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WASHINGTON President Trump capped the most low-key week of his presidency on Friday by meeting with House Republican leaders to congratulate them on their bill to repeal and replace the health care law.
Trump has been noticeably less accessible since unleashing a series of posts on Twitter last weekend accusing President Barack Obama of bugging Trump Tower during the campaign. He abandoned for the first time his nearly daily ritual of chatting with reporters before meetings and other events at the White House.
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On Friday, Trump convened what was billed as a strategy session in the Roosevelt Room with Vice President Mike Pence; Representative Diane Black, Republican of Tennessee, chairwoman of the Budget Committee; Representative Kevin Brady, Republican of Texas, the Ways and Means Committee chairman; Representative Greg Walden, Republican of Washington, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee; and several other key Republicans.
The Republican bill which White House officials have described as a work in progress most likely to undergo significant change cleared the Ways and Means and the Energy Committees on Thursday after nightlong sessions to review and amend the proposal earlier in the week.
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The measure, which faces potential opposition from at least three Senate Republicans and the Houses ultraconservative Freedom Caucus, is expected to pass the Budget Committee soon and then be voted on by the House within the next two weeks.
The meeting at the White House came as the presidents staff was celebrating the federal jobs report released Friday, which covered Trumps first full month in office. In February, the economy added a better-than-expected 235,000 jobs, which prompted a renewed round of jubilant posts on Twitter by some on the presidents team.
Dan Scavino Jr., director of the White House social media operation, posted the number 235 on Twitter with an American flag.
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Great news for American workers in first report for @POTUS Trump, the White House press secretary Sean Spicer posted.
Trump often questioned the veracity of the Bureau of Labor Statistics report during the 2016 campaign, when job growth often exceeded 200,000 a month, arguing that the statistics were rigged to make Democrats look better.
There was no hint of that skepticism Friday. At 8:41 a.m., less than an hour after the February numbers posted, Trump retweeted a news report on them.
The posts by Trump and Spicer may have violated a federal rule barring executive branch employees from publicly commenting on principal economic indicators for at least one hour after the official release time.
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Republican David Hadley, a former assemblyman from Manhattan Beach, says he is exploring a run for governor in 2018.
Hadley, who served one term in Assembly District 66 before being defeated by Democrat Al Muratsuchi last year, filed papers Friday to open a gubernatorial campaign committee.
"On a whole series of issues, I think California public policy is lacking a lot of balance and a lot of common sense," Hadley said in an interview with the Times. "We have allowed the distractions of political polarization and fake culture war battles to keep us from focusing on the things that we should be focusing on, which is a better future for all Californians."
Hadley said if he proceeds with a run, his attention will be on Californians who "are struggling the most," particularly with poverty, high housing costs and the cost of energy.
He said he plans to make a final decision about whether he's running in the "next couple of months."
Hadley emphasized his bipartisan appeal as an asset for his possible gubernatorial run. In 2014, he was elected to a district where Democrats had an eight-percentage-point voter registration advantage, and during his tenure was the Republican legislator representing a district entirely within Los Angeles County.
"I'm confident that if I chose to fully pursue and declare my candidacy and run, that I would have a lot of support both inside and outside the Republican Party," Hadley said. "I think I have a good track record of engaging with voters and residents from all over the political spectrum."
Hadley is the only potential GOP candidate for governor that has prior experience as an elected official. Former NFL player Rosey Grierand attorney John Cox have also said they're running, while San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and former Fresno mayor Ashley Swearengin have said they will not.
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David Hadley, former Republican assemblyman from Manhattan Beach, files to run for California governor in 2018 - Los Angeles Times
In 2013 during a meeting of the House Energy and Commerce committee, another Republican, Rep. Renee Elmers of North Carolina asked the same thing.
"Do men not have to buy maternity coverage?" Ellmers said, referring to the health-care law's essential health benefits. "To the best of your knowledge, has a man ever delivered a baby?"
Hey, Republicans, heres a newsflash: the men will be just fine. But in case you really need proof, heres what insurance expert Nancy Metcalf has to say about that:
Health insurance, like all insurance, works by pooling risks. The healthy subsidize the sick, who could be somebody else this year and you next year. Those risks include any kind of health care a person might need from birth to death-prenatal care through hospice. No individual is likely to need all of it, but we will all need some of it eventually. [...]
So, as a middle-aged childless man you resent having to pay for maternity care or kids' dental care. Shouldn't turnabout be fair play? Shouldn't pregnant women and kids be able to say, "Fine, but in that case why should we have to pay for your Viagra, or prostate cancer tests, or the heart attack and high blood pressure you are many times more likely to suffer from than we are?"
We know the Republican men in Congress certainly dont want to give up their Viagra or Rogaine. And women across the country dont want to give up pregnancy and childbirth coverage either. And in a decent and humane society, we shouldnt have to.
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Covering pregnancy and birth through insurance? Not part of the Republican agenda - Daily Kos