Story at a glance
- Members of Congress on Monday voiced their support for proposed changes to a section of the Affordable Care Act that would strengthen protections for transgender people seeking gender-affirming health care.
- The proposed changes, announced by the Health Department in July, would broaden the definition of sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
- More than 30 percent...
Month: October 2022
Republicans abandon efforts to repeal Obamacare
Republicans are abandoning efforts to campaign on repealing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. NBC's Sahil Kapur reports on the decision not to pursue the issue.
Kevin McCarthy’s 2022 campaign agenda is all hat and no cattle
In September, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) issued “Commitment to America,” his 2022 campaign agenda. Predictably, the document blasts Democrats for having “no plan to fix all the problems they created.” McCarthy’s “Commitment to America,” however, fails to present its own plans to address those problems, relying instead on the Republican playbook of omission, distortion, and distraction.
On foreign policy, McCarthy cites “mistakes” by the Biden administratio...