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Page 10 The Skanner March 22, 2017 News World News Briefs Confirmed Candidates Running for Portland Public Schools Board GOP Leaders Boost Pressure as Health Bill Crunch Time Nears WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and House leaders are revving up pressure on balky con- servatives and other Republican law- makers as crunch time approaches on the party’s health care overhaul bill, a drive GOP leaders concede they can’t afford to lose. A day before the House planned votes on the measure, Trump was expected to continue hunting support for what would be a significant achievement for his young presidency. But under- Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, arrives for the meeting of the Republican Conference with President Donald Trump as he rallied support for the GOP health care bill at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Trump has been trying to persuade reluctant members of the Freedom Caucus to get behind the bill. scoring the bill’s uncertain fate, a se- nior administration official said that 20 to 25 House Republicans remained opposed or undecided. That’s a grave figure since united Democratic oppo- sition means the measure crashes if 22 GOP lawmakers vote “no.” “If we keep our promise, people will reward us,” House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters Tuesday of GOP vows to demolish former President Barack Obama’s health care law that the GOP has assailed since its enactment in 2010. “If we don’t keep our promise, it will be very hard to manage this,” the speaker said. “Honestly, a loss is not acceptable, folks,” Trump told lawmakers at a closed-door Capitol meeting with House Republicans. He warned they’d face widespread defeats in next year’s elections and possible loss of control of the chamber if the measure failed. Trump’s remarks and the White House nose count of votes were each described by Republicans who provid- ed inside information on condition of anonymity. PHOTO COURTESY OF PPS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associ- ated Press has learned that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian Pres- ident Vladimir Putin. Manafort wrote a 2005 strategy plan that he said “can greatly benefit the Pu- tin Government.” At the time, U.S.-Rus- sia relations under Republican Pres- ident George W. Bush were growing worse. Manafort’s arrangement was with Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deri- paska (DARE-uh-poss-kuh), a close Pu- tin ally. Manafort signed a $10 million annual contract beginning in 2006 and maintained a business relationship until at least 2009. The work was de- scribed in interviews with people fa- miliar with it and confidential business records obtained by the AP. Manafort confirmed to the AP that he worked for Deripaska but said the work was being unfairly cast as inap- propriate. AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE Manafort’s Plan to ‘Greatly Benefit the Putin Government’ Current PPS Board, clockwise from far left: Mike Rosen, Tom Koehler (Chair), Amy Kohnstamm (Vice Chair), Steve Buel, Julie Esparza Brown, Pam Knowles and Paul Anthony. Koehler, Buel and Knowles will not be running for re-election. The Skanner News O n May 16, three out of seven seats on the Portland Public School board will be up for grabs. The confirmed candidates are as fol- lows: ZONE 4 CANDIDATES, to replace Steve Buel • Rita Moore: Portland Public Schools activist, advocate and par- ent; former university professor; policy analyst in the Office of Health Analytics of the Oregon Health Au- thority. • Jamila Singleton Munson: Former teacher and principal for KIPP; cur- rent Senior Managing Director at Teach for America; co-founder of Community for Equity PDX. ZONE 5 CANDIDATES, to replace Pam Knowles • Scott Bailey: School activist and vol- unteer; co-founder of Community & Parents for Public Schools; econom- ics teacher at Clark College. • Virginia La Forte: Served as a school representative and member of the Portland Public Schools Tal- ented and Gifted Advisory Council; current member of the Portland Public Schools Bond Stakeholder Advisory Group. • Traci Flitcraft: Marketing consul- tant at Salesforce marketing cloud. ZONE 6 CANDIDATES, to replace board chairman Tom Koehler • Trisha Parks: Middle school teach- er in Beaverton; former Beaverton teachers’ union leader; Portland Public Schools parent; involved in Parent Teacher Association, com- munity organizing and volunteer- ing. • Julia Brim-Edwards: Former Port- land Public Schools board member (2001 – 2005); Nike senior director of global operations and public af- fairs; co-founder of a parent group. • Zach Babb: Principle mobile engi- neer at moovel North America, a transit technology company. • Ed Bos: Executive at Cascade Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts of Ameri- ca; staff sergeant in the Oregon Na- tional Guard. • Joseph L. Simonis (Josie, they/ them): Data scientist and instruc- tor; board member of Cornell Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association; chair of Rose City Rollers Training Committee.