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		<title>Anxiety over GOP health plan for those with severe illnesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unease and uncertainty are settling over Americans with serious illnesses as Republicans move closer to dismantling Democratic former President Barack Obama&#8216;s health care system. A New Orleans attorney with multiple sclerosis fears he&#8217;ll be forced to close his practice if he loses coverage, while a Philadelphia woman with asthma is looking at stockpiling inhalers. The Republican health care bill pushed through the House on Thursday leaves those with pre-existing conditions fearful of higher premiums and losing coverage altogether if the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Senate confirms Alex Acosta as Donald Trump&#8217;s secretary of labor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday confirmed Alex Acosta as Labor secretary, filling out President Donald Trump&#8216;s Cabinet as he approaches his 100th day in office. The 60-38 vote confirms Acosta to the post. Once sworn as the nation&#8217;s 27th Labor secretary, the son of Cuban immigrants will lead a sprawling agency that enforces more than 180 federal laws covering about 10 million employers and 125 million workers. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., spoke for many Republicans with a statement issued just after&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Donald Trump tax cut: Huge, vague and likely mild boost for economy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 01:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump&#8216;s team boasted Wednesday that its tax-cut plan would lighten Americans&#8217; financial burdens, ignite economic growth and vastly simplify tax filing. Yet the proposal so far remains short of vital details, including how it would be paid for. And based on the few specifics spelled out so far, most experts suggest that it would add little to growth while swelling the budget deficit and potentially handing large windfalls to wealthier taxpayers. Trump&#8217;s plan would replace the current seven&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. It won&#8217;t be an overhaul of the tax code. Overhauling the tax code could prove harder to accomplish than repealing and replacing Barack Obama&#8216;s health law. Congressional Republicans are divided on significant issues, especially a new tax on imports embraced by House Speaker Paul Ryan. And the White House is sending contradicting signals on the new tax, adding to the uncertainty.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House Freedom Caucus chairman says there&#8217;s &#8216;no deal&#8217; on the GOP health care legislation after White House meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Latest on the upcoming health care vote in the House (all times local): 1:35 p.m. The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says there&#8217;s &#8220;no deal&#8221; on the GOP health care legislation after a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump. The assertion from Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina throws plans for a vote on the bill later Thursday into doubt. Two dozen or so Freedom Caucus members have opposed the legislation pushed by GOP&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Winners and losers in Donald Trump&#8217;s first budget plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Military spending would get the biggest boost in President Donald Trump&#8217;s proposed budget. Environmental programs, medical research, Amtrak and an array of international and cultural programs — from Africa to Appalachia — would take big hits, among the many parts of the government he&#8217;d put on a crash diet. The budget proposal out Thursday is a White House wish list; it&#8217;ll be up to Congress to decide where money goes. If Trump gets his way, there will be more losers&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House GOP health bill facing fresh House committee test</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House and Republican leaders are talking to rank-and-file lawmakers about revising the GOP health care overhaul, hoping to keep a rebellion by conservatives and moderates from snowballing and imperiling the party&#8217;s showpiece legislation. Four days after a congressional report projected the bill would pry coverage from millions of voters, signs of fraying GOP support for the legislation were showing. The measure would strike down much of former President Barack Obama&#8216;s 2010 overhaul and reduce the federal role, including&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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