President Trump early Wednesday renewed his call to end the filibuster in the Senate after Republican leadership admitted there are not enough votes to pass their latest effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare."We w...
Month: September 2017
The New Health Care: Which Country Has the Best Health Care System? Readers Respond
“Americans should understand the tranquillity of spirit that truly universal health care brings to a population,” one reader who lives in France says.
US Republicans fail to scrap Obamacare again
US President Donald Trump has vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but efforts have so far fallen short.
Lawrence: The Resistance wins again
After tireless advocacy by protesters and Jimmy Kimmel, Republicans gave up on their latest attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare – and President Donald Trump again attacked members of his own party.
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BREAKING: Extremist Roy Moore wins Alabama Senate primary, dealing major blow to Trump
Roy Moore, an extreme far-right Republican, won Alabama’s GOP primary on Tuesday, defeating Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) who benefited from both President Trump’s endorsement and more than $10 million from the Republican establishment.
The victory by Moore, a political outsider, is also a major loss for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who did his best to keep Moore out of Washington. But the far-right former judge framed his campaign as a rebuke of McConnell...
Sen. Bob Corker’s retirement is notable for when it’s happening
The Foreign Relations Committee chairman announced he's leaving on the eve of a GOP Senate runoff in Alabama that's an all-out war, and hours after Republicans pulled the plug on Obamacare repeal. Again.
