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Court voids Obamacare mandate — but not the whole law (Politico)

A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down Obamacare’s individual mandate in a decision that immediately thrusts the health care law to the forefront of the 2020 elections.

However, the appeals court ruling largely ducked the central question of whether the rest of the Affordable Care Act remained valid after Congress removed the penalty for not having health insurance. The three-judge panel instead sent the case back to a Texas federal judge, who previously threw out the entire law, to reconsider how much of Obamacare could survive. [Read More]

Trump taunts Dems at Michigan rally: ‘Doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached’ (FOX News)

As the House voted to impeach him, President Trump gleefully taunted Democrats Wednesday night in a wild rally before thousands of supporters who lined up in the bitter Michigan cold to see him create one of the more stunning split-screen moments of his presidency.

Back in Washington, House Democrats adopted two articles of impeachment related to his pressure campaign on Ukraine to launch political investigations. Simultaneously, at his “Merry Christmas” rally in Battle Creek, Mich., Trump sounded an almost-victorious note as he essentially argued that Democrats would rue the day. [Read More]

Trump Ally Mark Meadows Won’t Seek Re-Election to House (WSJ)

North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, a conservative firebrand and close ally of President Trump, won’t seek re-election for Congress, according to an aide.

Mr. Meadows could also leave Congress before his term ends, the aide said, adding that Mr. Meadows didn’t have a position to announce at the moment. In a statement, Mr. Meadows signaled that he planned to continue his close relationship with Mr. Trump. [Read More]

WELFARE REFORM LAUDED BY PROJECT 21 AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADER (Project 21)

Last month, overall unemployment in America hit a 50-year low. Over the last three years, black unemployment in particular has reached new recorded lows on six occasions.

In a Houston Chronicle commentary co-authored with U.S. Representative Mike Conaway – the ranking member of the Agriculture Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives – Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper praises a new Trump Administration rule to close “unconscionable” waiver loopholes for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or “food stamps”) that allowed “taxpayer funds [to be] used to keep people on benefits yet not… help them stand on their own two feet.” [Read More]