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PHOENIX — The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill that includes funding to start building President Donald Trump's border wall.
The president's request of $1.6 billion to begin the construction of the border wall along the United States-Mexico border is part of the spending bill for the U.S. Department of Defense and several other agencies. The money would pay for the construction of 74 miles of physical barriers, including fencing.
After eight years of feckless foreign policy positions that placed the United States in harm's way and conveyed weakness to our enemies, our nation is transitioning. President Trump promised voters that he would put America first and reduce the international community's dependence on the U.S. So far, he has taken decisive steps to fulfill that promise, including his demands for NATO countries to comply with their treaty obligations and pay their fair share of the alliance.
PHOENIX — Arizona Sen. John McCain's diagnosis of brain cancer drew widespread well-wishes and support from people in the political world and beyond.
The news broke on Wednesday that McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer following the removal of a 2-inch blood clot in his skull.
A day after support for Senate Republicans' health-care bill collapsed, deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders banned TV cameras and live audio broadcasts from Tuesday's media briefing. Saying that "the battle over health care isn't over," Sanders tried mightily to cast the failure as a mere setback.
"You're speaking as if this is over and done, and it certainly isn't," she told reporters.
Hours after the collapse of the American Health Care Act in the Senate Monday night , the White House signaled on Tuesday that it was open to working with lawmakers in both the House and Senate for direct repeal of the Affordable Care Act (the official name of Obamacare.)
During the regular briefing for White House reporters Tuesday, Newsmax noted that there was strong sentiment among House Republicans for a simple repeal even before the AHCA collapsed Monday night and that Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) had introduced a bill for direct repeal of Obamacare.
PHOENIX — The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, would be no more if an act introduced by an Arizona congressman passes.
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs introduced the Responsible Path to Full Obamacare Repeal Act on Tuesday, just one day after the Senate's latest plan to repeal and replace the bill failed.
Biggs said he wanted to introduce the bill to ward off concern from voters who may see the Republican Party's inability to remove the health care law as reneging on campaign promises.