Poll shows Trump's support dropping among key group

Plus: No GOP deal No Images? Click here         Susan Collins Never Had An Actual Deal On Taxes Before she voted for the Senate version of the Republican tax bill, Sen. Susan Collins saw that Congress would soon be passing separate spending deals, and she had demands. The Maine Republican laid out a series of conditions for her to support the final “conference committee” version of the tax proposal. Most notably, she wants Congress to pass two separate health care bills first. “I am pushing to make sure they are passed and signed into law prior to the conference report coming back on the tax bill so that I would know for certain we’re going to be able to mitigate the impact of the repeal of the individual mandate,” Collins told reporters before the vote last week. The Senate tax bill would repeal the Obamacare requirement that everybody purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Collins was one of three Republicans to vote down attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act earlier this year. She said that while she’d prefer that the tax legislation not repeal the individual mandate, with those two other pieces of legislation, the effects of that repeal wouldn’t be so bad. It’s unclear how the separate health bills would become law before a final tax vote. Though Collins secured support from both President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), neither man controls the House of Representatives. READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? President Donald Trump is losing support among white evangelicals, poll finds. The president’s approval rating continues to fall in his first year in office. READ MORE A GOP congresswoman called on Rep. Blake Farenthold to resign. The Texas Republican reportedly settled a sexual harassment claim with taxpayer money.  READ MORE Ryan Zinke spent $6,250 on a helicopter so he could ride horses with Mike Pence. The interior secretary's office justified the travel as official business. READ MORE    .     ICYMI Rep. Trent Franks resigned from Congress.The Associated Press reported Friday that a former aide claimed Franks offered her $5 million to carry his child. Politico reported that aides “were concerned that Franks was asking to have sexual relations with them.”   Tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran now defines the world’s most combustible region the way the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once did. Here's a look inside the real (and really secret) Middle East peace process.   John Lewis won't attend the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum this weekend because Trump is going. “President Trump’s attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum.”    . Want more?  Roy Moore Believes America Was Great During Slavery. Twitter Users Detonate. Protesters Demonstrate Outside Verizon Stores, Congressional Offices To Save Net Neutrality Trump Is Fine, White House Says, And Will Get a Physical Soon To Prove It     How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe