| | | | 22 million more would be uninsured under Senate GOP bill | | The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a politically damning assessment of the Senate Republican health care bill today, projecting that 22 million more Americans would not have health insurance by 2026 if the bill became law, report CNN's Tami Luhby and MJ Lee.
The highly anticipated score answers key questions about the impact of the Senate's controversial legislation that was made public last Thursday. The analysis also offers clarity to wavering Senate Republicans on whether to vote for the bill later this week. The CBO also found the bill would reduce deficits by $321 billion compared with Obamacare. You can read the CBO report here.
Senate bill vs. Obamacare: A total of 49 million people would be uninsured in 2026 under the Senate bill compared with 28 million who would lack coverage under current law. This would reverse years of coverage gains under Obamacare.
Vote timing and status: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is insisting on a vote this week before lawmakers leave town for the July Fourth recess. There are 52 Republican senators, and he needs 50 "yes" votes to move the bill through the Senate. At least five Republicans have so far publicly stated they cannot support the legislation in its current form. | | "You know, I try to stay out of politics." -- Ivanka Trump -- who works in the White House as a senior adviser to the most powerful politician in America -- on "Fox and Friends" in response to a question about whether she ever advised her father about his Twitter feed. | | | | President Donald Trump continued to criticize former President Barack Obama for his response to alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election -- blasting his predecessor in a series of tweets, then demanding an "apology." More from CNN's Zachary Cohen. | | Supreme Court decides to hear the travel ban | | | ... And everything else you missed from this morning: | | Travel ban: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed parts of President Donald Trump's travel ban to go into effect and will hear oral arguments on the case this fall. The court is allowing the ban to go into effect for foreign nationals who lack any "bona fide relationship with any person or entity in the United States." The court, in an unsigned opinion, left the travel ban against citizens of six majority-Muslim nations on hold as applied to noncitizens with relationships with persons or entities in the United States, which includes most of the plaintiffs in both cases. Examples of formal relationships include students accepted to US universities or employees who have accepted jobs with companies in the United States, the court said.
Why this matters: This is the first time the high court has weighed in on the travel ban and is a partial victory for the Trump administration, which has been fighting lower court rulings blocking the ban from taking effect. Justices did not address Trump's tweets, which have caused legal problems for his administration previously. | | Religious liberty: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a religious liberty case concerning a Colorado cake artist who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple's wedding reception, claiming that to do so would violate his religious liberty under the Constitution. The court will take up the case, Masterpiece v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in its next term, which starts in October.
The Supreme Court also ruled in favor of two married same-sex couples in Arkansas who challenged a state law that did not allow both members of a same-sex couple to be listed as parents on a birth certificate. The decision in Pavan v. Smith was six to three and brings up equal protection concerns two years after the high court cleared the way for same-sex couples to marry.
And the Supreme Court ruled that a Missouri policy that excludes a church-run preschool from a grant program is unconstitutional. A preschool run by the Trinity Lutheran Church sued when it was denied a state grant to participate in the program. Its lawyers argued that the state's action constituted religious discrimination in violation of the Constitution's free exercise and equal protection clauses. | | | For some reason, an airplane carrying a message targeting Sen. Dean Heller -- who represents Nevada -- was flying around West Virginia today. | | 2 things you might have missed today | | Corker vows to block arms sales to Gulf states over Qatar: Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson saying he will block foreign military sales to members of the Gulf Cooperation Council until they can resolve their dispute with Qatar. More from CNN's Jeremy Herb.
Trump misses his own deadline for ISIS news conference: Monday marks two weeks since President Donald Trump said he would hold a news conference to detail the latest strategy against ISIS in two weeks. This is the second time the President has missed a deadline he set himself regarding a news conference on the militant group. More from CNN's Kaitlan Collins. | | | Get the Nightcap, a comprehensive summary of the most important political news, delivered to your inbox daily. | | | | | |
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