Nov. 10, 2016
Good morning from what is soon to be Donald Trump's Washington. We've got a basket of timely offerings. Kelsey Harkness reports on the Trump transition team and its full plate. Melissa Quinn lays out how Republicans can put a Obamacare repeal on the new president's desk. Josh Siegel looks at GOP victories in state legislatures and governorships. Plus: James Phillips on ditching the Iran deal, Ryan T. Anderson on restoring religious liberty, and Katrina Trinko on rejecting the "racist" label. Happy 241st birthday, Marines.
GOP lawmakers are likely to use a budget tool called reconciliation—a procedure used in the Senate that allows a bill to pass with 51 votes—to roll back key provisions of Obamacare and avoid a Democratic filibuster.
"This was a white-lash against a changing country," says CNN's Van Jones. But the facts tell a different story.
For the next three months, Trump's transition team—separate from his campaign team—will guide the president-elect on his future administration.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani claimed that there is "no possibility" for the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran to be overturned by Trump.
Republicans increased the number of states they fully control from 22 to 24. Democrats have total control of six states.
The Obama administration has engaged in a series of executive actions—some of which were likely unlawful—to advance a radical transgender agenda. Trump can reverse these and other actions.
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