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Roundup: Dem Base Rallies Leaders to Stay Strong on Health Care Against the GOP as Shutdown Looms

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See coverage in AP, Axios, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Politico  WASHINGTON – MoveOn Civic Action continues to encourage Congressional Democrats to stand united by refusing to agree to a government funding plan as long as ACA premium subsidies are on the chopping block and without any concessions from Trump and Republicans to reverse their massive healthcare cuts from the summer. Earlier this month, MoveOn sent a memo to Democratic leadership and appropriation chairs from Executive Director Katie Bethell conveying the grassroots will have their back if they keep their word…

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MoveOn: Republicans Torpedo Americans’ Health Care as Shutdown Looms

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Members Make Thousands of Calls to Offices to Protect Health Care WASHINGTON – As President Trump and congressional Republicans prepare to shut down the government instead of saving health care, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “As the party in power, President Trump and Republicans’ priorities are clear: slashing our health care, eliminating cancer research funding, gutting Medicaid and our entire government to give away tax cuts to billionaires. The blame for this shutdown rests squarely on Trump and Republicans’ shoulders. Democrats should keep their…

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Biden invites McCarthy to White House for debt talks as new default deadline looms June 1

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President Biden reversed course Monday and invited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders to the White House next week for talks, as the Treasury Department warned the U.S. could default on some of its bills as early as June 1. The Washington Times stories: White House

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‘Substantive Due Process’ Looms Large in Jackson Hearing

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When Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Tuesday afternoon, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont proved they have something in common in addition to being members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Neither of them was in the hearing room. Yet that did not necessarily make them outliers on the committee. A number of senators on the committee did not stay in the room to personally witness Klobuchar’s questioning of Jackson.…

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Terror threats hamper Afghanistan evacuation as Biden’s deadline looms – CNN

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Terror threats hamper Afghanistan evacuation as Biden’s deadline looms  CNN Afghanistan: ‘The sooner we finish, the better,’ says Joe Biden  BBC News US President Joe Biden Decides To Stick With Aug. 31 Deadline For Afghan Evacuation  Outlook India Biden rejects allies’ pleas to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond end of August  The Guardian The Media Manufactured Biden’s Political ‘Fiasco’ in Afghanistan  New York Magazine View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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