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Watch the dramatic moment when John McCain killed the GOP’s ‘skinny repeal’ health care bill By AOL Staff AOL.com July 28, 2017 The Senate burst into audible gasps when Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona delivered the decisive, finishing blow to the GOP’s “skinny repeal” health care bill early Friday morning when he became the 51st senator to vote against it. Republican senators were seeking to pass the bill, which would have stripped a few essential elements of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, to establish a conference with the House and create a more robust bill.…
By Ronald Rotunda Washington Post July 28, 2017 Ronald Rotunda is a professor at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law. Nearly two decades ago, then-independent counsel Kenneth Starr asked me to evaluate whether a federal grand jury could indict a sitting president — in that case, Bill Clinton. My answer — that such an action would be permissible — was recently unearthed in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the New York Times, and it may have relevance for a new special counsel and the current president. Continue Reading…..
Schoen: Priebus’ departure could come sooner than later Fox News July 27, 2017 Click to Watch Video
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Senators prepare bill to block firing of special counsel ABC News July 27, 2017 Warning of “holy hell” to pay if the president fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a top Senate Republican is working to prevent the potential end result, the dismissal of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is working on legislation that would block the firing of special counsels without judicial review. Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Thursday they are among the senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee who are working with Graham on the…
By Larry Klayman Newsmax July 27, 2017 In the last days, President Donald Trump has excoriated his attorney general in public for having recused himself from the investigation of alleged Russian collusion with his campaign. The way this was done — humiliating Jeff Sessions repeatedly in public — was less than classy and was not befitting of the president. However, President Trump’s criticism, if you can call it that, was not totally off base for the following reasons. Indeed, as I explain below, if the attorney general does not do his job, and learn how to take on the…
Opinion | Kenneth Starr: Mr. President, please cut it out By Kenneth W. Starr Washington Post July 27, 2017 Kenneth W. Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general and federal judge, served as independent counsel in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations during the Clinton administration. Mr. President, please cut it out. Tweet to your heart’s content, but stop the wildly inappropriate attacks on the attorney general. An honorable man whom I have known since his days as a U.S. attorney in Alabama, Jeff Sessions has recently become your piñata in one of the most outrageous — and profoundly…
House Judiciary Committee votes to probe Comey and Clinton’s 2016 campaign By David Weigel Washington Post July 27, 2017 Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to request documents about former FBI director James B. Comey’s conversations with the Obama administration and journalists, amending and replacing a Democratic resolution that was designed to obtain documents about Comey’s firing by President Trump. “In my district, my constituents say, ‘Hey, what’s going on with investigation of the crimes of the previous administration?’ ” said Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), one of the amendment’s sponsors. “When I hear talk that this…
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McCain: Trump Transgender Decision Inappropriate Newsmax July 26, 2017 Senate Armed Forces Committee Chairman John McCain on Wednesday said President Donald Trump’s announcement barring transgender individuals from the U.S. military was “unclear” and inappropriate given an ongoing Pentagon study on the issue. “I do not believe that any new policy decision is appropriate until that study is complete and thoroughly reviewed by the Secretary of Defense, our military leadership, and the Congress,” McCain said in a statement, adding that U.S. defense officials had already decided that currently serving transgender troops could remain in the military. Continue Reading…..