If lawmakers don’t secure a spending deal before Friday midnight, all nonessential government functions will pause
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A government shutdown looms after Republicans in Congress failed on Thursday to pass a pared-down spending bill. The potential shutdown could disrupt Christmas travel and deliver a blow to the US economy just a month before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Lawmakers face a last...
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Biden is one of our greatest presidents — smears won’t tarnish his legacy
America’s greatest presidents were sometimes treated like punching bags in office — insulted and vilified by opponents. President Biden has endured the same undeserved treatment. But I expect that, like other great presidents, history will judge him more accurately.
Biden has been a historically transformative president. His landmark domestic accomplishments are comparable to Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.
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Evening Report — GOP spending bill hangs in the balance
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12:30 Report — House debates next steps in shutdown fight
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Instead of justifying murder, Democrats could do this to make health care better
After some sentences there should never, ever be a “but.” Far too often, however, the word appears, and what follows it is inevitably a justification of horrible things.
The worst example of this in 2024 came only recently, when liberals online and even some Democratic elected officials said they were “opposed to political violence, but ... ” when it comes to the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by someone who appears to be a progressive anti-cap...
Government-run health care systems also deny or delay treatment
Many critics of the U.S. health care system claim the tragic murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is understandable because health insurance companies occasionally refuse to cover certain medical treatments. And they often assert that if the country were to embrace a U.K. or Canadian-style government-run health care system, no one would be denied care. Those critics are either misinformed or intentionally trying to deceive the public, because government-run health care systems ...
Trump could target Affordable Care Act, Medicaid for cuts, experts say
Republicans wants to extend 2017 tax cuts that expire next year and could let ACA subsidies lapse to help pay the tab, according to analysts.
The Conrad Rule is the answer to our budget reconciliation woes
With the return of unified government in Washington, the Republican majorities in the House and Senate are getting ready to use one of the most powerful tools in the budgetary toolbox: budget reconciliation.
In doing so, the new majority will undoubtedly try to pack as many of its policy priorities as possible into this filibuster-proof legislative vehicle, thereby requiring only a bare majority in the Senate. But what they certainly shouldn’t do is use the reconciliation...
How much impact could RFK Jr have as the head of HHS?
Whether or not the U.S. Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of Health and Human Services, his nomination and that of others suggests the federal government's role in health policy might change dramatically in the second Trump administration. Members of Congress — and many others — are now asking an important question: What impact might changes at Health and Human Services have on the health of the nation?
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Morning Report — Trump slows his promises clock
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