Magazine, The Verge, Mashable and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Barbara Starr / CNN:
First on CNN: Pentagon investigation: US hit mosque complex in Syria — US denies airstrikes destroyed a mosque (March) — Washington (CNN)A US Central Command investigation found that a March US airstrike in northern Syria did in fact strike a building that was part of a “mosque complex,” two US defense officials told CNN Thursday.
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