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Speaker Paul Ryans American Health Care Act would cut federal spending on health care by about $1.2 trillion, in part by reducing funding to Medicaid for the poorest Americans.

But cutting government spending on health care is deeply unpopular with the public overall and not just among liberals and independents. A new poll released Wednesday by the firm Morning Consult found that wide margins of both conservatives and self-identified Tea Party supporters want the government to increase its spending on health care, rather than decrease it. Only 20 percent of Republicans want less government spending on health care; more than half say that it should be increased.

The margins are not even really close:

These numbers, of course, are even higher for liberals, Democrats, and the country overall. By a 58 to 15 margin, Americans overall want increase rather than cut government spending on health care.

The irony of this finding is that the same Republican rank-and-file that wants more government health care spending is in favor of Ryans bill slashing it, at least according to the current polling. Morning Consults poll on Wednesday, for instance, found that 62 percent of Republican voters like the GOP health care plan. (Though thats down from the 65 percent who said they supported AHCA earlier this month.) Similarly, a Fox News poll last week found that 69 percent of Republican voters back Ryans bill, even as more than half of them want more government health care spending.

On Wednesday, Business Insiders Josh Barro described the central dilemma of the Republicans health care predicament: They campaigned on doing something to fix what voters hated about the health care system overall, without making clear that their remedy would involve cutting the programs voters support:

People are always upset about how much healthcare costs, and healthcare is very complicated, so it is hard for voters to tell whether a politician is actually able to keep his or her promises about it.

If you went around telling abortion opponents that you would ban abortion and abortion-rights advocates that you would give abortions out free, the two sides might notice you were promising two incompatible policies. But for years, Republicans were able to capitalize on public ignorance [about health care] and get away with promises that amounted to "much less expensive and much better."

Their political strategy was cynically brilliant until it led to their getting elected.

The new polling makes it additionally clear just how wide this chasm is. Republicans are caught between a promise (repealing Obamacare) that their base wants, and their main solution (reducing government health spending) that they dont. And with just one day until the House votes on Ryans bill, they dont have much time to figure it out.

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Now, though, he may wind up being most famous for going to jail.

The former Texas Republican wasjailed on Thursdayandaccused in federal court on Friday of conspiring with two former employees to violate federal election laws. Prosecutors allege that Stockman created a non-profit in Las Vegas called Life Without Limits in 2011 and thenplanned to funnel thousands in donations made by his employees to himself for personal use. During his second term in office, Stockman accepted one such donation for$350,000.

At an initial hearing on Thursday, Stockman appeared surprised when Judge Stephen Smith told him that he was required to obtain an attorney by 2 p.m. on Friday.

Ill have to hustle with that, Stockman told the judge.

Yeah, you will. These are serious charges, the judge said.

Stockmans bail has been set at $25,000.

Before his campaign fundraising issues, Stockman had loftypolitical ambitions. He challenged Texas Sen. John Cornyn for the Republican senatorial nomination in 2014by repeatedly referring to him as Liberal John Cornyn. Given that Cornyn was ranked as the second most conservative Senator of 2012 (the year before Stockman announced his bid), the National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman referred to Stockmans primary campaign as quite the head scratcher.

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We are here on Capitol Hill today and we will be here tomorrow when Judge Gorsuch testifies for 10 hours. in addition, our Tea Party Patriots are making phone calls and sending emails and letters to their senators from across the country, said Jenny Beth Martin, the author of the 2012 bookTea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution.

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Martin was joined by two dozen volunteers holding signs outside the Hart Senate Office Building, while Gorsuch spent the day listening to senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee make opening remarks before making his own 10-minute statement.

Gorsuch was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the seat on the high court made vacant with the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia.

When the nominee walked into the hearing, he was mobbed by senators, well-wishers, and at least 30 photographers. The shutter clicks from the still cameras rose and fell like the waves of sleet upon a tin roof. His every step and motion triggered a new wave of shutter clutters, so much so that reporters, who are not members of the photographers gallery, stood up to take photos and videos of the photographers. It was not just the swarm of photographers in front of Gorsuch at the witness table, but also the photographers and video cameras in the shooters nests revealed by the removed panels in the walls on either side of the Hart-216 hearing room.

Also inside the room were 10-to-12 Capitol Hill police officers, including an officer with a still camera and a video camera, ready to document violations of the law or Senate decorum or both. Outside the room, there were four checkpoints: the immediate doorway, the doorway to the small lobby outside the hearing the room, then the door to the larger lobby on the other side of that door, and finally the hallway leading to that larger lobby.

Back outside Hart, Martin and the Tea Party Patriots were joined by activists from Concerned Women for America, Young Women for America, and the Susan B. Anthony List.

Martin said she was surprised that the left-wing protesters had not shown up to rally against Gorsuch, but an important lesson learned for Tea Party activists has been that regardless of what the Democrats do, the Tea Party must show up.

It is important to show up, she said. No matter how big the event is, you show up. You talk to people, you hold signs, you let people know we are herethat is how you convert hearts and minds.

The Republicans hold a 52-to-48 majority in the Senate. The Senate rules require 60 votes to end debate and holda vote. Without saying it out loud, Senate Republican leaders have signaled that if Senate Democrats insist on extending debate, in the attempt to delay and/or block a vote on the nominee, they will challenge and overturn the 60-vote rule for ending debate for Supreme Court nominees.

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TEA PARTY TALK MARCH 20, 2017

You are invited and urged to attend the March 28th meeting of the Pickens County GA Tea Party. We are pleased to have a special guest speaker, who is well versed in the important issue of vaccine safety and the Vaccination vs Autism controversy. We are partnering with the Madison Forum and the Canton Tea Party on this special presentation, to be held at Cornerstone Church, 140 Cornerstone Dr, Jasper, GA. , from 6-9pm. RSVP Required for Limited Seating ; and direct any questions to penny.barker22@gmail.com .

If you have children and/or grandchildren, you really need to hear this presentation, EDUCATE BEFORE YOU VACCINATE. If you regularly have FLU shots, you really need to hear this presentation. April Renee Tunsky is touring the USA, with her husband, Gary Tunsky, a traditional naturopath, presenting their fact-based research on autism. Tickets for our March meetingpayable at the doorwill be $15.00 for singles and $25.00 for couplesis to cover a love offering to the Church and to our speakers, in addition to our printing and advertising expenses. The information you gain will be well worth your small expense. Please attend this special meeting, for the benefit of your children and your grandchildren!

Renee is the former president of THE AUTISM AUTOIMMUNITY PROJECT and maintains an informative website at http://www.vacinfo.org . She is the mother of autistic daughter, Casi, who was diagnosed with autism at 18 months and died from complications at age 4. Her presentation provides more than 30 years of research, facts and congressional hearings to enable you to make an educated decision on vaccinations.

The incidence of autism among Americas children is rising to epidemic levels. Many suspect it is due to vaccinations. Reports continue to abound that a study by the CDC exists, proving a link between vaccinations, learning disabilities and even cancer among our children under three years of age. However, the information is being suppressed and withheld from the public.

You are strongly urged to attend this presentation by April Renee Tunsky on Tuesday, MAR 28 at 6-9pm to learn what can be done to stop the negative effects of mandatory vaccinations on our children and those adults who receive flu shots. We hope to welcome you there! Meet and Greet at 6pm, with the program beginning at 7pm.

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Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci has entered the 2018 Ohio governor's race against a potential trio of GOP state officeholders, as well as at least three Democrats.

The 58-year-old Renacci, of Wadsworth in northeast Ohio, sought to position himself Monday as a political outsider alongside three Republicans who have spent their careers in public office: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Secretary of State Jon Husted, and Lt. Governor Mary Taylor.

Renacci has served in Congress since 2011. Before that, he was a long-time entrepreneur. His business ventures include LTC Companies group, a financial consulting service with stakes in over 60 businesses, and partnership in Columbus former Arena Football League team.

Renacci joins three Democrats in the governor's race so far. One of those Democrats, former Congresswoman Betty Sutton, lost her seat to Renacci in 2010 after the district was redrawn to favor Republicans.

Sutton is competing against Ohio Senate Minority Leader Joe Schiavoni and former state representative Connie Pillich for the Democratic nomination.

All are vying to replace Republican Gov. John Kasich, who must vacate the office due to term limits.

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