Oklahoma officials are blaming the Trump administration for rising health-care premiums in the state after the administration missed a deadline to approve a key waiver for the state under ObamaCare.In a letter addr...
Month: September 2017
Matthews: Trump has allowed oligarchs to…
The fact is, nothing, and therefore no one, is all that secure especially in Trump's Washington. Tom Price was supposed to repeal Obamacare. Instead, he got repealed.
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Trump loses health chief, Obamacare vote,…
In one week, Donald Trump lost his health secretary, a GOP primary and a key Obamacare battle all during the ongoing Puerto Rico crisis.
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BREAKING: Tom Price is out as HHS secretary after backlash over taxpayer-funded travel
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday afternoon, the White House said in a statement, following significant backlash over news that he has taken multiple private jets and military flights — all coming at a significant cost to taxpayers.
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— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) September 29, 2017
The president accepted the resignation earlier today, the statement said. Trump will des...
Provision buried in new Senate budget resolution is a major blow to transparency
A provision tucked into the Senate budget resolution released Friday could be a blow to transparency in the legislature.
The resolution calls for repealing a requirement that a vote on legislation cannot be held unless the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has scored the legislation and made their report public for at least 28 hours.
The rule is established in section 3205 of the Congressional Budget for fiscal year 2016, which “[e]stablishes a Senate point of order against ...