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President Trump said yesterday, “You saw what we did yesterday with respect to health care…It’s step by step by step. That was a big step yesterday.”
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Despite President Trump’s claims, the Affordable Care Act is not imploding – he’s sabotaging it.
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Another day, another story about how the Trump Administration’s efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act is having a tangible impact on American’s access to affordable health care.
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Here is sabotage, plain and simple. Today, the Washington Post walks us through the Trump Administration’s efforts to make it harder – not easier – for consumers to sign up for and access health coverage. Key excerpts:
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Add Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA), who votes with Donald Trump 97% of the time, to the list of Republicans who believe we should protect DREAMers. Here’s what he had to say, from Vice News:
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Just now on the Floor, Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) said:
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Today's GOP Quote of the Day is from Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) pointing out the GOP’s hypocrisy on their tax reform framework that will explode the deficit to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Couldn’t agree more, Senator Corker.
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Last Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Price resigned amid reports he had spent more than a million dollars of taxpayer money on charter flights around the world—but he is hardly alone when it comes to waste, fraud, and abuse in the Trump Cabinet.
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Here’s a jaw-dropping quote from OMB Director Mick Mulvaney this morning, courtesy of Bloomberg:
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This morning on CBS’ Face the Nation, Speaker Paul Ryan was asked about the GOP tax reform framework. When pressed on whether the framework will add trillions of dollars to the deficit, as the Tax Policy Center said it will, here's what he said:
JOHN DICKERSON: “Will this tax plan increase the debt?”
PAUL RYAN: “It's going to be deficit neutral. That's the budget rules we use, which is call the Byrd rule.”
PAUL RYAN: “It's going to be deficit neutral. That's the budget rules we use, which is call the Byrd rule.”