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Senate Budget Committee members Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., leave a closed-door meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, as they struggle with a tax code overhaul, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. The as-yet-undrafted bill to overhaul the tax code is the top priority for Trump and Republicans after the collapse of their effort to dismantle Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators push last-ditch bill to repeal Obamacare

Four Senate Republicans unveiled a last-ditch effort Wednesday to repeal Obamacare, calling for scrapping federal insurance mandates and instead sending the health law's money to the states, letting them decide what to do with their share.

September 13, 2017
President Donald Trump waves and begins to walk away after stopping to answers questions on at South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Trump commented on the response to Hurricane Irma which he called "some big monster," and praised both FEMA and the Coast Guard for their efforts as the storm made landfall. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats to Trump: Where’s your opioid emergency declaration?

Senate Democrats on Monday demanded to know why President Trump hasn't followed through on his month-old pledge to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency, saying the delay is forcing them to question his commitment to the fight.

September 11, 2017
After casting the deciding thumbs-down on the GOP's repeal-and-replace effort on Obamacare in July, Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, is now supporting a plan by his GOP colleagues to allow states to use their Obamacare money as they see fit. (Associated Press)

Obamacare repeal vote sees new life under John McCain plan

Sen. John McCain, the longtime "maverick" whose thumbs-down quashed the GOP's push to repeal Obamacare in July, is now at the center of a long-shot bid to revive the repeal effort before Republicans run out of time.

September 10, 2017
Utah Governor Gary Herbert speaks at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss ways to stabilize health insurance markets, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Governors in both parties plead for Obamacare payments, flexibility

Governors who were shut out of the drive to repeal Obamacare implored Congress on Thursday to shore up the program by guaranteeing dollars the White House has threatened to withhold, while giving states a freer hand to shape their markets under the 2010 law.

September 7, 2017
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, file photo, water from Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise in Houston. For small businesses, the recovery from hurricanes and other natural disasters can take years, if they can recover at all. Business owners in Houston have only just started assessing their damage and how to move forward. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Texas to begin aerial mosquito spraying after Harvey

Texas health officials said Wednesday they will use airplanes to spray for mosquitoes in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which left large areas of standing water in which nuisance or Zika-carrying insects can lay eggs.

September 6, 2017
Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, said the administration's tariffs are "like shooting ourselves in both feet" because they raise prices for consumers while reducing revenue, profits, wages and jobs. (Associated Press/File)

Senate panel launches push to patch up Obamacare

The Senate Health Committee launched a politically ambitious effort Wednesday to shore up Obamacare's ailing markets, saying nearly 20 million Americans are counting on them to find common ground after President Trump's push to repeal and replace the law collapsed.

September 6, 2017
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Lawmakers returned to Washington Tuesday facing fast-approaching deadlines, including pressing demands to replenish dwindling disaster aid reserves as Texas and Louisiana dig out from Harvey and an even more powerful hurricane, Irma, bears down on the U.S. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republicans facing swiftly closing window on Obamacare repeal

Congressional Republicans returned from their summer recess Tuesday facing a swiftly closing window to repeal Obamacare using GOP votes alone, as a mounting September to-do list and procedural deadlines threatened to doom a fast-track effort that was supposed to be dusted off months ago.

September 5, 2017
In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump admin. slashes funding for Obamacare promotion

The Trump administration announced Thursday it will dramatically slash taxpayer spending on Obamacare promotion next year, reeling in millions in advertising and tying grants for "navigator" groups to how many people they signed up last year.

August 31, 2017
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, joined by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, about Republican legislation overhauling the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

John Kasich, John Hickenlooper recommend Obamacare fixes

A bipartisan pair of governors advised Congress Thursday to bolster Obamacare's ailing markets by funding critical insurer payments and a temporary fund for super-costly customers, while making it easier for states to forge their own path.

August 31, 2017
This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md.

FDA approves first-ever gene therapy in U.S.

Federal regulators green-lighted an "historic" gene therapy Wednesday that uses the body's own immune cells to attack an acute form of leukemia in children and young adults.

August 30, 2017