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The House passes the American Health Care Act, the stakes of Trump’s meeting with Abbas, his executive order on religious liberty, and more
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Repealing Obamacare: The House of Representatives narrowly passed the GOP’s replacement today. Now, it goes to the Senate, where it faces stiff opposition from Democrats—and where conservative and moderate Republicans alike hope their Senate allies will demand changes. For now, the bill has as the version that failed last month, apart from a couple amendments aimed at convincing Republican holdouts to vote for it. One of these creates a subsidized risk pool for people with preexisting conditions—but that change .

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