The Senate Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act – dubbed the “skinny repeal” – would destabilize the individual market and drive up costs, while paving the way for full repeal. If this proposal – which is more aptly named “repeal and run lite” – passes, Senate Republicans will send the House Freedom Caucus a blank check to make deep cuts to Medicaid, give generous tax breaks for the wealthy, and eliminate consumer protections for pre-existing conditions.

In 2013, Republicans were quick to call the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a disaster, racing to the cameras to falsely claim that 5 million Americans were losing coverage. Republicans did not mention that all these people did not actually lose coverage but could now sign up for new plans with enhanced consumer protections, many paying less for better coverage with the help of a new affordability tax credit. Republicans are now looking to fully repeal the ACA without a replacement plan, this time actually leaving more than 30 million people without coverage of any kind.

Since the U.S. trade balance with Russia began deteriorating in November 2016, U.S. exports to Russia fell $203 million on an annualized basis after inflation, or 3 percent; imports from Russia, larger in volume than exports, increased $1.8 billion dollars, or 13 percent. In all, the U.S. trade deficit with Russia worsened by 24 percent in the seven months through May, the most recent available data.

Families across the nation face difficult challenges providing for themselves and their loved ones. Earlier this year, President Trump released his FY2018 budget proposal that would severely worsen these challenges for working Americans. This week, the House Budget Committee passed a budget resolution that doubles down on Trump’s most harmful proposals and goes further by cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans and corporations while slashing funding for proven programs on which millions of Americans rely.