On Monday, it appeared Pompeo would fail a vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but the panel ultimately cleared him after last - minute support from Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. (mprnews.org)
While it didn't get as much attention as the (thankfully) failed vote by the Senate to ban abortions after 20 weeks in January — never mind that abortion that late in a term is both rare, and nearly always because the fetus has a catastrophic ailment — John Faso voted in favor of the same legislation in the House this past fall. (indivisibleny19.com)
After two failed votes, the conversation Thursday started shifting more seriously to a plan for a «skinny repeal» bill, which would get rid of some of the main parts of the ACA, including the individual and employer insurance mandates. (businessinsider.com)