Tipsheet: Tough decisions loom for Dems on ObamaCare

View in your browser     Tough decisions loom for Dems on ObamaCare By Peter Sullivan   Congressional Democrats have to decide how badly they want an ObamaCare deal. Senate Republicans are open to renewing the insurer payments that President Trump canceled last week, but, in return, they want to expand a program that allows states to waive Affordable Care Act regulations. That asking price could be hard for Democrats to swallow. Read the full story here     Trump, McConnell try to end feud By Alexander Bolton and Jordan Fabian President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sought to end months of bitter sniping over a private lunch at the White House on Monday and followed it with a display of unity at a joint press conference in the Rose Garden. Read the full story here     Issues pile up as Ryan, GOP seek focus on taxes Scott Wong   All Paul Ryan wanted to do this fall was pass tax reform. But a pair of social issues — immigration and gun reform — plus President Trump’s decision to punt key ObamaCare payments and the fate of the Iran nuclear deal to Congress are quickly complicating the Speaker’s tax-reform push and crowding what’s left in a 2017 calendar that has just 28 legislative days left. Read the full story here     FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow By John Solomon and Alison Spann   Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering designed to grow Vladimir Putin’s atomic energy business inside the United States, according to government documents and interviews. Read the full story here       Trump faces blowback after claim about calls to families of the fallen By Ellen Mitchell President Trump on Monday defended his delay in responding to the recent Army Green Beret deaths in Niger — and also claimed that former President Obama and other past presidents didn’t call the families of fallen soldiers. Read the full story here     The Memo: Trump keeps beating 2016 drum By Niall Stanage   President Trump isn’t letting the 2016 election go. Twice on Monday — on Twitter and then at his Rose Garden news conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — the president jabbed at his vanquished opponent, Hillary Clinton. Read the full story here     Resistance to Trump fuels new generation of California liberals By Reid Wilson For a quarter century, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) has built a career as an effective liberal legislator, the author of a federal assault weapons ban and a warrior for civil and gay rights who collaborated with Republicans on energy and health-care bills. But to a generation of ambitious California Democrats intent on challenging President Trump at every turn, her record is no longer sufficiently liberal. Read the full story here     Trump gives Barletta edge in crowded Pa. primary By Ben Kamisar and Lisa Hagen Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Lou Barletta is seen as the leading GOP candidate to take on Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D), with his chances boosted further after a de facto endorsement from President Trump last week. Read the full story here     Estate tax repeal faces obstacles By Kim Dixon Republicans have a chance in tax reform to do something that they’ve dreamed of for decades: repeal the estate tax. But they face some headwinds. Read the full story here     Lights, camera, SCOTUS By Lydia Wheeler   The Supreme Court is a power center in the government that has desegregated schools, codified gun rights and legalized same-sex marriage. But few ever see it at work. Gabe Roth, the executive director of Fix the Court, is trying to change that. Read the full story here     No one 'shivved' Hillary: She lost because America was over her By Jonathan Turley OPINION | All of the colorful rhetoric in the world will not retroactively create a plausible reason for Clinton losing the election, other than herself. Read the full story here     Trump's callous health care order will haunt the GOP in 2018 By Maria Cardona OPINION | Regardless of political parties, did Americans think they would ever see a president of this great country take deliberately cynical action to hurt its citizens? This obscene scenario has now become a reality. Read the full story here     Reuters: Trump keeping options open as Republican feud rages By James Oliphant and Roberta Rampton Like the deal-maker he says he is, U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be keeping his options open as his Republican Party threatens to erupt into full-scale war. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump and McConnell see a way to make conservatives happy By Carl Hulse Under pressure to deliver legislatively, the president and the Senate majority leader are seeking to aggressively to install conservative jurists at the appeals and district court level. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump declines to express confidence in drug czar nominee, will declare opioid crisis next week By Ed O'Keefe, Scott Higham and Lenny Bernstein The president’s remarks came amid widespread reaction to a report that found Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) was the chief advocate for a measure that hobbled the Drug Enforcement Administration. Trump also promised a “major announcement” about plans to tackle opioid addiction. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump getting more open to chatting in public By Catherine Lucey and Ken Thomas Reporters were seated in the White House briefing room awaiting an appearance by press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday when a call went out over a loudspeaker to head to the Rose Garden. There was no time to lose: President Donald Trump wanted to talk. Again. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Health troubles put pressure on GOP’s slim vote margins By Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews Mississippi GOP Sen. Thad Cochran is out this week but party leaders say budget vote will go ahead. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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