Virginia Democrat: Trump bill will be ‘political albatross’ for Republicans

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that President Trump’s megabill will be a “political albatross” for Republicans back at home.

In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan noted that the GOP tax and spending bill, which just cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Saturday night, includes some policies that Democrats have championed.  

“You can put as much lipstick on this pig as you want. This will be a political albatross for the...

Congress should look to Tennessee as an example for Medicaid reform

As Congress wrestles with the need to trim spending, attention has turned to Medicaid, and to a lesser extent, Medicare. 

These are hardly new issues. Within seven years of the 1965 enactment of Medicaid, for those eligible for federal income support (largely those in poverty), and Medicare, primarily for those eligible for Social Security, Congress in 1972 turned its attention to concerns about containing costs in those programs.

Tennessee has been a pioneer in mana...

Missing in the Republican tax bill: A real answer to the US medical debt crisis 

America is drowning in medical debt. It is a reality for nearly one in 12 adults, with at least $220 billion owed nationwide. This burden cuts across income, gender, geography and profession. Medical debt doesn’t care about your politics; it quietly undermines families and the broader economy. Creating targeted tax incentives — both credits and deductions — for consumers should be on the table. 

Whether you cheer or groan, a Republican tax bill, approved by Congress, and signe...

More than 30 celebrities come out against SNAP, Medicaid cuts in GOP megabill

More than two dozen members of the entertainment industry issued an open letter to members of Congress on Wednesday urging them to reject sweeping cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid in the GOP's "big, beautiful" spending bill.

The open letter, released by Feeding America, was signed by 31 people, including high-profile Hollywood stars like Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Michelle Williams, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Sheryl Crow, ...

Trump’s bill will feed the rich and starve the poor

These are the times that try people’s souls and tax their faith in human nature. The House of Representatives just passed President Trump’s big bad bill that awards huge tax breaks for rich people and big corporations and rips a gaping hole in the social safety net that protects the poor in bad economic times. The draconian proposal undermines the already shaky health, wealth and wellbeing of millions of struggling American families.  

The MAGA endgame is to fatten u...

Pritzker: Democrats ‘can’t be a party of do nothing’

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) called on his fellow Democrats to stop being “a party of do nothing” and instead take bolder action to counter Republicans' actions.

Pritzker joined MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” for an interview Monday evening to expand on the message he delivered to New Hampshire Democrats over the weekend, calling for mass mobilization and protests to push back against the Trump administration.

“That was specifically about what we, as a Democratic P...

Trump’s right that the system is rigged, but he’s not helping

I’m a Black woman with a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology, spent 10 years working for Congress. I now work for a philanthropy that believes diversity, equity and inclusion are among this nation’s greatest strengths.

So President Trump and I don’t have much in common, except for two things. First, we’re both from Queens, so we’re not afraid to say what’s on our minds. Second, we both agree that the government as it’s currently constructed isn’t working for everybody.

The Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act

Everyone is talking about Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts, but hardly anyone is calling this what it really is: the strategy by Elon Musk, President Trump, and the Republican Party to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, one piece at a time.

The ACA, a historic piece of legislation that extended health coverage to millions of Americans, celebrated its 15th anniversary on March 23. Signed by President Barack Obama in 2010, the ACA expanded Medicaid and provided subsidies so t...

The looming budget question: Will Medicaid cuts fund tax cuts?

The challenge of restoring fiscal responsibility will be on full display in the months ahead following the passage of the House of Representatives budget resolution for the 2025 fiscal year on Feb. 25.  

It set the stage for legislation that can circumvent the Senate’s 60-vote threshold and pass with a simple majority. While it does not include specific changes to spending and taxes, it specifies which House committees should finance deficits in reconci...