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Republican Representative Pete Sessions has proposed the "World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017.”
Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

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During a news conference on Capitol Hill, Speaker Paul Ryan defended House Republicans’ new health-care bill, saying he has “” the House will pass it, despite opposition from Democrats and conservative Republicans. (And if it doesn't pan out, Representative Pete Sessions is prepared with the ".”) White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer President Trump is “very proud” of the new legislation and of Trump’s claim that former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. Women across the country in “A Day Without a Woman,” a protest intended to draw attention to the role of women in society.

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