Afterward, she backs off and puts the Arkangel tablet away.
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Harrison asks him about that, and he backs off from it.
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"I hope that he backs off some of those," Flake said.
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He doesn't think through his positions before he opens his mouth — instead, he makes comments seemingly at random, backs off if he gets criticized, then backs off on his backing off if he happens to hear some praise.
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He immediately backs off, and then asks if we can get another drink.
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But once Trump chooses a course of action, it appears the secretary backs off.
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Why the CIA backs off from making that clear connection, I do not know.
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He refuses, saying that if he backs off, Cochran will just grow more powerful.
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I have to tell her "no" at least three times before she backs off.
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But once Trump chooses a course of action, it appears the secretary backs off.
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But that fleet suddenly backs off, and it isn't a military threat that turns them.
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Every few years, they'll win the Super Bowl for good measure, and the mob backs off.
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Former Ohio State wrestler - and UFC legend - backs off claim Jim Jordan knew of sex abuse .
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He backs off and leaves the supple drums to punctuate Kozelek's nerve-wracking and humiliating conclusion.
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Now the new mantra for chemical pollution is, "It's for Zika!" and then everybody backs off.
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That makes a compromise unlikely before then, unless the Trump administration backs off its extreme demands.
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The EU has warned it could withdraw trade concessions if Sri Lanka backs off commitments on rights.
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Even if the president backs off, independent economist Mark Zandi expects 2020 growth to slow to 1.6%.
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The stock market drops, which prompts negotiations to resume, and the administration backs off the pledged escalation.
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He gets to a certain point, he realizes it's about to go too far, and he backs off.
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When the right-wingers start screaming at him, he just backs off and dissembles in front of us.
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There is also evidence that when the government backs off the car industry, cars do not improve much.
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If neither side backs off, the brinkmanship could permanently pull apart the supply chains that entwine the countries' economies.
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Jaime doesn't seem too impressed, but he's also outmatched by all of the Sparrows in the room, so he backs off.
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The central bank chief said it would take a "material deterioration" in the economy before the Fed backs off the program.
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Yes, its venom is deadly, but a cobra stands a better chance of surviving an encounter if its enemy simply backs off.
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Some are able to kick so hard that, even with protective gear, the person getting kicked backs off due to the force used.
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"If the Fed backs off, as I'm assuming that they will, then the margins of the banks will stay relatively high," Bove said.
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Anti-tariff activism has not swayed Trump, who has plowed ahead with the trade war even as he backs off in some respects.
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Mike RogersMichael (Mike) Dennis RogersTwitter falling short on pledge to verify primary candidates Overnight Health Care — Presented by American Health Care Association — White House to request emergency coronavirus funds | Trump backs off plan to house virus patients in Alabama | Court sides with Trump in family planning case Trump backs off plan to house coronavirus patients in Alabama after GOP objections MORE (R-Ala.).
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But every time he holds a well-planned photo op, he backs off of the governing and shifts into a knee-jerk campaign mode.
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"Nothing changes until it becomes clear that (Trump's) policies are impossible to get through Congress or he backs off of those policies," Simons said.
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If he backs off, and doesn't order Rosenstein to go even further and release documents and reveal sources, then it might be crisis averted.
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"But as we are pricing ourselves in the mid-$5 (per bushel) range ... this is a place where demand usually backs off," Hoops cautioned.
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He also shortens her name to Elle, feeds her waffles, and, come next morning, backs off when she nixes his plan to tell his mother.
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But then, Raquel backs off and Josh asks her if she wants to take a road trip with him to take Rita's ashes to Colton.
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The deficit increase will only get larger if the White House backs off the plan to eliminate the federal deduction for state and local taxes.
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Then he found Decker, who rubbed a pair of defensive backs off each other at the goal line, with 3:58 remaining in the game.
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"If President Trump backs off, as it appears he is doing, it will dramatically undercut our ability to change China's unfair trade practices," he said.
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GLENN THRUSH: But then-- TIM MILLER: And then-- GLENN THRUSH: --then he backs-- TIM MILLER: --on foreign policy-- GLENN THRUSH: But then he backs off.
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But as he backs off his threat to impose higher tariffs, the president's relationship with his own trade negotiator is now showing signs of strain.
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She tells Ira and Susan that Charlotte needs to be treated with immunosuppressive therapy, but then backs off once she realizes Charlotte probably can't be saved.
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The European Union could deny Sri Lanka duty-free access to its market if the island backs off its rights commitments, the grouping's envoy has said.
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She is promptly placed with an uncle who molests her until the age of 15, when she shoots him in the knee and he backs off.
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Ben backs off from the ham-handed offer, noting that he wants to stave off the "physical parts" and "get to know her" because he is #TheMostEligibleMan.
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"Cory Gardner, a conservative republican from Colorado, has said he will block justice department nominees until Sessions backs off from the changes he made there," said Anders.
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On a day when the Republican candidate backs off that claim, with a smile and a wink, I say it's time to call a lie a lie.
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"Fed tightens, markets have a hissy fit as any child does, financial conditions cramp up, the Fed then backs off," Boockvar wrote in a note on Wednesday.
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Either Trump folds and backs off his demand for the wall — the signature promise of his 2016 campaign — or the government will shut down over the holidays.
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Demand for Infowars-branded gun components that can be purchased without a firearms permit might fall if he backs off his predictions of a looming civil war.
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Starting from just past the dam itself, the camera slowly backs off and up until we're hundreds of feet above, watching as miniature waves roll over one another.
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Jean Simard, the president of the Montreal-based Aluminum Association of Canada, said Canada should pull out of those negotiations until Mr. Trump backs off on his tariffs.
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Justin backs off and leaves the room, and in enters Bryce Walker—leader of the jocks, and Justin's best friend since third grade—who rapes a barely conscious Jessica.
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Collins, meanwhile, was statistically one of the best offensive rebounders in the country last year, with 16.3 percent of his points coming on put-backs off of offensive rebounds.
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Will Trump make it clear to Putin that improved relations with Russia are desirable, but possible only if Putin backs off Russia's attacks against democracy and aggression against Ukraine?
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He did take the backs off the bar stools at Maialino, his restaurant in the Gramercy Park Hotel, after a regular who is very big said they weren't welcoming.
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France backs off: The government has suspended a planned increase in the gas tax that had set off three weeks of violent revolt by the so-called Yellow Vest movement.
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"I would be very surprised if General Mattis backs off from this," said Thomas Donnelly, co-director of the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Recorded live from floor to tape at Electrical Audio Studio in Chicago, it retains the blistering pace of their first to LPs—Metz and II—but backs off in places.
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INTERIOR BACKS OFF JOBS CLAIM: The Interior Department has edited a blog post about a coal mining rule to remove disputed figures about the number of jobs it would have impacted.
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And, it's perhaps the most powerful sign yet of how states and local governments are pressing ahead with climate initiatives even as the White House backs off Obama-era federal efforts.
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Perhaps SpaceX would be better-served if it backs off a few projects in order to focus on fulfilling the contract it has with NASA to launch people to the Space Station.
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But the project is at risk of going off the rails, as Foxconn backs off from manufacturing activities and tries instead to create a campus for high-skilled engineers, designers and IT folk.
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Then, a few days later after the initial headlines featuring false information are buried under new ones, he backs off on his assertion without an apology and he certainly never corrects the record.
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Consider: * Trump backs off his threat, made via Twitter, that he would close the border with Mexico unless the country works more aggressively to stop caravans of immigrants moving toward the United States.
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"Whether (Trump)'s deciding it's getting too hot to handle and he backs off whatever his position really was a month earlier, I don't know," the person familiar with Sondland's understanding told the Post.
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Melville pitched seven innings, keeping the D-backs off balance with a slider and slow curve while allowing one run and two hits — including a line-drive homer by Ketel Marte in the sixth.
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It felt as though Hermione was trying to get Veronica to understand her role, but then something changed in Hermione, perhaps her own guilt for not protecting a past relationship(?), and she backs off.
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"I don't think Trump backs off for a second" from the dispute, which "is about fundamentally changing the Chinese economy so they can work with the free market economies of the West," Bannon told Bloomberg.
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Iran responded by breaching key limits of the nuclear deal one by one and has threatened to continue doing so until the United States backs off sanctions or Europe finds an effective workaround to them.
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So, he creates this trade crisis and then he talks -- he backs off from it and we get back to the status quo ante that we had before he created the crisis in the first place.
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What hooks and holds you is the magnetic emotional pull of the performances, and I mean all of them, as each character tries to wrestle with and backs off from the ferocity of the unraveling Her.
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Hollywood stars don black for the Golden Globes red carpet, Steve Bannon backs off comments made about Trump's son and an exclusive reveals the Pentagon and diplomats are to play a bigger role in U.S. arms sales.
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But Tyler is a polymathic mini-mogul now, and his energy is channeled into crafting pretty-sounding records like Flower Boy and making new flavors of of maple syrup, not getting piggy backs off of TV hosts.
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Trump challenged over 9/11, Iraq war comments Trump backs off the Pope It was an unprecedented scene in modern American politics Thursday: Donald Trump was in the middle of a highly public battle with Pope Francis.
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When the camera backs off to show Jon up to his neck in combatants, it resembles a Magic Eye pattern; like if you squint, it's going to turn into a sailboat, or a horse, or a butterfly.
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White House backs off stock market boasts as Dow, Nasdaq drop: The White House on Tuesday backed off of previous attempts to tie the success of the stock market to its economic agenda as stock markets slid.
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One has to hope that the Trump administration soon backs off from its broadside against Germany and seeks instead to engage the Germans in a constructive dialogue about the sensible coordination of those two countries' macroeconomic policies.
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He quoted Scott Wren, senior global equity strategist at Wells Fargo, as saying "If the Fed backs off and starts talking a little more Dovish" that could send the market back up to its record highs hit earlier.
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But he ultimately, disappointingly, backs off, and the "Cannonball Run"-style end-credit bloopers effectively defang whatever celebrity satire the franchise achieves — a winking assurance that everyone is in on the joke, and it's all in good fun.
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As the Trump administration backs off from separating families—a policy change it announced last week—it has launched its next so-called solution to stop an influx of families into the US: extended, extremely expanded family immigrant detention.
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And although Marker enlists the glamorous movie actress Arielle Dombasle to credit Pythagoras with the discovery of mathematics, he backs off a bit to suggest that Greek math developed in a dialectical relationship to that of Egypt and Babylon.
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The bull backs off and Konia's father returns to relative safety on the other side of the fence Konia told One News Now that his father Mac was brought up on a farm and had no intention of backing down.
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - The European Union will consider stripping Sri Lanka of its duty-free access if it backs off commitments on rights, the EU ambassador said, amid worries stoked by the president's replacing of the elected premier by a wartime nationalist.
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"The irony is that financials didn't do well this year when rates are going up, it may be the case that financials do better in 2019 as the Fed backs off," Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley's chief U.S. equity strategist, told CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.
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Hermione tries to explain to Veronica that the women of their family are cunning and manage things behind the scenes just as they had wanted Veronica to do, but Hermione ultimately backs off and says Veronica is right to protect her relationship.
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It turns out the singer is in a volatile relationship — "I need you sometimes/but not all the time" — and the band starts kicking and churning behind her as she zeros in on tensions, backs off, and dives back in, again and again.
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Some have urged the president to move prudently, reminding him how many of his voters live in agriculture states, but more of them are reluctant to confront him and simply hope he backs off those threats as he has on other issues.
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"'If the Fed backs off and starts talking a little more Dovish, I think we're going to be right back to our 2,800 to 2,9000 target range that we've had for the S&P 500,' Scott Wren, Wells Fargo," the President tweeted.
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"What should be concerning to markets is how close both sides have gotten to a deal before one side backs off," something that has happened again and again, said Hannah Anderson, a global markets strategist in the Hong Kong office of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
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Blackout is a new mode coming in Black Ops 4 that piggy-backs off the recent success of of battle-royale game like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite, placing a bunch of players into one giant map to battle it out to the last person standing.
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As climate change exacerbates extreme weather and other problems including sea-level rise, Trump will have an obligation to protect U.S. citizens, activists say, and could miss key opportunities to create the millions of new jobs he has promised, if the country backs off renewable energy expansion.
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ET, FSN Southwest (Dallas), FSN Wisconsin (Milwaukee) ABOUT THE MAVERICKS (10-228): Parsons was coming along slowly after undergoing knee surgery and was taking one of two nights of back-to-backs off until late December, yet he was the one starter to go in both games this week.
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Where all this could lead: Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State, to Brian Williams on MSNBC: The coverage: N.Y. Times front page, "Wall Street Wing Seems to Be Edging Populists" ... WashPost front page, "Trump backs off fiscal pledges and adopts centrist policies that he once fought" ... Wall Street Journal p.
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" RELATED: Trump backs off two-state framework for Israeli-Palestinian deal Over the course of Thursday's confirmation hearing, Friedman walked back many of his previous public statements, saying that the two-state solution "remains I believe the best possibility for peace in the region" and that settlements "may not be helpful.
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His extraordinary Dunkirk, a true cinematic achievement, backs off conventional notions of narrative and chronology as much as possible, while leaning headfirst into everything else that makes a movie a visceral work of art aimed at the senses: the images, the sounds, the scale, the swelling vibrations of it all.
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The Justice Department told House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) that it would be willing to provide his committee with some of the Mueller report's counterintelligence materials he requested if he backs off his threat to take "enforcement action" against Attorney General Bill Barr, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
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Dunkirk, a true cinematic achievement from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan, backs off conventional notions of narrative and chronology as much as possible, while leaning headfirst into everything else that makes a movie a visceral work of art aimed at the senses: the images, the sounds, the scale, the swelling vibrations of it all.
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Jared PolisJared Schutz PolisDemocratic governors worried about drawn-out 2020 fight Overnight Energy: Trump officials finalize plans to shrink Bears Ears, Grand Staircase | Trump backs off support for Yucca Mountain nuke waste site | BLM leadership expanded Colorado oil drilling over staff objections BLM leadership expanded oil drilling in Colorado over local staff objections MORE (D).
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Johnson backs off 'secret society' claim DOJ watchdog says missing texts recovered White House proposes path to citizenship for 1.8 million people Guggenheim museum reportedly offered the White House a golden toilet HUGE news that Trump actually told White House counsel Don McGahn to fire Mueller as special counsel about a month after jettisoning Comey.
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And yet despite his bluster in both conversations on the building of the border wall that Mexico is going to pay for and the agreement to take a limited number of refugees from Australia, it's stunning how quickly the master of the "Art of the Deal" backs off his opening positions and implicitly concedes that they were just ploys.
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Mike RoundsMarion (Mike) Michael RoundsOvernight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites McConnell to GOP on impeachment rules: I have the votes Senate confirms eight Trump court picks in three days MORE (R-S.
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Mike RoundsMarion (Mike) Michael RoundsDrug price outrage threatens to be liability for GOP Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites McConnell to GOP on impeachment rules: I have the votes MORE (R-S.
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"When President Trump shows weakness and backs off on the area where he's been the toughest with China, it signals to them they can roll over us on issue after issue where they have been rapacious in terms of how they deal with our economy, our intellectual property, the ability of great American companies not to sell things to China," he said Tuesday from the Senate floor. Sen.
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"The second thing I would say is that it's clear to me that there are some rational people around somewhere in Washington, and there will be some point where Trump either backs off because he gets some token gesture that he can sell to his domestic voters or they know that it could end up causing a lot of damage and self-inflict problems — not just for the economy, but for the himself."
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Mark PocanMark William PocanDemocrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites Progressives push for votes to block funding for war against Iran MORE (D-Wis.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Donna ShalalaDonna Edna ShalalaOvernight Health Care: Fireworks on health care expected at Dem debate | Trump FDA pick dodges on vaping ban | Trump to host meeting on youth vaping Friday | AMA calls for immediate vaping ban Congress feels heat to act on youth vaping Sanders doubles down on Bolivia 'coup,' few follow suit MORE (D-Fla.), said its passage was even more important as the Trump administration backs off of its promise to ban flavored e-cigarette products.
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"In addition to the War Powers Resolution, we believe it is imperative to simultaneously pursue all avenues to prevent a disastrous war with Iran," Lee and Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairmen Mark PocanMark William PocanDemocrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites Progressives push for votes to block funding for war against Iran MORE (D-Wis.) and Pramila JayapalPramila JayapalHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks House Dems demand answers regarding holding of Iranian-Americans at border Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Wash.) said in a joint statement.
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Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks Democrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Calif.) would prohibit funds for offensive military force in or against Iran without prior authorization from Congress.
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Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks Democrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Calif.) to block funding for offensive military force in or against Iran without prior authorization from Congress.
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Y.) and Andy LevinAndrew (Andy) LevinMore than 6900 House Dems reject Trump peace plan in open letter Overnight Energy: Trump officials finalize plans to shrink Bears Ears, Grand Staircase | Trump backs off support for Yucca Mountain nuke waste site | BLM leadership expanded Colorado oil drilling over staff objections We must repeal the Global Gag Rule to protect girls' and women's lives MORE (D-Mich.) took a step in the right direction by introducing the Global HER Act (HR 2628) which would repeal the Global gag Rule.
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That's, in order: (a) out-of-nowhere baseline help as a last resort; (b) baseline help after corralling a pick and roll ball-handler in the dead zone near the elbow; (c) a straight-up block of a ball-handler trying to get off a floater while Whiteside backs off to his man rolling down the lane; and (d) a recovery block on his own man after not getting back to the boards in time because he was handling another pick and roll near the elbow.
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska) joined Democrats in condemning McConnell's comments, telling local Alaska NBC-affiliate KTUU last month she was "disturbed" by his remarks.
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska) said last week that she was "disturbed" about McConnell's pledge to maintain coordination with the White House over the trial.
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"We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq," White House press secretary Stephanie GrishamStephanie GrishamThe Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump says Iran 'standing down' after missile strike Pelosi urges end to 'needless provocations' after Iran missile attack Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE said in a statement.
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Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks Democrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Calif.) on Friday introduced legislation that would block funding for any offensive military force in or against Iran without prior congressional authorization.
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Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks Democrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Calif.) have introduced legislation that would block funding for any offensive military force in or against Iran without prior congressional authorization.
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"We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq," White House press secretary Stephanie GrishamStephanie GrishamThe Hill's 22020:30 Report: Trump says Iran 'standing down' after missile strike Pelosi urges end to 'needless provocations' after Iran missile attack Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE said in a statement.
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Read more: Markets surge after Trump backs off new restrictions on foreign investments ON TAP TOMORROW LEADING THE DAY McConnell opens door to tariff legislation: Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi, Schumer press for gun screenings as Trump inches away The malware election: Returning to paper ballots only way to prevent hacking First House Republican backs bill banning assault weapons MORE (R-Ky.) on Wednesday appeared to open the door to the Senate taking up tariff legislation, noting there is "concern" among fellow GOP senators over President Trump's trade policies.
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Later on Tuesday, White House press secretary Stephanie GrishamStephanie GrishamThe Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump says Iran 'standing down' after missile strike Pelosi urges end to 'needless provocations' after Iran missile attack Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE said in a statement that Trump had been made aware of reports of attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq.
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Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks Democrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Calif.) are seeking to exercise Congress's power of the purse, rolling out companion resolutions that would block Defense Department funding for further military action against Iran without congressional approval.
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Colorado Governor Jared PolisJared Schutz PolisIn the West, wildlife crossings save lives and money Democratic governors worried about drawn-out 2020 fight Overnight Energy: Trump officials finalize plans to shrink Bears Ears, Grand Staircase | Trump backs off support for Yucca Mountain nuke waste site | BLM leadership expanded Colorado oil drilling over staff objections MORE (D) signed a first-in-the-nation executive order last August directing state agencies to identify and conserve wildlife migration corridors and important seasonal habitat, with the goals of helping animals thrive while reducing collisions with vehicles.
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska) said over the recess that she was "disturbed" by McConnell's pledge to coordinate with the White House, but was also critical of the House process. Sen.
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Pramila JayapalPramila JayapalHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks House Dems demand answers regarding holding of Iranian-Americans at border Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Wash.), Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold NadlerJerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerHouse Dems demand answers regarding holding of Iranian-Americans at border Impeachment's historic moment boils down to 'rooting for laundry' Impeachment just confirms Trump's leadership MORE (D-N.
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska), another swing vote, told reporters on Monday night that she also supported limiting the first resolution to just trial rules, and that a decision on witnesses should wait until after the trial starts.
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Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (R-Maine) and Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska).
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Ed MarkeyEdward (Ed) John MarkeySenators introduce resolution warning that Congress has not authorized Iran war Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites Senate Republican blocks unanimous consent on resolution calling targeting cultural sites a war crime MORE (D-Mass.) has been banned from entering the country, the third U.S. senator to be banned over support for a critic of the country's government, CNN Philippines reported.
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Pramila JayapalPramila JayapalHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks House Dems demand answers regarding holding of Iranian-Americans at border Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (D-Wash.) and Barbara LeeBarbara Jean LeeHouse to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attacks Omar rips Trump on new Iran sanctions: 'This is not a measured response' Democrats ramp up calls for war powers vote after Iran strike MORE (D-Calif.).
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (Alaska) and Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (Maine) have already expressed concerns over McConnell's plans, and Speaker Pelosi surely wants to encourage more potential Republican defections.
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska) and Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (R-Maine) have both been critical of McConnell's pledge to coordinate trial strategy with the White House, but they've also been critical of the House's process.
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska), sided with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham predicts Senate will take up impeachment trial next week Pressure building on Pelosi over articles of impeachment Brent Budowsky: Bloomberg should give billion to Democrats MORE's (R-Ky.) position that the Senate should follow the Clinton trial's precedent and defer until later in the process the question of calling additional witnesses.
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Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska) and Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (R-Maine) offered unusual rebukes of McConnell over his statement late last year about closely coordinating the upcoming Senate impeachment trial with the White House.
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Ed MarkeyEdward (Ed) John MarkeySenators introduce resolution warning that Congress has not authorized Iran war Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites Senate Republican blocks unanimous consent on resolution calling targeting cultural sites a war crime MORE (D-Mass.) tried to get unanimous consent to pass the resolution, arguing that the Senate should go on record amid President TrumpDonald John TrumpPence: Intelligence shows Iran directing militias not to attack U.S. targets Mnuchin aims to wait until end of 2020 to disclose Secret Service costs for Trump's travel: report Pressure building on Pelosi over articles of impeachment MORE's threats to target Iranian cultural sites.
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Two key moderate senators, Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (R-Maine) and Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska), on Monday evening backed McConnell's position that the Senate should follow the precedent of the 1999 Clinton impeachment trial and defer until later in the process the question of calling additional witnesses.
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Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (Maine) and Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (Alaska), said they would back McConnell's position that the Senate should follow the precedent of the 1999 impeachment trial of former President Clinton and defer until later in the process the question of calling additional witnesses. Sen.
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Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (R-Maine), Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska), and Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial Change with minimal risk: Trump's Jimmy Carter problem McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle MORE (R-Utah) may allow Democrats again to undermine McConnell.
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Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Progressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial How Congress can help curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices MORE (R-Maine), Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle Overnight Defense: Iran takes credit for rocket attack on US base | Trump briefed | Trump puts talk of Iraq withdrawal on hold | Progressives push to block funding for Iran war | Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites MORE (R-Alaska) and Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyProgressive groups target eight GOP senators in ad campaign ahead of impeachment trial Change with minimal risk: Trump's Jimmy Carter problem McConnell takes round one in impeachment battle MORE (R-Utah), who have criticized Trump's conduct in recent months to varying degrees.
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