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Republicans make repealing Obamacare 'first order of business'

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats on Wednesday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-sought bid to scrap it in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence called the "first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration.
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Publish Date:05/January/2017 | 04:50

U.S. Republican senator introduces Obamacare repeal resolution

EghtesadOnline: Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi introduced on Tuesday a resolution allowing for the repeal of President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program, which provides coverage to millions of Americans, Enzi's office said in a statement.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 05:06

Trump’s Border Wall, Deportation Plans Face Pushback From GOP

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump’s pledges to deport undocumented immigrants and build a U.S.-Mexico border wall helped fuel Republicans’ surprising election victories, but they now face growing challenges from fellow party members.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 04:43

Ryan Proposes Fines, Ethics Moves on Grandstanding House Members

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Speaker Paul Ryan and his Republican lieutenants want to hit fellow lawmakers with fines and potential ethics violations if they engage in live-streaming or other disruptions on the House floor.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 11:09
No GOP leader since World War II has dodged a downturn

Republican Presidents and Recessions: A Pattern Trump Would Like to Break

EghtesadOnline: Here’s a frightening factoid for Donald Trump as he prepares to take office next month: Every Republican president since World War II has been in power during at least one recession.
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Publish Date:21/December/2016 | 19:35

U.S. intelligence agencies feud with Republicans over Russian hacking

EghtesadOnline: Republican members of Congress are complaining that U.S. intelligence agencies are refusing to brief them widely on a classified CIA report that concluded Russia hacked Democratic Party data in an effort to help Donald Trump win the presidency.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 08:03

Federal Reserve and Republican critics may compromise on oversight after Trump win

EghtesadOnline: Republican lawmakers and the Federal Reserve may be ready to strike a compromise deal on legislation that would give Congress greater scrutiny over the central bank, now that there is no longer the threat of a presidential veto, but it would likely stop short of dictating rules on setting interest rates.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 14:38

GOP Unity With Trump Faces Test Over Spending Early Next Year

EghtesadOnline: Congress just navigated through the threat of a U.S. government shutdown, but Republicans may have set themselves up for an even bigger showdown next year at the start of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Publish Date:11/December/2016 | 18:32

Trump Era Brings Moment of Truth for Republican Spending Hawks

EghtesadOnline: The most conservative House Republicans helped shut down the government and oust their own speaker in pursuit of cutting U.S. spending. Now they must decide whether to fight to hold Donald Trump to the same standard.
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Publish Date:10/December/2016 | 13:23

Never-Trump Senate Republicans Grapple With His Upset Victory

EghtesadOnline: Don’t ask Senator John McCain about Donald Trump. "I’m not talking about President-elect Trump. I will not talk about Donald Trump. Now look, tell all your friends, OK?" the Arizona Republican told reporters last week. "Do not ask me again about Donald Trump."
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 11:50

Republicans aim to coax Trump toward House trade tax plan

EghtesadOnline: Republicans in the U.S. Congress hope to convince President-elect Donald Trump to support an untested strategy of using the tax code to promote exports while slashing corporate taxes, framing it as a way to fulfill his campaign promises to restore blue-collar jobs.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 20:00

Willing to oppose Trump, some Senate Republicans gain leverage

EghtesadOnline: It is no surprise that Democrats in the U.S. Congress will oppose Donald Trump but the most important resistance to fulfilling the president-elect's agenda is beginning to emerge from Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 24:46

House Speaker Paul Ryan renominated to top House post

EghtesadOnline: Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives nominated Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday for re-election to his post next year, as lawmakers giddy with election success smoothed over their differences and pledged to unite behind Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:16/November/2016 | 10:52

Some Republicans see attacking Obamacare through regulation

EghtesadOnline: Congressional Republicans are looking for the quickest ways to tear down Obamacare following Donald Trump's election as U.S. president, including rapidly confirming a new health secretary who could recast regulations while waiting for lawmakers to pass sweeping repeal legislation.
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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 04:40

Trump Starts New Political Era as Republicans Claim Mandate

EghtesadOnline: In the hours after Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the U.S., Republicans in Congress claimed a mandate for their agenda to revamp financial rules and replace Obamacare, and Hillary Clinton urged her supporters to give him a chance to govern.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 24:08

Trump likely to reward loyalty with top appointments

EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump's early list of potential appointments to top positions appears to reward people who were loyal to him after a campaign in which many Republican Party leaders kept their distance.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 07:09

Fractured Republicans come together in face of Trump triumph

EghtesadOnline: One immediate consequence of Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the U.S. presidential race is that the identity crisis that convulsed the Republican Party during his tumultuous candidacy has been resolved.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 06:14