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Regular order includes committee markups, hearing from witnesses, a Congressional Budget Office score, discussing with constituents, and allowing all Members and the public to review the bill text. But Republicans are not following regular order under TrumpCare. For weeks, 13 male Senators have been meeting in secret to negotiate a bill and reports indicate they now have a draft. Yet, they won’t release the text. From Axios:

Today’s GOP quote of the day is a good reminder for our Republican friends that budget/shut down/debt limit brinksmanship hasn’t gotten them anywhere in the past. With only six weeks in session before the August recess, and no proposed budget, no approps bills passed, and a pressing need to raise the debt limit, we’ll see whether they listen to Republican Study Committee Chair Mark Walker (R-NC). From CQ’s Budget Tracker:

Doesn’t matter how you spin it, Senate GOP. A seven-year rollback of the Medicaid expansion would still mean that millions of Americans would lose health coverage. As a reminder, here’s what the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities had to say about how Americans would be impacted by ending the Medicaid expansion:

Business leaders, national security officials, and public health experts all support a global response to climate change – and so do the American people. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that 59% of Americans oppose Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. From the Washington Post:

As the House and Senate reconvene this week, it seems the District Work Period did not go very well for the GOP, who once again got an earful from their constituents who oppose TrumpCare. Of course, that should come as no surprise following the latest CBO score that confirmed 23 million Americans will lose coverage and premiums will spike for millions of others. Here is a look at how it’s playing out in the press:

From Roll Call:

Bad news for Republicans: TrumpCare isn't getting any more popular. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll out this morning, 55% of Americans see the Republican TrumpCare bill unfavorably.

Another day, another #BrokenPromise from President Trump. In fact, his budget breaks a lot of promises he made to the American people – most importantly, the promise that he is fighting for them. Instead, they get a budget that harms working Americans in order to give a huge tax cut to the wealthiest. Here is a look at the coverage so far:  

Politico: Trump's budget hits his own voters hardest

Need further proof that Republicans’ request to delay their cost-sharing reductions lawsuit will harm consumers? CNBC reports that the uncertainty Republicans are injecting in the health insurance market with this delay could result in premiums increasing by 20% or more:  

“Delay, delay, delay means Obamacare customers will pay, and pay, and pay a lot more next year.”