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• The Speaker's Lobby: What Congress' December script means for healthcare next year - December follows a familiar script on Capitol Hill – and healthcare seems to have reared its head as this year's pressing issue du jour.
• Senate Dems' Obamacare fix fails as Senate looks for off-ramp from healthcare cliff - Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., clash over Obamacare subsidy extension as bipartisan talks stall on abortion restrictions.
• Trump presses Thune to 'get something done' on stalled nominees - President Donald Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune to end "blue slip" tradition, claiming Democrats use it to block qualified judicial picks.
• Speaker Johnson laughs off Jasmine Crockett Senate bid: ‘Absolutely delighted’ she is running - Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that he is “absolutely delighted" that progressive firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is running for U.S. Senate in Texas.
• Baldwin Wallace student government votes down Turning Point USA chapter after campus hostility - The Baldwin Wallace University student government rejected a Turning Point USA chapter in 16-3 vote, although the school president supported its approval.
• Senate GOP barrels past blockade to advance nearly 100 Trump nominees - Senate Republicans push through procedural hurdle for President Donald Trump's nominees for a third time after changing confirmation rules to overcome Democratic blockade.
• Cotton moves to loosen egg rules in bid to boost supply, ease affordability crunch - The Lowering Egg Prices Act would require FDA and USDA to rewrite egg-handling rules, potentially increasing egg supply and reducing consumer prices.
• Thomas Massie introduces bill to pull US out of NATO: ‘America should not be the world’s security blanket’ - GOP Rep. Thomas Massie fielded a bill to remove the U.S. from NATO, putting forward a companion measure after Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill earlier this year
• Senate Republicans land on Obamacare fix, tee up dueling vote with Dems - Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., announced that Republicans would back Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La, and Mike Crapo's, R-Idaho, plan to convert Obamacare subsidies to HSAs.
• Jasmine Crockett uses Trump's 'Low IQ' insults to launch her Texas Senate campaign in debut ad - Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas launched her Senate campaign with an ad featuring President Donald Trump's past insults against her.