With their party majority in extreme peril in November’s midterm elections, House Republicans are facing a dilemma. While they ran on a pledge to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, support for Obamacare now far exceeds support for the GOP-controlled Congress. Several incumbents have employed a bold strategy: hide the evidence of their position.
ThinkProgress examined the campaign websites of dozens of Republican incumbents in races deemed competitive by ...
Month: September 2018
Here’s what you need to know about the lawsuit trying to end Obamacare
In a lawsuit that’s been labeled “absurd” and “ludicrous” by legal experts, conservative and liberal alike, Texas and 19 other conservative states are suing to eliminate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) once and for all, as past Republican efforts failed to do so.
On Wednesday, Federal Judge Reed O’Connor, a wildcard who’s ruled against Obamacare multiple times, will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit brought forward in February. O’Connor is expected t...
The Health 202: Democrats eager to press Kavanaugh on Affordable Care Act’s fate
The nominee's record isn't totally clear.
The Hill’s Morning Report — Sponsored by Better Medicare Alliance — Day Two: Kavanaugh to spar with hostile Democrats
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A New Lawsuit Threatens Obamacare. Here’s What’s at Stake and What to Expect in Oral Arguments
A federal judge in Texas will consider whether to suspend or kill the law. The Trump Administration has chosen not to defend it and its coverage of pre-existing conditions.
Republican senator repeatedly dismisses women’s concerns about Kavanaugh as ‘hysteria’
During opening statements at the start of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) repeatedly dismissed concerns that Kavanaugh will play a key role in restricting women’s reproductive rights as mere “hysteria.”
Referring to a string of protesters who were thrown out of the hearing while yelling things like, “stop the oppression of women!“, Sasse said, “People are going to pretend that Americans have no histor...
The rolling protests during Kavanaugh’s Senate hearing were carefully organized and will continue all week
About 30 people, most of them women, were arrested during Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation on Tuesday morning after shouting slogans and criticism at ruffled senators from the public gallery.
“Kavanaugh can’t be trusted,” yelled one pr...
Heller hits back at opponent in new ad, trying to blunt health care attacks
Heller has faced attacks on his support for an ObamaCare repeal and replacement bill last year.
The wildest things John Kyl actually tried to argue for
Arizona Gov. Dough Ducey (R) announced Tuesday that he will appoint former Sen. Jon Kyl (R) to succeed Sen. John McCain (R), who passed away last month. Kyl previously served alongside McCain until his retirement in 2012.
Kyl has been keeping himself busy since he left the Senate. Among his projects, he’s been lobbying on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry, helping Facebook figure out whether it has a liberal bias, and shepherding Brett Kavanaugh through his nomination proc...