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FILE - In this April 4, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to talk about the failed health care bill. From cancer to addiction, doctors and patient groups are warning that the latest Republican health care bill would gut hard-won protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Some GOP moderates who may seal the legislation’s fate are echoing those concerns. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

American Heart Association, top patient groups slam GOP health bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 23, 2017, file photo. In a pair of special House elections, Republicans are raising the specter of a second turn as House speaker for Pelosi to excite or scare GOP voters and sway independents enough to counter surging opposition to President Donald Trump. The strategy could be a defining theme of the 2018 elections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

With Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton gone, GOP revives Nancy Pelosi as boogeyman

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Director of the White House National Economic Council Gary Cohn (left) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus predicted Monday the bill to repeal Obamacare would hit the House floor for a vote before lawmakers leave town late Thursday for a weeklong recess. (Associated Press photographs)

Republicans optimistic of Obamacare repeal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre welcomed President Trump to the NRA Leadership Forum on Friday. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump has NRA but needs Republican support, members say

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Latest: Judges block new North Carolina elections law

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FILE - In this April 4, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to talk about the failed health care bill. From cancer to addiction, doctors and patient groups are warning that the latest Republican health care bill would gut hard-won protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Some GOP moderates who may seal the legislation’s fate are echoing those concerns. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Fears of losing pre-existing conditions protection under GOP

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke gestures as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sheriff David Clarke: ‘Rat bastards’ on the left never give up

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

News outlets including AP sue state House GOP Caucus

By SEANNA ADCOX - Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, talks with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. as they arrive for a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Doctors’ group opposes GOP health care bill

Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, talks with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. as they arrive for a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Short of support, House won’t vote on health bill this week

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, flanked by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, left, and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, attends a federalism event before signing the Education Federalism Executive Order, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump will continue Obamacare payments, clearing major hurdle on spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republicans Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Louie Gohmert, and Sen. Rand Paul at a press conference covering health care last month: These "Freedom Caucus' members are often vilified by the news media. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Obamacare favored by majority of Americans: Poll

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, talks with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. as they arrive for a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: GOP offers stopgap bill to fund government

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Ivanka Trump, listens as her father President Donald Trump, talks via a video conference to astronauts on the International Space Station, Monday, April 24, 2017, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

100 days of the GOP eating its own

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this March 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, followed by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, leaves Capitol Hill Washington after rallying support for the Republican health care overhaul with GOP lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Majorities reject new GOP ideas for replacing Obamacare: Poll

By Tom Howell Jr. and Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Asked Sunday whether there is room in the party for people who are pro-life, the staunchly pro-choice House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi responded, "Of course." (Associated Press/File)

Abortion sets off Democrat fight over direction of party

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 30, 2017 file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump could avert the risk of a government shutdown next weekend by stepping back from his demand that lawmakers fund his promised border wall with Mexico in a must-pass spending bill, Congress two top Democrats said Monday, April 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats soften Abortion tone on Heath Mello Omaha mayor race

The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP, speak up on costs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Rep. Mark Sanford: Emerging plan to unshackle states on health care ‘makes sense’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Kirsten Running-Marquardt, D-Cedar Rapids, casts a vote on the floor of the Iowa House, Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa lawmakers adjourn 2017 legislative session

By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ and LINLEY SANDERS - Associated Press