Republican effort to repeal Obamacare ‘a ruse’, says Chuck Schumer – video

July 25, 2017 Democrats, News, Republicans, US Congress, US domestic policy, US healthcare, US news, US politics, US Senate, World news

The Senate minority leader, speaking before Tuesday’s vote on whether to proceed to debate on legislation to repeal the ACA, said the GOP bill will hurt millions of Americans. He also appealed to Republicans to work with the Democrats to build a better bill
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Is Sessions next?

July 25, 2017 News

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In a series of tweets this morning, President Donald Trump attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions along with Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, complaining that Sessions wasn’t hard enough on Hillary Clinton. This latest tweetstorm by the president comes amid questions of whether Sessions could be next on Trump’s chopping block. Trump may be angry about the way Sessions i...

McConnell urges senators to vote to end Obamacare with McCain’s return

July 25, 2017 Uncategorized

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told his party's lawmakers to vote to repeal the "failed left-wing experiment" of Obamacare on the Senate floor on July 25, and thanked President Trump for his support in repealing the legislation.

Now Trump is relying on his fiercest opponent – John McCain | Mary Dejevsky

July 25, 2017 Donald Trump, John McCain, News, US healthcare, US news, US politics, World news

The Arizona senator has been a virtual one-man opposition to the president. But now his support is vital to attempts to repeal Obamacare • Mary Dejevsky is a writer and broadcaster
John McCain was guaranteed a hero’s welcome in Washington when he returned for today’s crucial Senate vote. His disclosure, just days earlier, that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, had prompted an outpouring of tributes to the veteran senator whose whole adult life, it sometimes seemed, had been spent ch...

Jason Chaffetz is spending his post-Congress life attacking poor people on Instagram

July 25, 2017 health, healthcare, jason-chaffetz, obamacare, politics

Former congressman shames a poor person for owning a smartphone.CREDIT: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
During an appearance on CNN in March, then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) infamously suggested that under Trumpcare, Americans will face some tough choices — like buying an iPhone or making sure they can see a doctor.
“Americans have choices, and they’ve gotta make a choice,” Chaffetz said. “And so maybe rat...

Fact Check: For Trump’s ‘Victims’ of Obamacare, Senate Bill May Be Worse

July 25, 2017 Fact Check, Law and Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), United States Politics and Government

President Trump misleadingly suggested that the Senate health bill would provide “relief” to families hurt by the current law.

Senate advances health care bill

July 25, 2017July 26, 2017 News

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is about to dare his fellow Republicans to block their seven-year campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. Talk is over. It's time to vote.

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What it’s like to watch the Senate debate whether your life is as valuable as a tax cut for Trump

July 25, 2017 death, Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics

Let’s talk about what it’s like to be told your life isn’t valuable enough.House Republicans celebrate at the White House after voting to take health coverage away from 23 million people. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Every other Saturday morning, I inject $2,269.61 worth of pharmaceuticals into my leg. If I don’t do so, my immune system will slowly eat holes in my small intestine. Eventually, it will s...

Boehner: GOP will “never” repeal and replace Obamacare

July 25, 2017 Uncategorized

The former House Speaker got candid on Republicans efforts to produce health care reform

Boehner says Republicans are ‘never’ going to pass health care

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 Uncategorized

John Boehner didn't mince words about the chances his former Republican colleagues will pass some sort of repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
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