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The U.S. Senate failed to reach consensus on extending health care subsidies | First Listen

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  • The Democratic proposal to extend the Obamacare tax credits received only four Republican votes
  • Patients in Illinois who are terminally ill will be able to request life-ending medication with a doctor's prescription
  • The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture is blasting the Trump administration's plan to spend $12 billion to help farmers as inadequate
  • An international network of scientists has found that intense, long droughts can have cumulative negative effects in grasslands
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