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California GOP's "Gang of 8" Who Voted for Cap and Trade Are Feeling the Heat
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jennifervanlaar/2017/07/29/cal…8-who-voted-for-cap-and-trade-are-feeling-the-heat-n2361920
– The "Gang of 8" California GOP legislators who voted for Jerry Brown's cap and trade extension (which also provides funding for the … Multiple county committees have met in the weeks since the vote and have passed resolutions asking Mayes to resign his leadership post … Mark Steinorth's office to ask him to explain his vote, but his staff instead called law enforcement to have them escorted out.…
The 7 Republican Obamacare Judases in The Senate
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2017/07/29/the-7-republican-obamacare-judases-in-the-senate-n2361751
– Seven Republican senators VOTED AGAINST a straight repeal of Obamacare with a two year window to come up with a replacement. … Why, it’s almost as if they’ve been lying to you for years about their opposition to Obamacare! … Did Mitch McConnell threaten to try to cut them off from their donors?…
WATCH: John McCain and Lisa Murkowski Railing Against Obamacare Within the Past Two Years
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/07/28/video-john-mccains-antiobamacare-ad-fromlast-year-n2361532
– vote for anything at all -- including a motion to proceed to debate.   … Like Murkowski, McCain also voted to approve the 2015 repeal bill.   … Something has to be done...I voted for the motion to proceed to allow debate to continue and amendments to be offered.…
House Votes to Fund Part of Border Wall
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/07/28/house-votes-to-fund-border-wall-n2361217
– The House voted Thursday to fund a portion of President Trump’s border wall to the tune of $1.6 billion as part of a national security-themed … Five Democrats voted yes, while five Republicans voted no.   … the $1.6 billion for the wall to the spending package without a standalone up-or-down vote on it.…
BREAKING: Handful of Senate Republicans Join Democrats to Kill 'Skinny Repeal'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/07/28/breaking-healthcare-vote-n2361272
– But the aim was to get the sausage-making to one last stage before proceeding to votes on a final bill in both houses.   … It's now more obvious than ever that lying to voters about healthcare is not relegated to one political party.   … , thanks to the GOP's failures.  …
Demoralized
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2017/07/28/demoralized-n2361126
– Scaramucci, Donald Trump's Mini-Me, who has barely had a chance to find the West Wing's bathroom, is angling to push Reince Priebus … You want to talk about demoralization, let's talk. … Trump doubtless expects conservatives to faithfully defend this performance. He has reason to.…
Skunks and Leakers
https://townhall.com/columnists/dwwilber/2017/07/28/skunks-and-leakers-n2360924
– leaks that continue to emanate from the White House and other government agencies, there's one aspect that needs to be mentioned much … As is fabricating information to share with the media.   … Anyone who doesn't want to support the president in his efforts to "make America great again" needs to resign and make way for others…
Don't Be Shocked (Shocked!) by Alaska Threats
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2017/07/28/draft-n2361116
– Lisa Murkowski voted not to move to debate on the Senate health care bill. That angered the president. … It's the job of the policymakers to know when to listen to that guidance and when to ignore it.The proper symbol of FDR's imperial … In 1975, Congress did the same to force motorcyclists to wear helmets.…
Senate GOP: The House Better Not Pass Our Garbage 'Skinny' Repeal Bill, Which Shouldn't Become Law
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/07/27/senate-go…ss-our-skinny-repeal-bill-which-shouldnt-become-law-n2361077
– If the latter were to occur (my initial theory), and the House voted in the affirmative, it would go to the White House and be signed … go to conference. … If those can be reworked and attached to the bill -- especially an item making it easier for states to seek waivers to some Obamacare…
UPDATE: Single-Payer Unanimously Defeated in Senate, Dozens of Dems Vote 'Present'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/07/27/gamesmans…uce-amendment-to-force-dems-to-vote-on-single-payer-n2360523
– this legislative saga (as opposed to something that is clearly just a vehicle to get to the next stage).   … On one hand, they both voted against even Tuesday's motion to proceed.   … of our desire to do so. …
A Session on Sessions
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2017/07/27/a-session-on-sessions-n2361019
To be further honest, I'm not certain I would have voted for his confirmation as Attorney General had I been in the U.S. … Even Democrats who voted to deny him the Attorney-General post are taking a positive interest now - not the policies he's backing, … His or her name comes to the floor of the Senate for a vote and the Senate either votes to confirm the nomination or to deny.…
Of Course, This Progressive Group That Shuns White Voter Outreach Misses A Key Point
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/07/27/of-course…oup-that-shuns-white-voter-outreach-misses-a-key-po-n2360553
– And now the Left has to looks at the ruins of their coalition and figure out how to mount a political comeback. … That should be a huge red flag for Democrats trying to flip red districts; it may not be enough to win. … You need candidates and a good political apparatus to sell them to the people you’re trying to win back.…
Democrats' 'better deal' is a Raw Deal
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2017/07/27/democrats-better-deal-is-a-raw-deal-n2360308
– Don't look for that to happen, as Democrats aren't about to give up campaign donations from the teachers unions. … Bush to include prescription drug payments supposed to have reduced costs? Not so. … This latest effort to fool voters into believing Democrats have something new to say, or better policies to try, isn't a better deal…
'Clean Repeal' Bill Fails
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/07/26/clean-repeal-bill-fails-n2360442
– repeal bill today voted in favor of it in 2015. … PATHETIC: McCain, Alexander, Portman, Murkowski just voted AGAINST straight repeal bill they had voted for when Obama was prez. — Laura … Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 26, 2017 On Tuesday, the Senate voted on a motion to proceed to debate on the Obamacare replacement…
BREAKING: Senate Kills 'Plan A' and 'Plan B' Obamacare Replacement, Including 'Clean Repeal'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/07/26/update-se…and-b-on-obamacare-repeal-with-many-gop-defections-n2360262
– But nine Republicans broke ranks and voted no. … that might pass to actually become law, or simply to serve as a vehicle to get the legislation into a conference committee with the … Democratic Senators are sure to move to strike it when, and if, they are ever given the chance.…
Murkowski Fires Back After Trump Singles Her Out Over Healthcare Votes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/07/26/murkowski-pushes-back-n2360334
– Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017 Murkowski voted against the motion to allow debate on healthcare legislation Tuesday, saying … “I voted ‘no’ today to give the Senate another chance to take this to the committee process,” she added. … "We're here to govern. We're here to legislate. We're here to represent the people that sent us here," she said.…
Trump Announces Ban on Transgender People Serving in Military
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/07/26/trump-on-transgenders-in-military-n2360194
– That was supposed to end July 1. … Twenty-four Republicans joined with Democrats to defeat the amendment to the annual defense policy bill. … But some Republicans hoped to have a second chance, filing several similar amendments to the spending bill coming to the House floor…
Was I Wrong About Donald Trump?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2017/07/26/draft-n2360217
– I wanted my warnings to be wrong then, and I want them to be wrong now, for the good of the country and the world. … Today, he joined them in calling for grown men to be allowed to use little girls’ public restrooms. … He has succumbed to the Left's agenda, which is to force Americans to leave God out of public life while paying lip service to false…
Trump Goes After Murkowski Over Healthcare Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/07/26/trump-goes-after-murkowski-over-healthcare-vote-n2360164
– Susan Collins also voted against the measure, which was only passed 51-50 after Vice President Mike Pence stepped in to break the tie … “I voted ‘no’ today to give the Senate another chance to take this to the committee process. … We all recognize that we have much work to do to address the healthcare concerns in this country.…
Nine Republicans Voted Against Latest Repeal, Replace Amendment
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/07/26/nine…blicans-vote-against-latest-repeal-replace-proposal-n2360131
– Hours after the Senate voted to begin debate on their healthcare overhaul, a proposal that would repeal Obamacare and replace it with … appeal to conservatives and moderates in the Republican caucus. … Cruz acknowledged that fact ahead of the vote, but seemed hopeful Republicans would be able to come to an agreement before a final…
Will Trump's Low Approval Ratings Doom GOP in 2018?
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2017/07/26/will-trumps-low-approval-ratings-doom-gop-in-2018-n2360338
– The last thing they want to see is business as usual. … Sure, he's unpresidential at times but most voters expected him to be. … For many, though, that's a small price to pay for adding Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.…
Eight California GOP Legislators Happily Made a Deal With the Devil on Cap-and-Trade
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennifervanlaar/2017/07/26/e…gop-legislators-happily-made-a-deal-with-the-devil-n2360006
– Did it ever occur to you to just do nothing legislatively and work to ensure that the current program ended when it’s supposed to end … · Allow vulnerable Dems to vote no or not show up - Because seven GOP Assembly members voted for the bill, a few Dems were able to … Without the willing help of eight GOP members (one GOP Senator voted for the package), the Democrats would have been forced to have…
USA Today's Impeachment-Push Poll
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2017/07/26/usa-todays-impeachmentpush-poll-n2359927
– The media, like the rest of the Democrats, have refused to accept the election results. … USA Today turned to "the people" -- Trump-hating people -- to comment on the poll. … As we can see, plausibility has nothing to do with it.…
‘The Mooch’ Shakes Up Washington
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2017/07/26/the-mooch-shakes-up-washington-n2359871
– supposedly in order to enact his agenda. … It is time to unleash The Mooch, Anthony Scaramucci, to remind senators of whom the American people put in charge, and start to hold … to the American people to move the agenda they voted for.  …
Will Trump's Low Approval Ratings Doom GOP in 2018?
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2017/07/26/will-trumps-low-approval-ratings-doom-gop-in-2018-n2359865
– The last thing they want to see is business as usual. … Sure, he's unpresidential at times but most voters expected him to be. … For many, though, that's a small price to pay for adding Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.…
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