Tipsheet: Senate GOP prepares for a war with Bannon

View in your browser     Senate GOP prepares for a war with Bannon By Alexander Bolton   Senate Republicans say they will fight back vigorously against former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon’s efforts to knock off GOP incumbents in primaries next year. They hope that President Trump will have their backs, but they’re not counting on it. Read the full story here     Bannon becomes threat for Senate GOP on taxes By Jordan Fabian and Naomi Jagoda Steve Bannon is becoming a problem for Republicans on tax reform. President Trump’s former chief strategist is threatening to support right-wing opponents to every GOP senator up for reelection, aside from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Read the full story here     New health deal falls flat with GOP By Peter Sullivan   A bipartisan Senate deal that would extend critical ObamaCare payments to insurers for two years got the cold shoulder from Republicans on Tuesday, suggesting it faces a rocky path to become law. Read the full story here     Trump calls for Congress to fix 'ObamaCare mess,' end 'bailouts' for insurers By John Bowden   President Trump on Tuesday evening praised bipartisan efforts in the Senate to find compromise on stabilizing the nation's health-care markets while calling on lawmakers to end "bailouts" for insurers. Read the full story here       Federal judge temporarily halts third Trump travel ban By Lydia Wheeler A federal district court in Hawaii has temporarily blocked the majority of President Trump’s travel ban from taking effect. Read the full story here     Newly controversial opioid enforcement law under fire By Rachel Roubein   Several lawmakers are pushing to repeal or revisit a law critics say enables the flow of deadly and addictive opioids, hours after President Trump’s drug czar nominee withdrew his name amid the controversy. Read the full story here     Trump drug czar nominee withdraws By Rebecca Savransky and Rachel Roubein Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) is withdrawing his name from consideration as the nation's drug czar, President Trump announced Tuesday. Read the full story here     Republicans walking tightrope ahead of budget resolution vote By Jordain Carney and Niv Elis Senate Republicans have little room for error as they push forward with a budget resolution that is key to tax reform. Read the full story here     Senators demand info on deadly Niger ambush By Rebecca Kheel Nearly two weeks after four Green Berets were killed in an ambush, top senators are demanding the Trump administration provide Congress with more information on the first deadly attack on U.S. troops in Niger. Read the full story here     FBI informant blocked from telling Congress about Russia nuclear corruption case, lawyer says By John Solomon and Alison Spann   An American businessman who worked for years undercover as an FBI confidential witness was blocked by the Obama Justice Department from telling Congress about conversations and transactions he witnessed related to the Russian nuclear industry's efforts to win favor with Bill and Hillary Clinton and influence Obama administration decisions, his lawyer tells The Hill. Read the full story here     If GOP won't unite on taxes, Dems will win in 2018 By Bernie Marcus OPINION | Just as Republicans rallied around President Trump to save their Supreme Court majority and prevent a Hillary Clinton presidency, they must now rally around proposed tax reform to save their congressional majority and prevent a Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Speakership. Read the full story here     Obama's DOJ slow-walked probe despite national security concerns By Paul R. Gregory OPINION | In their recent article in The Hill, John Solomon and Alison Spann reported on the Obama Justice Department’s slow-walk investigation of Moscow’s bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering “designed to grow Vladimir Putin’s atomic energy business inside the United States.” Read the full story here     USA Today: Rep. Frederica Wilson: Trump told soldier's widow 'he knew what he signed up for' By Charles Ventura President Trump told the widow of one of the U.S. service members who was killed in an ambush by Islamic State-linked militants in Niger earlier this month that the soldier knew "what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurts", during a phone call Tuesday, according to a Democratic lawmaker. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn’t called all families By Calvin Woodward and Jonathan Lemire President Donald Trump has pulled bereaved military families into a painful political fight of his own making, going so far Tuesday as to cite the death of his chief of staff’s son in Afghanistan to question whether Barack Obama and other presidents did enough to honor the military dead. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Top general’s grief becomes political talking point for Trump By Mark Landler President Trump is testing the reluctance of his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, to discuss the death of his son Second Lt. Robert Kelly, who died in combat in 2010. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: McCain gives Senate GOP enough votes to pass budget, a boost for Trump’s tax plan By Elise Viebeck and Damian Paletta With Sen. Thad Cochran expected to return from illness and Sen. John McCain saying he supports the budget bill, Republicans have at least 51 votes for their proposal to increase the federal debt. If House goes along, it would be easier to approve the president's pitch for large tax cuts. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Health insurers step up open enrollment push as window to sign up shrinks By Anna Wilde Mathews With big rate increases and continued uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act, insurers rush to reassure enrollees about 2018 health plans. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.