When Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday pitched the health care bill he crafted with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the South Carolina Republican presented it as a choice between a GOP measure that would provide block grants to states to administer their own programs or legislation backed by Democrats that he said would amount to "socialism."
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GOP Ties Democrats to ‘Socialism’ Over Single-Payer Health Care Bill

By Eli Yokley
When Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday pitched the health care bill he crafted with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the South Carolina Republican presented it as a choice between a GOP measure that would provide block grants to states to administer their own programs or legislation backed by Democrats that he said would amount to "socialism."
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America’s political dysfunction should concern all citizens regardless of their views. While this dysfunction is greatly exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s shortcomings, the root cause is failure of elected representatives and citizens to do their jobs.
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Opinion

Blaming Trump? Representatives and Citizens Need to Do Their Jobs

By Mac Regan
America’s political dysfunction should concern all citizens regardless of their views. While this dysfunction is greatly exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s shortcomings, the root cause is failure of elected representatives and citizens to do their jobs.
Washington
A bipartisan Senate bill to renew the Children's Health Insurance Program is a mixed bag for states, which would secure much-needed federal funds for five additional years but would also have to pick up more of the tab for their health coverage for low-income children.
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Senate Committee Deal on CHIP Would End Obamacare Funding Bump

By Jon Reid
A bipartisan Senate bill to renew the Children's Health Insurance Program is a mixed bag for states, which would secure much-needed federal funds for five additional years but would also have to pick up more of the tab for their health coverage for low-income children.
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Democratic and Republican voters both say they are comfortable with the ideological positions of their parties, but both groups also want their 2020 presidential candidates to be more ideologically true to their definitions of "liberal" and "conservative" when compared to their preferred candidate in 2016.
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Poll: Voters Content With Party Stance but Want Ideologically Pure Candidates

By Eli Yokley
Democratic and Republican voters both say they are comfortable with the ideological positions of their parties, but both groups also want their 2020 presidential candidates to be more ideologically true to their definitions of "liberal" and "conservative" when compared to their preferred candidate in 2016.
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Some Americans seem underwhelmed by the possibility of affordable private-sector space travel, even as the industry sets its sights on loftier goals than shepherding wealthy clients into outer space.
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Commercial Space Travel Fails to Woo U.S. Voters, but Sector Aims Higher

By Edward Graham
Some Americans seem underwhelmed by the possibility of affordable private-sector space travel, even as the industry sets its sights on loftier goals than shepherding wealthy clients into outer space.
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While some progressives campaigned this week for "Medicare for all," a group of moderate House Democrats aligned themselves with a more modest push to stabilize the Affordable Care Act, arguing that it could spur broader health care reforms in the future.
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Centrist Democrats Turn to Pragmatism, Seek Bipartisan ACA Fixes

By Jon Reid
While some progressives campaigned this week for "Medicare for all," a group of moderate House Democrats aligned themselves with a more modest push to stabilize the Affordable Care Act, arguing that it could spur broader health care reforms in the future.
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A document containing further details on GOP tax reform proposals that White House and Republican tax writers plan to release the week of Sept. 25 will include a specific rate for corporate taxes, Republican leaders said Thursday.
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GOP Tax Framework Will Contain Specific Corporate Rate, Officials Say

By Ryan Rainey and Anna Gronewold
A document containing further details on GOP tax reform proposals that White House and Republican tax writers plan to release the week of Sept. 25 will include a specific rate for corporate taxes, Republican leaders said Thursday.
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