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US senate vote on 'skinny' repeal of Obamacare goes down to the wire
Lindsey Graham, center, called the healthcare bill a ‘disaster’. Senate Republican leaders unveiled their so-called “skinny repeal” bill – denounced by conservatives as a “fraud” and a “disaster” – in an eleventh-hour push to pass a pared-down repeal of the Affordable Care Act. After three days of debate and seven years of promises to repeal Barack Obama’s healthcare law, Republicans introduced a far less ambitious measure that the leadership hoped would muster at least 50 votes.
We might be made of matter that didn’t originate in the Milky Way
Ever wonder what you're made of? Is Earth, and by extension humanity, built of matter that collected here after the big bang, or are our origins much more complicated? Our little Solar System tucked away between the massive arms of the Milky Way galaxy might not have the origins that scientists have long assumed, and new research suggests that an untold amount of matter in our home galaxy might not have originated here at all.
The research, carried out by astrophysicists at Northwestern University and published in a new paper, revealed that the massive explosions from dying stars in other galaxies might be responsible for sending material through space which was eventually drawn in by the Milky Way.
The process is called intergalactic transfer, and scientists first discovered that it exists thanks to advanced supercomputer simulations of dying stars. The data revealed that the remarkable amount of matter thrown out during a supernova could be carried between galaxies, allowing new stars and planets to form in one galaxy by using ejected matter from another.
The potential spread of extragalactic matter is interesting for a number of reasons, not least of which is the possibility that the Milky Way, our Solar System, and even our own planet was built in part with matter that first gathered many light years away. The research shows that this matter could travel for billions of years before being drawn in by another galaxy, so there's no telling how far the matter that makes up you and I actually traveled — or how far it will travel in the distant future, long after we're gone and our star undergoes its own dramatic final transformation.
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What happens now Pakistan's PM has been disqualified?
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been ousted from power by the Supreme Court, an unceremonious end to his third term in power ahead of general elections next year. No Pakistani prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term. Most have seen their tenures cut short by the powerful military or by the Supreme Court.
Senator John McCain deals hammer blow to Donald Trump's bid to dismantle Obamacare
US Republicans failed spectacularly on Friday in their latest effort to dismantle Obamacare, leaving the party in stunned disarray and President Donald Trump's dreams of repealing his predecessor's health reforms on ice. After a night of high suspense in the US Capitol, the extraordinarily tense vote came down to the wire, with Republican Senator John McCain, only recently diagnosed with brain cancer, casting the deciding vote against the legislation. Mr Trump wasted no time getting on Twitter to decry the outcome. "3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!" he tweeted. 3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017 "This was a disappointment, a disappointment indeed," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told colleagues after the vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to his office prior to an all night round of health care votes on Capitol Hill Credit: Reuters Mr McConnell called his bill the Health Care Freedom Act, but among his colleagues it was known as "skinny repeal." It's not intended to become law, but to open a path for a House-Senate conference committee to try to work out comprehensive legislation Congress can pass and send to Mr Trump. McCain comes to the front, loudly says "NO" then walks off: pic.twitter.com/vsQ1EolKiM— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 28, 2017 The amendment was a last resort for Senate Republicans to pass something - anything - to trigger negotiations with the House. In addition to Mr McCain, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine voted with all Democrats to defeat the measure. "We are not celebrating; we are relieved--for the Americans who can now keep their #healthcare. We must work together to improve the law," US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer tweeted following the vote. We are not celebrating; we are relieved--for the Americans who can now keep their #healthcare. We must work together to improve the law.— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 28, 2017 The measure would have repealed the unpopular Affordable Care Act requiring most people to have health insurance or risk a fine from the IRS. A similar requirement on larger employers would be suspended for eight years. Additionally it would have denied funding to Planned Parenthood for a year, and suspended for three years a tax on medical device manufacturers. States could seek waivers from consumer protections in the Obama-era law, and individuals could increase the amount they contribute to tax-sheltered health savings accounts for medical expenses.
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