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A Quartz visual guide to the current state of US government dysfunction

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On his first day at work, the new White House chief of staff, John Kelly, brought in some order: He pushed Anthony Scaramucci, the flamboyant and divisive new communications director, out of his job. But whether Kelly can impose some discipline on the rest of the Trump administration and its allies in Congress is another matter.

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BREAKING: Republicans defect, kill Senate effort to repeal Obamacare

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Obamacare lives to see another day.CREDIT: Screenshot/C-SPAN2

The Senate voted against the Health Care Freedom Act (HCFA) early Friday morning, with a vote of 49–51.

The so-called “skinny repeal” bill made serious cuts to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would have left 16 million people uninsured by 2026. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John McCain (R-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the only...

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The 3 most compelling moments from the Senate’s late night health care debate

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Things got heated while the GOP rammed through their bill.Demonstrators rally outside of the Capitol as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace “Obamacare” because of opposition and wavering within the GOP ranks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen

The Senate continue...

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GOP Senators threaten to blow up Trumpcare unless they are given an unconstitutional guarantee

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Everything about this process is shocking.CREDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) held an odd press conference Thursday evening where they announced that they will vote for the latest gambit to advance Trumpcare, but only if they can be sure that the bill they vote for does not become law.

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The resistance movement could still kill Trumpcare

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As the Senate opens debate, constituents are ramping up pressure.Capitol Hill police officers prepare to arrest a group protesting the Republican healthcare bill outside the offices of Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to move forward with some form of a health care bill, starting the clock on...

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Congressmen seek revenge against the CBO for making Trumpcare look bad

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No one could have seen this coming.Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sits with then-candidate Donald Trump CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has been a constant thorn in the side of congressional Republicans, repeatedly pointing out that Trumpcare would have a disastrous impact on the American health care system. The most recent version of Trumpcare, according to the C...

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Trump makes wild promises about ‘new’ version of Trumpcare

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He’s back on repeal and replace and says nobody’s going home until it’s done.President Donald Trump speaks during a luncheon with GOP Senators, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in the State Dinning Room of the White House. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

The day after the Senate’s third proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act flatlined, killed by three Republican senators who opposed Senate Majo...

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The resistance movement killed the Republican health care bill

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Constituent action led Republican senators to defect.People respond to comments by Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, as he addresses a crowd of several hundred during a town hall meeting Monday, June 12, 2017, in Lenexa, Kan. CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Earlier this month, while the Senate was on recess for July 4th, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) held a town hall in a small Kansas town, not far from his homet...

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