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With pre-existing conditions. we stared down the unholy alliance of lobbyists and donors and special interests who made a living bleeding our country dry. that's what we've done. >> well, the veterans choice program, which president trump took credit for was sponsored by the late for john mccain and signed into law by president barack obama. on healthcare, the trump administration is pushing to repeal the entire affordable care act or obamacare, including its protections for people with pre-existing conditions. so he wants to get rid of that protection. not protect it. president trump says he ...

>> neil: on this, the senate is moving fast. this is the veterans choice program. a 92-5 vote. you might recall we have scott davis with us saying that wait times are still the same, things haven't improved. complimented the president that he means well but just isn't happening. we have a new acting director. the president wanted to make the permanent director. this choice program would allow veterans that if you go to a veteran hospital, they can't make appointments for months, years to come, they can just take a piece of paper, go to a private hospital and gets taken care of right away. this...

Financial disclosure and 2017 over to the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein for further consideration into whatever he's investigating as a result of a lawsuit that the citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington crew filed back on march 8, with both the o.g.e. and department of justice. some people, harris, are saying that the strategy that rudy guiliani undertook in disclosing this didn't really work because it's just become a news story again. can you imagine the bombshell that it would have been if we had first heard about the repayment to michael cohen when the president rel...

Needed. he signed into law a bill empowering senior va officials to fire failing employees who are not taking care of our vets. as a result, accountability is being restored. he signed into law a bill streamlining lengthy process that veterans undergo when appealing disability benefits claims. hundreds of thousands of vets are awaiting decisions regarding their appeals. the president is pushing the va to use the new streamlined process to work through the backlog as quickly as possible. he also signed a bill authorizing $2.1 billion in additional funds for the veterans choice program. this pro...

Ambitious agenda packed into this week. starts with tax reform. expires friday. renew funding for chip. children's health insurance program. renew the veterans choice program for va needs. pass supplement funding for hurricane ravaged states and territories. pass a waiver to avoid automatic medicare cuts and stabilize obama market bills. action from this list is daca, republicans say will be dealt with january as it nears expiration deadline in march. >> i thought i had a busy two weeks before the new year begins. all right. joining us live from washington, breaking news reporter for the washi...