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Gay Rights Push Threatens Immigration Deal The bipartisan Gang of Eight has produced a Senate bill on immigration reform that could make history by passing both houses. Gay rights advocates are insisting that reform allow gay and lesbian Americans to sponsor their foreign-born partners for green cards. Some Senate Democrats say they're all right with that, but for Republicans it's another matter. What would a gay-rights amendment do to the bill's chances? Carrie Budoff Brown is White House reporter for Politico .
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.