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Calls for President Donald Trump's impeachment begannearly the moment he took officeand the hopes of many that he will eventually leave office before serving his entireterm have since grown. Oddsmakers in Las Vegas have even at times set betting lines that indicated they felt it was more likely that Trumpwouldn'tfinish four years in office than that he would.

This, of course, gave rise to speculation about what things would look like should Vice President Mike Pence take the top spot in the Oval Office. Just Tuesday, in fact, left-leaning online outletSalonrepublisheda post from online magazineThe Globalisttitled "President Mike Pence" that detailed how the vice president might differ from Trump if he did take over.

If there's any divide, though, betweenTrump and Pencesuch as the former governor imagining life as head honchoit certainly hasn't shown recently. Of course, it's not up to Pence whether Trump leaves office before his first term is done, but recentlythe vice president has been been right by the president's side, defending him vigorously even as the White House has devolved, yet again, into a whirlwind of controversy. The president appears to be actively trying to push out his attorney general (one of his earliest political allies); the president's son-in-law, a top White House adviser, is defending himself against accusations of collusion; and the president's son has opened a new can of worms after emails showed he previouslymet with folks connected with the Russian government in an attempt to land dirt on the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. Yet Pence hasn't budged as Trump's right-hand man.

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Pence's focus thisweek has been on trying to push along the GOP's effort to gut Obamacare, something Trump has sought. Pence tweeted Tuesday, "As @POTUS said, 'The American people have waited long enough. Theres been enough talk and no action. Now is the time for action.'" Healso met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to discuss the GOP's health care efforts and stood with Trump in meeting with "families suffering under Obamacare," tweeting, "thanks to this President, help is on the way."

"President Trump knows that every day Obamacare survives is another day that American families and American businesses struggle," Pence said thisweek during that meeting "withfamilies suffering under Obamacare."

Pence even went as far as to write an editorial for Fox News this week titled "Trump's triumphs are many after only six months and he's just getting started." As one might gather from the headline, the piece lavishedpraise on Trump, who wasthe least popular president in the history of modern pollingat the six-month mark.

"It is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to a president who is fighting every single day to restore an America of freedom, prosperity and opportunity for all," Pence wrote for Fox News.

Pence did raise some eyebrowsin May when he launched a PAC, with many folks questioning if this was a sign of presidential ambitions amid Trump's many controversies. He's also vastly more popular in his own party, with Axios's Mike Allen writing in Junethat "it's widely known if they could pick between President Pence and President Trump, the Vice President would win 90 [percent]of the vote among the GOP." That idea is leaving some Trump critics hopeful. A piece in the National Memo Tuesday even predicted that amid Trump's many controversies, "members of Congress in both parties will eventually exhaust their patience, take a long look at Pence and say, 'What are we waiting for?'"

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Less than a week after President Donald Trump responded to Senate Republicans latest health care setback by saying theparty should just let the Affordable Care Act fail,Vice President Mike Pencepenneda gushing op-edreassuring Americans that Trump would not rest or relent until he delivered on the promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.

In a piece published on Fox News website, Pence showered Trump with praise about his successful six months in office.

President Trumps accomplishments are nothing short of historic, Pence wrote. But as the president likes to say, at this White House thats just what we call a good start.

Pence then listed a number of promises the Trump administration had yet to deliver on,namely tax cuts.

It is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to a president who is fighting every single day to restore an America of freedom, prosperity and opportunity for all, he added.

Pences sentiments echoed comments made at a June Cabinet meeting in which Trump appointees took turns praising the president. Pence spoke first and said, This is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to a president whos keeping his word to the American people.

Hours after Fox News published the op-ed, Trump attacked members of his own party, complaining that some Republicans do not protect their president.

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It was always clear that Vice President Mike Pence was no friend to LGBT people, but now theres further confirmation in the form of a Foreign Policy article that reports hes been working against transgender-inclusive military policies.

Pence and his staff have been working quietly to get Congress to roll back the Defense Departments year-old policy covering medical procedures for transitioning service members, according to sources, Foreign Policy reported today.

Transgender people already in the military have been able to serve openly and have access to insurance coverage for such procedures since last year, under a policy announced by Ash Carter, Defense secretary under President Obama. Previously, trans people were barred from serving, although many did in the closet and without the coverage. The enrollment of new trans recruits was supposed to begin July 1 of this year, but the current Defense secretary, James Mattis, decided to delay that by six months.

The House of Representatives July 13 narrowly voted down an amendment to a Defense spending bill put forth by Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, which would have banned coverage of transition-related medical procedures. But Pence, who has many contacts in Congress from his days as a representative from Indiana, has been trying to build support for such an amendment, according to Foreign Policys sources.

Pence spokesman Marc Lotter denied that the vice president is involved in any effort like this. He has been focused on health care, Lotter told Foreign Policy. I am not aware of him speaking to any members about this. But given Pences anti-LGBT record as a congressman and as governor of Indiana, his involvement wouldnt be surprising.

Other far-right Republican House members have now submitted amendments to ban funding of transition procedures. One introduced by Scott Perry of Pennsylvania has the most support, Foreign Policy reports. It says, None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide medical treatment related to gender transition. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas has filed an amendment to stop funding as well, and Rep. Steve King of Iowa has filed one banning the use of funds for transgender sensitivity training courses or to screen members of the Armed Forces regarding gender reassignment surgery.

Conservative organizations such as the Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom have been lobbying for these measures. Proponents of such funding bans estimate that transition-related medical costs will amount to more than $3.7 billion over 10 years, but studies from The New England Journal of Medicine and the Rand Corp. project much lower costs, between $24 million and $84 million, over the same time period, Foreign Policy notes. That would be a tiny fraction of the military budget, which amounts to about $600 billion annually.

The Department of Defense does not want these amendments, and neither do we, Matt Thorn, the executive director of OutServe-SLDN, told the magazine. Transgender service members have been serving, openly and authentically, since October 2016 with no impact on readiness or lethality of the force.

Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen also voiced opposition, releasing a statement to Foreign Policy that said it would be unprecedented for Congress to stop medical treatment for service members. The military conducted a thorough research process on this issue and concluded that inclusive policy for transgender troops promotes readiness. I urge the Congress to respect the militarys judgment and not to breach the faith of service members who defend our freedoms, Mullen added.

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