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It sells for just over 2,300. That comes out to about 2 a beer. Up to you. Buy it if you want. Celebrate. Im sandra smith. Heres Harris Faulkner in for shepard smith. After a victory, republicans are getting ready for the next battle over healthcare in america. It wont be easy. With one republican senator saying it has zero chance of moving forward. Others say it has a bumpy road ahead. Well have updates from capitol hill and the white house. When Chris Wallace joins me, ill ask him how people f...

Waivers, but we are statutorily precluded from denying the waivers if they fit the criteria. >> thats what the farm bill state mate is all about -- stalemate is all about. the house bill gives the veto authority over state waivers. the senate bill does not. while senate democrats say they wont approve any bill requiring recipients to work, negotiations with the house continue. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. jon: more than ten u.s. airports are now using biometric facial recogniti...

However stubbornly high. >> saying that they shouldnt have fresh food or good food is wrong. >> california has 500,000 job openings and more than 800,000 food stamp recipients eligible to fill them. >> i have inquired several times of how we could deny these waivers, but we are stuck and statutorily precluded. >> and thats what the farmville stalemate is all about. the house bill gives the usda veto authority for state waivers and the senate bill does not. senate democrats say they wont approve ...

That kind of urgency is why president trump delivered a speech back in october calling for hhs to declare an unprecedented nationwide public health emergency regarding the crisis. after we did so, we have continued to take aggressive action at our department, including approving state waivers to expand addiction treatment, and clarifying that doctors and hospitals can share information with the patients loved ones in dangerous situations like drug overdoses. now i got to meet some of the local h...

Trump delivered a speech in october calling for hhs to declare an unprecedented nationwide public health emergency regarding the crisis. amp we did so, weve continued to take aggressive action at our department including approving state waivers expanding addiction treatment and clarifying that doctors and hospitals can share information with the patients loved ones in dangerous situations like drug overdoses. i got to meet some of the local heros that were working to empower just a few weeks ago...

Expanded state waivers. this is interesting. which might include relaxing the essential health benefits. would you go along with this? >> i do think flexibility for states is a good thing. i was a governor so we all think its a good thing. the what i would be inclined to look at is there are areas where the statute itself says states should have flexibility, but its turned out when states have applied to hhs to get the flexibility, theyve been turned away or its so honorous they just give up. le...

He apologized and maybe he should pick up those coins. evidently he faces a hefty fine. >> shannon: well, a proposal from texas senator ted cruz could breathe new life into republican efforts to reform healthcare. heres the idea. allow health insurers to sell plans up to the obamacare regulations to also sell cheaper less comprehensive plans at the same time. its an idea thats getting traction among conservatives. joining me to talk about it, deputy editor for "the wall street journal." good to ...

This through? >> i hope so. people have different opinions. and they have a lot of ideological opinions as well. but its time to put that aside and move. >> reporter: but moving fast may be difficult. senators tried to digest exactly what the draft does. among the key provisions, draft repeals obamacares taxes and individual mandates. provides more generous subsidies to purchase insurance than the house passed bill and takes a different path to cutting back obamacare regulation. priority for con...

Among the key provisions, draft repeals obamacares taxes and individual mandates. provides more generous subsidies to purchase insurance than the house passed bill and takes a different path to cutting back obamacare regulation. priority for conservative aims to drive down premiums. dropping the house effort to grant state waivers for rules that provided price protections for those with preexisting conditions as well as the ten essential health benefits required by obamacare. while it institutes...

Knowing how far off the cbo was in the wrong direction, how do you iron that out on the senate side with the new reform? >> were continuing to look for ways to lower premiums. thats what i hear about every weekend i was at a health fair in wyoming this weekend and people are saying the premiums, the costs are too high. we have to lower the premiums. we also need to protect people with pre-existing conditions and were working on that. this is a rescue operation for the people who have been caught...