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Senate Takes First Step To Repeal Obamacare With 51-48 Vote

Senate Takes First Step To Repeal Obamacare With 51-48 Vote

Early on Thursday morning, in a 51-48 vote, the Senate took the first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, when it voted to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing Barack Obama's signature health insurance program. Republicans needed a simple majority to clear the repeal rules, instructing committees to begin drafting repeal legislation, through the upper chamber, with the vote falling largely along party lines.

Caught On Tape: U.S. Immigration Official Okays Syrian Immigrants With "Fake Passports"

Caught On Tape: U.S. Immigration Official Okays Syrian Immigrants With "Fake Passports"

Over the past several months, we have frequently noted the staggering increases in the number of refugees Obama has permitted into the United States just as his Presidency is winding down.  In fact, just a couple of weeks ago, we noted that in the first 84 days of the 2017 fiscal year (October 1, 2016 - December 23, 2016), the Obama administration has accepted 25,584 refugees into the United States, an 86% increase year-over-year (see "Refugee Admissions Surge 86% YoY As Obama Rushes Arrivals Ahead Of Trump Inauguration").  And while we were expecting a large increase in refugee admittances

Screaming Protesters Kicked Out Of Sessions' Hearing: "You Can't Arrest Me, I'm White"

With opening comments barely underway, several protesters have already been escorted out of Senator Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing. 

The first interruption came from these lovely gentemen who, dressed in KKK garb, shouted "White people don't get arrested...white people own this country" as they were quickly escorted by police off the premises.

"You can't arrest me, I'm white.  White people don't get arrested.  What do we have to do, wait for the inauguration?"

 

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