Month: July 2017

Congressmen seek revenge against the CBO for making Trumpcare look bad

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No one could have seen this coming.Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sits with then-candidate Donald Trump CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has been a constant thorn in the side of congressional Republicans, repeatedly pointing out that Trumpcare would have a disastrous impact on the American health care system. The most recent version of Trumpcare, according to the C...

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Even if Trumpcare fails, Obamacare’s foes have a plan B

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Remember when presidents didn’t sabotage people’s health care?CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly Riley

The Senate is expected to hold a key procedural vote Tuesday on some version of the Trumpcare legislation, even though no one appears to know what is in the bill, or even if major provisions of the bill will have to be struck because they violate the Senate rules.

It’s unclear whether Senate Majority Leade...

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GOP congressman blames health care struggles on ‘repugnant’ Republican ‘female senators’

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Rep. Blake Farenthold suggested he’d like to resolve things with a gunfight.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File

Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) is livid at the inability of the Senate to repeal Obamacare, and he knows exactly who to blame: the Republican women of the Senate.

During a radio interview on a Corpus Christi station last Friday, Farenthold said he finds it “absolutely repugnant” that...

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Chris Christie signs two pro-transgender bills into law

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The new laws take New Jersey in the opposite direction Trump is taking the country.CREDIT: AP Photo/Matt Rourke

On Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) surprised many when he signed two different bills advancing transgender equality into law. While both are positive advancements for the state, they coincidentally mirror prominent ways the Trump administration is rolling back transgender rights.<...

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