GOP Healthcare Plan Passes in US House: 'On to the Senate!'

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The House of Representatives has passed the GOP plan on healthcare on Wednesday evening, by a vote of 216-211. The sole nay on the right side of the aisle was by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-4).

We'll likely have more to say going forward about the bill. But one thing the legislation does not include: any extensions of the Obamacare COVID-era subsidies so prized by the Democrats (and some Republicans), which expire on Dec. 31. (That's what the leftists claimed they were doing the kabuki theater with the Schumer Shutdown over, right?) Plus, it's something that the bill's sponsor, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-1), previously mentioned, as we wrote. Read more, see Xs and videos here,

Trump Unveils $1,776 Warrior Dividend for Troops

By Mark Swanson  / NEWSMAX                                                                                                                         

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that every active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces will receive a $1,776 Christmas bonus, unveiling what he called the "Warrior Dividend" during a nationally televised prime-time address from the White House.

Trump said the one-time payment would go to roughly 1.45 million service members and is already being distributed, with checks scheduled to arrive before Christmas. The amount, Trump said, was deliberately chosen to honor America's founding in 1776. That's just ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary,  to be celebrate throiughout the coming year.

"I am also proud to announce that 1,450,000 military service members will receive a special — we call Warrior Dividend — before Christmas, a Warrior Dividend in honor of our nation's founding in 1776," Trump said during the address, which was carried live by Newsmax from the White House Diplomatic Room.

"We are sending every soldier $1,776. The checks are already on the way," Trump said. "Nobody deserves it more than our military. And I say congratulations to everybody."