April 13, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where the White House and Republican lawmakers are working on a couple of ways to do better than Obamacare. Melissa Quinn reports. If President Trump wants to use more force to make Syria's dictator think twice, GOP lawmakers tell Josh Siegel, he'll need to consult Congress. Plus: Rachel Bovard on reasons to save the filibuster, David Inserra and Garrison Rutledge on promising early results of enforcing immigration law, and Morgan Walker on how "outsiders" are welcome in the White House briefing room. It's Maundy Thursday.
The month of March showed a decrease of 64 percent in apprehensions from the same month in 2016.
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows, R-N.C., is in "final negotiations" with Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., co-chairman of the centrist Tuesday Group, and members of House leadership on a deal they hope will win the support of a majority of House Republicans.
From the moment he took office in January, President Trump put the establishment media on notice.
For conservatives, who are generally always in the minority even when their party is in the majority, the loss of the legislative filibuster would be felt acutely.
"The Constitution is clear the commander in chief is the commander when the military is in the field, but Congress and the American people are responsible for calling out the military to move into battle—whether it's through a war declaration or authorization for use of military force," says Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla.
Etched into the front of the memorial is the dedication, "To the more than one hundred million victims of communism and to those who love liberty."
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