Thousands of nuns urge senators to vote against Obamacare repeal

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Uncategorized

Led by the "Nuns on the Bus" organizer, sisters plan to visit senators Monday to urge them to oppose the Senate health bill.

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Latest Republican health bill ‘a porkfest, a monstrosity’, Rand Paul says

July 23, 2017 Donald Trump, rand-paul, Republicans, US Congress, US domestic policy, US healthcare, US news, US Senate, World news

Kentucky senator says he will not vote for bill to proceed to debate this week
Rightwinger Paul wants clean repeal of Affordable Care Act
Rand Paul, one of the conservative senators who has helped to hold up Republican healthcare reform, on Sunday derided the current Senate bill as a “monstrosity” and a “porkfest” and said he would not vote for it to proceed to debate this week.
Related: Republicans face two unpalatable options on replacement healthcare bill
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Paul still supports repealing, replacing ObamaCare at the same time

July 23, 2017 Uncategorized

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he still supports repealing and replacing ObamaCare at the same time.During an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Paul was asked about his comments earlier this year, whe...

The class dynamics of breastfeeding in the United States of America

July 23, 2017 breast milk, breastfeeding, child development, class, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, health, inequality, parenting, The Art of Parenting, The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class

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The Trump resistance can be best described in one adjective: female | LA Kauffman

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Protest, US news, Women

With the anti-Trump resistance, the preponderance of women is so noteworthy that failing to name it obscures the movement’s basic nature
LA Kauffman is a longtime grassroots organizer and author of Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism
It’s now been six dizzying and nauseating months since Donald Trump took the oath of office, and the brightest spot on the American political landscape is the grassroots resistance that has sprung up to cou...

Cruz: Tax reform chances ‘drop significantly’ if healthcare fails

July 22, 2017 Uncategorized

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Saturday that Republicans' efforts to overhaul the nation's tax code are likely to hinge on whether lawmakers are able to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act."I believe tax re...

Senate Dems question admin over funding anti-ObamaCare effort

July 22, 2017 Uncategorized

A group of Senate Democrats is raising concerns to the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) about its role in a public relations campaign aimed at effectively undermining ObamaCare.Democratic Sens. Cory Boo...

What kind of health care bill could the Senate vote on next week?

July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 Uncategorized

The White House changes come as Republicans try to iron out a possible repeal bill to the Affordable Care Act. But that continues to be mired in delays. CBS News political director Steve Chaggaris joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss what kind of bill the Senate could be voting on next week, why Republicans have never been able to agree on a replacement for Obamacare and whether he thinks Republicans and Democrats will ever work together on the issue.

Republicans face two unpalatable options on replacement healthcare bill

July 22, 2017 Donald Trump, Republicans, Trump administration, US Congress, US domestic policy, US healthcare, US news, US politics, US Senate

After a six-month debate and seven years of promising they would repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans don’t have many good options left to pass a bill
Mitch McConnell likes to say that finding 50 Republican votes to pass healthcare reform is like solving a Rubik’s cube. As he pushes his party toward a vote expected early next week, the Senate majority leader is still furiously twisting the puzzle.
Related: Republicans still can't craft healthcare plan that won't drop co...

Key Trumpcare provisions found to violate Senate rules, throwing Republicans’ plan in jeopardy

July 22, 2017 health, healthcare, Republicans, trump, trumpcare

If the bill isn’t fixed, controversial parts will require 60 votes to pass.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
According to a new determination by the Senate parliamentarian, some of the most controversial parts of Senate Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace Obamacare violate Senate rules and will thus require 60 votes to pass instead of 51.
The parliamentarian found that key provisions violate...