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The Republicans’ signature campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare came to a screeching halt Monday night after Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas came together, shocked Capitol Hill and vowed to vote against the latest draft of the GOP’s health care bill.

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“We should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy,” Moran said in a bold statement that derailed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bid to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. McConnell could only lose two senators and still pass the bill, and Maine’s Susan Collins and Kentucky’s Rand Paul had already defected.

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Senator Mike Lee of Utah

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/18/politics/how-the-republican-health-care-bill-fell-apart/index.html

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“Hamburg police couldn’t provide clearance for us to leave,” Stephanie Grisham told reporters in Hamburg.

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The spouses of G20 leaders are scheduled to tour a climate change center in Hamburg and take a river cruise while the world leaders attend the summit, according to media reports.

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 Donald and Melania Trump traveled to Hamburg Thursday ahead of the G20 summit, which kicked off Friday morning. Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders during the day.

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First lady Melania Trump is unable to leave her Hamburg hotel

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/politics/melania-trump-hamburg-protests/index.html

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The Court will take up the case, Masterpiece v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in its next term, which starts in October.

 

The Supreme Court also ruled in favor of two married same-sex couples in Arkansas who challenged a state law that did not allow both members of a same-sex couple to be listed as parents on a birth certificate.

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The decision in Pavan v. Smith was 6 to 3 and brings up equal protection concerns two years after the Supreme Court cleared the way for same sex couples.

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Wedding cake leads to supreme court case

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/politics/supreme-court-religious-liberty-case-next-term/index.html

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A lower court upheld the law, but lawyers for Lester Gerard Packingham — who is a registered sex offender — say it is too broad and swept in their client even though his Facebook posting concerned the fact that his parking ticket was dismissed.

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“No fine, no court costs, nothing spent… Praise be to God” he wrote.

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Registered sex offenders in North Carolina can now use facebook –  Supreme Court

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politics/supreme-court-facebook-sex-offenders/index.html

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