WATCH: Federal judge strikes down Obamacare law

December 17, 2018 News, WNT

Millions of people who rely on Obamacare for their medical insurance will soon face a difficult time as U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor has struck down the entire Obamacare law.

Stephen Miller: Trump “absolutely” willing to shut down government over border wall

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 News

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller joins Margaret Brennan to discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act and whether or not the government will shut down over the border wall.

Perry Bacon: The Republican effort is going to mean fewer people having health insurance

December 17, 2018 News

The Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land, and there are no signs that Congress has plans to redo healthcare, as Donald Trump implied in recent remarks. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the Texas ruling that could see Obamacare voted on by the...
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Klobuchar: Judge’s ruling would set Obamacare “on fire”

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 News

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss the possibility of a government shutdown and the Texas court's decision that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Amid swirling Trump scandals, Cummings backs rules change to allow indictment of a sitting president

December 16, 2018 congress, Donald Trump, House of Representatives, News, politics

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the Democrat who takes over chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee next month, called Sunday for the overhaul of legal guidelines that currently protect presidents from criminal prosecution.

“I think we should always reconsider laws and regulations, and this is one we definitely should reconsider,” Cummings told CNN’s State of the Union.

The Maryland Democrat raised the prospect of a rules change against the back...

Amid Obamacare uncertainty, Dems divided on health care as 2020 approaches

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 News

The decision by a federal judge in Texas to side with Republicans to strike down Obamacare has opened up a new front in the long political fight over the transformative health care law.

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President Trump promises to work with democrats to ‘get great health care for our people,’ but will he?

December 16, 2018 News

President Trump promises to work with democrats after a judge on Friday ruled the Affordable Care Act "invalid." Congresswoman Debbie Dingell addresses whether there is an appetite among democrats to sit down with republicans to redo Obamacare.
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Bipartisan senators doubt ruling striking down ObamaCare

December 16, 2018 News

A federal judge's ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional was met with skepticism on Sunday from a bipartisan group of senators, who expressed doubt that the ruling will be upheld....

'Republicans will never stop': Obama slams GOP after ruling against Affordable Care Act

December 16, 2018December 17, 2018 News

"If they can’t get it done in Congress, they’ll keep trying in the courts, even when it puts people’s pre-existing conditions coverage at risk," he said.

USA Today

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Schumer vows to put a vote on the floor urging intervention in ObamaCare case ‘first thing’

December 16, 2018 News

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday pledged that Democrats in the Senate will fight "tooth and nail" against a Texas judge's ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional....