The Hill Articles: July 25, 2017

Scaramucci scales back talk of firings McCain votes to advance ObamaCare repeal, replace after vowing to oppose House to vote on proposals taking aim at CBO Texas Senate gives initial approval for transgender ‘bathroom bill’ Warren: Entire country must speak up on GOP healthcare bill Senate rejects ObamaCare repeal, replacement amendment Perry conducts fake interview with Russian pranksters Kim Kardashian to followers: Tell your senators to vote against ObamaCare repeal Senate Dem: We’re trying to block a recess appointment to replace Sessions Sessions planning to announce leak investigations: report Dem rep: Trump can’t deliver on promise because of Russia probe Trump turns up heat on AG Sessions over recusal Trump predicts ‘problems’ for those voting against ObamaCare repeal Trump mocks protester at rally: ‘He’s going back home to mommy’ Trump: ‘I won’t say’ that I should be on Mount Rushmore Newly declassified memos detail extent of improper Obama-era NSA spying Sessions says he won’t resign despite Trump criticism: report Trump: I can be the ‘most presidential’ president except Lincoln Trump says decision on steel imports will take more time Trump admin escalates crackdown on sanctuary cities Overnight Defense: House passes Russia sanctions deal | McCain returns to Senate | Watchdog opens criminal probe into $28M camo mistake Tough road ahead for McConnell on ObamaCare Overnight Tech: House GOP wants to hear from tech CEOs on net neutrality | SEC eyes cryptocurrency | Elon Musk, Zuckerberg trade jabs over AI | Trump says Apple opening three plants in US Lobbying World Mellman: Trump love? Overnight Cybersecurity: Senate Judiciary reportedly drops Manafort subpoena | Kushner meets with House Intel | House passes Russia sanctions deal | What to watch at ‘hacker summer camp’ US business leaders must give Washington a wake-up call Overnight Healthcare: Senate votes to begin ObamaCare repeal debate | McCain returns to vote | GOP floats scaled-down healthcare bill Don’t cut Public Service Loan Forgiveness program Webb: Repeal, replace, pass or fail Watch Live: Trump holds rally in Ohio Overnight Regulation: House votes to repeal forced arbitration rule | Dems look to ban controversial pesticide | House panel wants to hear from tech CEOs on net neutrality Financial Services panel passes four bipartisan bills Senate ObamaCare repeal, replace plan expected to need 60 votes OPINION | Healthcare vote a political death wish for GOP in 2018 GOP prepares security ‘minibus’ spending bill Senate parliamentarian: More parts of ObamaCare repeal will need 60 votes Senate might not act on must-pass aviation bill until September Thousands sign petition to replace Florida Confederate statue with one of beloved dead manatee Manafort agrees to speak with investigators after subpoena Watchdog opens criminal investigation into $28M Pentagon camouflage boondoggle Republicans battle within party over online sales tax bill Congress can send a powerful message by passing the Israel Anti-Boycott Act Congress must stop the assault on taxpayer-friendly freight railroads Manafort heads for Senate showdown after subpoena North Korea threatens nuclear strike on US Qatar’s North Korea connection is dangerous Wasserman Schultz staffer arrested trying to leave the country Individual injured in shooting involving Secret Service Progressive politics are undermining safety — Ask the criminals Overnight Energy: House passes Russia sanctions deal with oil, gas fix Collins apologizes for calling GOP rep ‘so unattractive’ on hot mic Overnight Finance: House votes to repeal arbitration rule | Yellen, Cohn on Trump’s list for Fed chief | House passes Russia sanctions deal | GOP centrists push back on border wall funding Nonprofit group sues Trump over infrastructure council The one part of ObamaCare that must be repealed now Trump says Apple has promised three new US plants House passes Russia sanctions deal MSNBC ‘Cartoon of the Day’ shows McCain lying in hospital bed House votes to repeal consumer arbitration rule Don’t wait, call your senators and tell them how TrumpCare threatens you GOP senator blames media for Trump-Sessions tension Trump considers naming Yellen or Cohn to lead the Fed GOP Chairman: Small businesses need to have a voice in tax reform OPINION | Dems’ ‘new’ agenda? A recycled copy of Trump’s playbook Chipotle’s problems are bigger than its messaging Flake secretly wrote book on conservative politics: report Venezuela: US working with Mexico, Colombia to topple government EPA head orders streamlining in Superfund cleanup program Ann Coulter: Trump needs to ‘be a man’ in dealing with AG Sessions McCain urges senators to work together on healthcare in fiery speech FULL SPEECH: John McCain on key Senate healthcare vote Trump thanks ‘very brave’ McCain for returning for key healthcare vote Dem campaign arm slams Heller, Flake on healthcare votes Co-founder of firm tied to Trump dossier agrees to speak to Senate panel Medicaid is the backbone of health coverage Trump won’t say if he’ll fire Sessions OPINION | Venezuela a powder keg that may explode into the next Cuba Trump: I’m ‘just looking at’ firing Sessions Former VW executive to plead guilty in emissions cheating case State Department denies rumors of possible Tillerson exit Fox’s Kat Timpf ambushed at political event: ‘My eyes were burning’ Senators urge quotas on Canadian lumber, consultations with Congress IRS: Business-related ID theft on the rise President Trump: People of color need seat at table on climate change McCain returns to applause, casts deciding vote to advance healthcare bill Federal court strikes down DC anti-concealed carry law Senate votes to begin ObamaCare repeal debate Trump: I think the Senate will vote to start healthcare debate Protesters interrupt key healthcare vote chanting ‘kill the bill, don’t kill us’ The more complex the tax code, the more the wealthy benefit Armed Services chairman ‘increasingly alarmed’ at North Korea Watch Live: Trump holds news conference with Lebanese prime minister North Korea could field nuclear ICBM by next year: report Behind the front lines — fighting the trickle-down effects of violent extremism GOP senators back Sessions after Trump attacks WH says Ivanka will not retain Kushner’s Russia probe lawyer GOP rep diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer Don’t take away our healthcare — raise the minimum wage instead Israel’s enemies have the people hooked on so-called ‘humiliation’ Senate GOP appears to have votes to win initial healthcare motion Expansion of federal forfeiture threatens property rights Dem bill would ban controversial pesticide Elon Musk fires back at Zuckerberg on AI dangers Senate panel rejects Trump’s effort to slash transportation funding Warren issues warning on healthcare vote: ‘This is not a drill’ House Intel lawmakers question Kushner for three hours as part of Russia probe Ex-Joint Chiefs chairman tells Congress to allow medical care for transgender troops Pentagon chief wants review to weed out unnecessary military training Centrist GOP lawmakers push back against border wall funding West Wing to empty out for August construction Coast Guard OKs kayakers on river near Trump’s Virginia golf course Collins warns ‘skinny’ GOP health plan not adequate Adobe to kill off Flash by 2020 Why the US should fully enforce human rights sanctions on Russia White House press aide resigns amid shakeup Report finds drop in inmates serving mandatory minimum sentences Senate Dems warn they will block recess appointments Senators mock Trump on hot mic Trump team has a chance to improve toxic VA culture Breitbart slams Trump for ‘hypocrisy’ over Sessions attacks Democrats, so focused on Russia, risk pushing Trump to war with Iran Three House Dems call for Trump to withdraw nominee to lead Ex-Im Bank Poll: 50 percent oppose repealing ObamaCare without replacement The Hill’s 12:30 Report Study: Utilities knew about climate change risks decades ago Dems introduce cyber workforce bill Mnuchin meets with agriculture groups on tax reform OPINION | McConnell attempt to butcher ObamaCare is political malpractice Labor Dept. seeking public input as it eyes controversial overtime rule Trump blocks Chrissy Teigen after she tweeted ‘lol no one likes you’ Congress can solve our debt crisis by passing a conservative budget Election Commission’s focus will lead to suppressive voting laws Collins on hot mic: Farenthold ‘so unattractive, it’s unbelievable’ Despite its efforts, Trump team won’t finish new NAFTA in 2017 Live coverage: Senate begins debate on ObamaCare repeal Manafort meets with Senate intel panel: report OPINION | Senators, time for rhetoric to face reality on ObamaCare repeal vote House Republicans invite tech, telecom CEOs to testify on net neutrality Rand Paul a yes on key healthcare hurdle House Financial Services panel leaders spar over Trump, Russia US Navy ship fires warning shot at armed Iranian vessel in Persian Gulf Ex-CIA chief: Trump’s Boy Scout speech felt like ‘third world authoritarian’s youth rally’ House vote on must-pass aviation bill likely to slip to September Conflicting reports emerge over firing of White House press aide Ryan: It’s Trump’s ‘prerogative’ to fire Sessions Senate GOP floats scaled-down healthcare bill Study: Cruz amendment would increase premiums by 39 percent for ObamaCare compliant plans GOP lawmaker: Trump attacks on Sessions beneath ‘any held office’ Holder: Voting commission’s Kobach is a ‘fact-challenged zealot’ Videos suggest Russian government may be arming Taliban Judge rules fraud commission can collect voter data Graham defends Sessions: Trump tweets ‘highly inappropriate’ Why ‘Lying Donald’ Trump can’t stop slandering Hillary Clinton Rand Paul: Conservatives are getting ‘squat’ from Senate leadership NY gov expands voter registration access Manchin on GOP lawmaker’s suggestion for a duel with female senators: I’ll ‘step outside with him’ Senate Judiciary subpoenas Manafort Nunes likely to attend Kushner interview: report Top Dem: ‘Ironic’ McCain could back bill that would put people with illnesses at risk Congress must extend critical federal funding for type 1 diabetes research It’s time to take a close look at how federal policies affect states Ex-Watergate prosecutor: Kushner’s explanations ‘blatantly ridiculous’ Fox’s Watters: ‘Boy scout’ Kushner ‘couldn’t collude if you played tiddlywinks with him’ Bill Maher on McCain: Someone in a health crisis should see how wrong repealing ObamaCare would be Boy Scouts says it’s ‘long-standing custom’ to invite president to Jamboree NBC analyst: Sessions should make Trump ‘man up and fire him’ Congress must repeal the debt limit so no party can take it hostage Manafort to share notes from Russian meeting with Senate probe: report Scarborough to Trump: Switch cable news to ‘SportsCenter’ Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Trump calling for Clinton to be prosecuted is an ‘impeachable offense’
 Trump: European Union ‘is very protectionist with the U.S.’ Scaramucci says it’s ‘probably’ correct Trump wants Sessions gone Viral ‘Daily Show’ clip shows Scaramucci mimicking Trump’s gestures Boehner on Trump tweets: He gets ‘into a pissing match with a skunk’ every day GOP rep would ‘recommend’ not paying much attention to Trump tweets Cuccinelli: Trump criticism of Sessions ‘distracting’ Angus King: No one knows what healthcare plan Senate will consider If our innovators have no reward, how will America compete? Collins says she hasn’t heard from Trump on healthcare: He’s ‘focusing on others’ Healthcare bill lacks truth in labeling Commuter rail ‘summer of hell’ will seem like a breeze without long-term funding Boehner predicts GOP will ‘never’ repeal, replace ObamaCare Kremlin says it did not order Kushner meeting with Russian banker Trump: ‘So great’ McCain is returning for healthcare vote Trump: ‘Big day for healthcare’ Trump praises Kushner: ‘Next up, 11 year old Barron Trump’ Trump ramps up Sessions criticism with new tweets McConnell to pin down colleagues on healthcare GOP-controlled Congress nears legislative triumph — on Russia Parnes to co-author book about 2020 race The Memo: Trump frustrations grow as pressure rises Five things to watch for at ‘hacker summer camp’ Business groups push for quick action on taxes Looking back on ‘healthcare hell’