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In this file photo, two dozen pro-life activists maintained a vigil in the rain outside of a Planned Parenthood facility in the District Tuesday, the first day of a planned national 40 Days for Life annual campaign during Lent, which will see activists stationed outside abortion clinics nationwide from now until Easter weekend. (Bradford Richardson/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Planned Parenthood defunding a GOP hurdle

Republican leaders scrapped a fight over Planned Parenthood in last week's spending bill, fearing it would sink the legislation and insisting it made more sense as part of Obamacare's repeal.

May 7, 2017
President Trump celebrated with Speaker Paul D. Ryan in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday after the House pushed through their long-awaited health care bill. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House passes GOP’s Obamacare replacement bill

Republicans took the first major step toward repealing Obamacare on Thursday as the House approved a bill that would replace the 2010 health care overhaul with a more market-friendly system that cancels intrusive government mandates, spurring millions of people to forgo health insurance.

May 4, 2017
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, following the Republican Caucus meeting. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Kevin McCarthy: House health care vote set for Thursday

House Republicans say they will vote on a long-awaited vote to repeal and replace Obamacare on Thursday, after a pivotal 24 hours in which the White House and GOP leaders agreed to changes that won over two prominent holdouts and paved the way for action before lawmakers take a weeklong vacation.

May 3, 2017
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Dec. 8, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Key GOP holdouts flip to ‘yes’ on health care

A prominent Republican reversed course Wednesday and said he will back the GOP plan to replace Obamacare, breathing new life into the repeal effort as President Trump and House leaders try to win over holdouts with extra money for consumers who might struggle to afford coverage under their plan.

May 3, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.,speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, following the Republican Caucus meeting. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House GOP says their bill bests Obamacare on pre-existing conditions

House GOP leaders on Tuesday said their health care bill would replace Obamacare's wobbly market with one that drives down costs for people with pre-existing medical conditions, as they scramble to pull in votes from hesitant centrists who say the measure erodes critical protections for Americans who are already sick.

May 2, 2017
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, signs an Executive Order on the Establishment of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy at The AMES Companies, Inc., in Harrisburg, Pa., Saturday, April, 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trumpcare may see insurers exit if president ends cost-sharing

A major Obamacare insurer says it will quit the program immediately if the White House cancels cost-sharing payments, underscoring the dilemma facing President Trump, who is trying to use the money as leverage to force Democrats to the bargaining table.

April 30, 2017
Republicans Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Louie Gohmert, and Sen. Rand Paul at a press conference covering health care last month: These "Freedom Caucus' members are often vilified by the news media. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Obamacare favored by majority of Americans: Poll

New polling says the GOP's latest ideas on health care are unpopular and that a majority of Americans will hold President Trump and his congressional allies responsible for Obamacare's problems moving forward, underscoring the tall task before Republicans sticking to a repeal-and-replace strategy.

April 26, 2017
President Trump insisted that "the wall is going to get built." (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s border wall concession clears way for spending bill

Congressional negotiators closed in on a spending deal Tuesday after President Trump backed off his demand for border wall funding, saying he doesn't need an immediate infusion of cash for the project, clearing the way for Capitol Hill to hash out a bill that avoids an end-of-week government shutdown.

April 25, 2017
President Trump is working with Mick Mulvaney (left), director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and other members of his team to prepare for a government shutdown in case Congress can't reach a budget deal by the end of the week. (Associated Press/File)

Mick Mulvaney tries to ease shutdown fears

President Trump and his budget team are voicing confidence that a government shutdown will be averted before Friday's deadline, even as they methodically go through an Obama-era checklist of preparations for shuttering departments and agencies just in case Congress can't agree on a spending bill in time.

April 23, 2017