The Note: Repeal and replace comes crashing down

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. July 28, 2017 MORE POLITICS > Repeal and replace comes crashing down WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY 1. Senate Republicans' admitting major defeat overnight and for now throwing in the towel on efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Their last attempt, dubbed the "skinny repeal," was narrowly defeated 49-51. 2. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the sole Republicans to vote against the plan, drawing this disapproving tweet from President Trump: "3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!" 3. Tensions inside the West Wing reached a new level yesterday, after White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci trashed Chief of Staff Reince Priebus in an expletive-laden interview with the New Yorker. 4. The Senate did pass, with wide margins, a sweeping bill that limits the president's power to roll back sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. The bill now heads to the president's desk with enough support from both chambers to override a presidential veto. 5. Meanwhile President Trump heads to Long Island today to tout recent arrests of MS-13 gang members. THE TAKE with ABC News' MaryAlice Parks "Time to move on," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has declared, solidifying the end of Senate Republicans' partisan attempt to repeal Obamacare. The last 24 hours were nothing short of astonishing. Sen. Lindsey Graham wrote future ads for Democrats, calling a bill he then voted for a "disaster." Members of the Upper Chamber, begged the Lower Chamber not to put their proposal into law, and it was all too much a charade for the battle-scared Senator John McCain. It seems McCain may get his wish for a slower, bipartisan committee process. McConnell said it's time to go back to the drawing board and see what Democrats had to say. It will be hard for plenty of Republicans to swallow that reality. Repeal was a pledge and a promise that got them into office for years. It will also be a challenge for Democrats to present concrete, thoughtful plans. Many Americans are desperate for lower health care costs and more options. McConnell's words might very well be spoken by others down Pennsylvania Avenue too. Today could be turning point for the West Wing as well as the Senate. It is hard to imagine some staff in the president's ranks aren't tired of the public, family fighting and considering moving on. QUOTE OF THE DAY "If Jeff Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay." -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) WHAT TO WATCH President Trump heads to Long Island today at 12 p.m., he'll gives remarks on the MS-13 gang to federal, state and local law enforcement. Jeff Sessions: President Trump's criticism is 'kind of hurtful.' Attorney General Jeff Sessions stands by his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation despite the barrage of criticism he has received publicly from the president this week, he said. "I am confident I made the right decision, the decision that is consistent by rule of law," Sessions told Fox News' Tucker Carlson in an interview that aired Thursday night. http://abcn.ws/2uCjqBy READ MORE   Senate sends new Russia sanctions bill to White House in overwhelming vote. The Senate has approved new sanctions to punish Russia for its meddling in the 2016 election in an overwhelming vote, sending the bill to the White House and setting the stage for a potential showdown with President Trump. The bill, cleared by the Senate in a 98-2 vote, would limit Trump's ability to lift or waive sanctions against Russia, and imposes new sanctions on Iran and North Korea. http://abcn.ws/2vcBMui READ MORE   Top US general promises no changes in military transgender policy for now. Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has issued guidance to military commanders stressing that there will be no change in military policy toward transgender service members until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives further direction from the White House. http://abcn.ws/2eS9ONK READ MORE   FOLLOW ABC NEWS This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. Newsletter Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter "Political Unit: The Note" at this email address, you may click here to unsubscribe. Add me to the ABC News Do Not Email List This email contains an advertisement from ABCNews, 7 WEST 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. To unsubscribe from all types of future commercial email from ABC News regarding its products and services, click here. © 2017 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved. ,

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