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Rural Texas doctors fuming after being left out in cold on vaccine
Daily News Lesson April 06 2022

Biden proposes expansion of Affordable Care Act — and other news for April 6, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
U.S. Senate holds confirmation hearing for Barrett to be Supreme Court justice in Washington
Daily Video October 14 2020

Why do Supreme Court nominees avoid answering so many questions?
Explore how the nomination and confirmation process works for Supreme Court nominees
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Daily Video July 17 2017

Senate Republicans release revised version of health care bill
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the second version of the GOP's proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the Better Care Reconciliation Act.
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Daily Video June 23 2017

Senate Republicans reveal health care bill, drawing unanimous Democratic opposition
After weeks of drafting in secret, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the Senate version of the health care bill public on Thursday morning. It shares broad strokes with the House of Representatives bill, whose approval rating is underwater.
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Daily Video June 22 2017

After weeks of secrecy, Senate health care bill to be released to public
After spending weeks drafting a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act behind closed doors, Republican leaders in the Senate announced that they would release it to the rest of the Congress and the public on June 22, 2017.
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Daily Video June 21 2017

Senate Democrats increase opposition as secret health care bill picks up steam
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) promised on June 20, 2017 that a draft of the effort by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would be available on June 22. So far, the bill has been drafted behind closed doors and Senate Democrats have demonstrated strong opposition, including a late-night talk-a-thon on the Senate floor on June 19.
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Post June 13 2017

Game on: Key facts about the Republican health care bill
  This week might determine the fate of a Republican-backed bill to repeal and replace…
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Daily Video March 10 2017

Republican health care bill faces opposition from within party
Republican lawmakers introduced their replacement for former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) this week, but face opposition from both Democrats and members of their own party as they push to move the bill through committee and into the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote.
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Daily Video July 20 2015

Supreme Court upholds health care law subsidies
The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide tax subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act in a ruling that maintains health insurance for millions of Americans.

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