One-term Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA)’s 2018 re-election campaign did not go well. But despite a series of ethical scandals and unpopular votes that led to his defeat in a Republican-leaning House district last year, he announced Monday that he plans to seek his party’s nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in 2020.
Taylor, who is at this point best known for a controversial signature-gathering scandal, made the announcement on Fox & Friends. He said the rationale f...
Month: July 2019
ACA heads back to court, with health care for millions on the line
By any sensible measure, the latest Republican case against the Affordable Care Act is absurd. And yet, here we are.
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The Affordable Care Act Is Back In Court: 5 Facts You Need To Know
The ACA is again being put to the test, after a lower court judge ruled the massive health law unconstitutional. The case might yet ricochet back to the Supreme Court ahead of the 2020 election.
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One More Thing: Trump admin. to fight Obamacare in federal court
The Affordable Care Act is back before the courts on Tuesday, after a federal district judge in Texas ruled the law invalid last year. No matter the outcome, some Republicans are worried about the political toll it could take on their party.
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Senate Dems launching digital ads against GOP senators on ObamaCare lawsuit
The Senate Democratic campaign arm is launching a round of ads on Tuesday morning attacking GOP senators over a Republican lawsuit seeking to overturn ObamaCare. The five-figure Facebook ad campa...
Obamacare faces a death panel on Tuesday
A conservative panel of an especially conservative federal appeals court will hear a case on Tuesday brought by Republican officials who seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. The case is Texas v. United States.
Last year, a Republican judge with a long history of striking down Democratic policies on spurious legal reasoning handed down an order saying that Obamacare must cease to exist. If this decision is ultimately affirmed by higher courts, an estimated...