House Conservatives Draw Hard Line on Obamacare Repeal Bill
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Feb. 15, 2017 |
| Good morning from Washington, where President Trump is about to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Both leaders anticipate warmer U.S.-Israel relations, reports Fred Lucas, who also has a scorecard on Trump's progress on campaign promises. Conservative lawmakers speak out on repealing Obamacare, legalizing assisted suicide in the nation's capital, and the origins of the left's "resist" movement. We've got stories from Melissa Quinn, Rachel del Guidice, and Josh Siegel, respectively. Plus: Anthony Kim on the historic decline of economic freedom in America. |
NewsHouse Conservatives Draw Hard Line on Obamacare Repeal Bill"Something that Republicans need to be concerned about is if we're just going to repeal Obamacare with 'Obamacare lite,' then it begs the question: Were we just against Obamacare because it was proposed by Democrats?" says Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho. "And if that's our position, then we're very hypocritical." |
NewsTrump's Progress So Far on 2016 PromisesTrump hasn't yet repealed Obamacare, or achieved 4 percent economic growth just shy of one month in office. But the new president has begun to deliver on several other campaign promises. |
CommentaryUS Economic Freedom Has Hit a Historic Low. What Happened?According to the new Index of Economic Freedom, the U.S. ranks 17th out of 180 economies, lagging behind Switzerland (4th), Australia (5th), Canada (7th), and the United Kingdom (12th). |
NewsTrump, Netanyahu to Reset US-Israeli Relations After Strained 8 Years"It probably won't take long to return to the warm relationship that has characterized the U.S.-Israeli relationship before," says Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. |
NewsThis Lawmaker Faults GOP Leadership for Not Blocking DC Assisted Suicide Law"We disagree with the premise of what D.C. did," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, says of conservatives, "and we have the constitutional authority to disapprove it." |
CommentaryHow White Liberals Enable Crime in Black CommunitiesAcademic liberals and civil rights spokespeople make the claim that the disproportionate number of blacks in prison is a result of racism. They ignore the fact that black criminal activity is many multiples of that of other racial groups. |
NewsConservative Lawmakers Say Emerging Liberal Protest Movement Is No Tea Party"This is a very different operation than one that came out of somebody's living room by people who found somebody with a like cause and said, 'Government is headed in the wrong direction,'" says Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa. |
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