1 – H.R. 861: To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency
2 – H.R. 610: Tax dollars for private schools
3 – H.R. 899: To terminate the Department of Education Betsy DeVos, has stated she would be “fine” with having herself “worked out of a job.”
4 – H.J.R. 69: To repeal a wildlife protection rule in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge
5 – H.R. 370: To repeal the Affordable Care Act
6 – H.R. 354: To defund Planned Parenthood
7 – H.R. 785: National right-to-work legislation (Eliminates Labor Unions)
8 – H.R. 83: Mobilizing against sanctuary cities
9 – H.R. 147: To criminalize abortion in certain cases by making it a felony punishable by up to five years in prison
10 – H.R. 808: Sanctions against Iranin their streets, and so much more.”
MORE AT:
Snopes
Bills Introduced by Republicans While We Were Distracted by the 'Russian Spy Drama’
Legislation advanced by the GOP included bills to terminate the EPA, repeal the Affordable Care Act, defund Planned Parenthood, and criminalize certain types of abortion.
AND THIS:
The
Intercept
"When Republican Congressman John Shimkus expressed outrage during a House committee hearing Wednesday 'about men having to purchase prenatal care' in their health insurance — the video clip of which caught fire on social media as an example of misogyny and cluelessness — he wasn’t going rogue. He was just getting ahead of party leaders, who haven’t publicly announced their next steps quite yet.
In a conference call with GOP allies on Thursday, however, House Republican Conference chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers outlined the party’s “three-phase approach” to repealing the Affordable Care Act and suggested that the Essential Benefits Package, a provision of the law with sweeping consumer protections, could soon be on the chopping block. The benefits package, a core provision of the ACA, requires qualifying health insurance plans to cover a set of medical treatments, including pregnancy-related medical care."
MORE AT:
Next Phase of Obamacare Repeal Will Target Mandate Requiring Prenatal Coverage, GOP Leader Tells Allies
March 10 2017, 5:11 p.m.
People, voters, care about national parks, clean water, education, clean air, affordable health care, belonging to a union and women's rights. They might not care about Russia helping out Trump.
Republicans are taking away those things.
Democrats and the press were entranced by the bright, shiny Russian object that Trump dangled in front of them.
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