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Another entitlement program and a growing number of house conservatives say they are going to vote against that plan. in addition, this talk about a compromised immigration bill is not going over particularly well with conservatives who want to move first on border security. in addition to that, erin, donald trumps early plans to increase defense spending and cut domestic spending in exchange also getting some pushback on both sides, defense hawks like john mccain want more money for the militar...

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Discussion, amendments? absolutely. >> you know, one of the critiques on the right has been this is an obamacare-lite. and the argument is this, senator, i understand theres many parts of it that change, but that the architecture is essentially very similar to obamacare because frankly, if youre going to have this mix of a public private partnership, its going to be structured, at least, you know, from 30,000 feet, somewhat like this. do you accept that -- one might say critiques, others might s...

Mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. good evening. >> late today mitch mcconnell held a republican members only meeting trying to get all on the same page with the president on health care. >> it must be the plan they want, not the plan forced on them by our government. >> with congress wrestling with repealing and replacing obamacare, president trump provided lawmakers with some direction. >> we should help americans purchase their own coverage through the use of tax credits and expanded healt...

To the program for each state in 2020. obamacare subsidies replaced by refundable tax credits, determined by age and income. what will stay? obamacares protections of those with pre-existing conditions. adult children can remain on their parents plan until the age of 26. some republicans are already divided, calling the bill obamacare 2.0. >> ive already heard from constituents who are upset about youre creating another entitlement program. were calling it tax credits that we actually send peopl...

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That this is a review process, this is a negotiation process, and yesterday he met with some of those key republicans, the people who are going to be tasked with whipping the votes today. hes got another big meeting. its going to be with some of the conservative thought leaders, some of the major organizations, including ones that control some pretty hefty pocketbooks, and then he has also been tweeting. one of the biggest critics of this has been rand paul who has just said this is big governme...

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Vulnerable in our world and instimulate integral and inclusive models of development and that our brothers and sisters everywhere peace and prosperity that god wills for his children. thats a challenge to all americans to help the down trodden but how to help them is the issue most americans are generous folks. we must be careful to the to make it worse. obamacare helps poor people who cant afford health insurance. no doubt the intention of that entitlement program is noble. but, by forcing subs...