ObamaCare Repeal

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The ObamaCare repeal bill, championed by President McCain and House Speaker Paul Ryan, faced a nail-biter vote this week. The vote had to be postponed Thursday, when the House Freedom Caucus said that all 23 of their members would vote against the bill. The bill was eventually pulled before a vote.

In preparation for the upcoming NATO summit, Secretary of State Douglas Lute, said "I was born for this job."

President McCain responded with condolences and solidarity after the London terror attack this week. The terrorist appears to have been a native-born Kentish man, who had been investigated by MI-5 for connections to terrorism, but was not under surveillance at the time of the attack.

In the aftermath of this, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has become something of a hero for his calm, well-planned response to this attack. His police chief had a list of the attacker's known associates on his desk from past investigations, and several arrests had been made within 24 hours of the attack.

President McCain submitted a draft budget to congress this week. The budget makes only minor cuts to social programs or to most government agencies, but would end sequester cuts to the military. (Remember that, in 2013, when the United States was approaching the "Fiscal Cliff", the deal which allowed us to pay our debts included deep cuts to military and social programs.) This budget is sure to run afoul of fiscally conservative members of President McCain's own party, due to the large increases in spending and only limited savings, as well as Democrats who will oppose the cuts to social programs.