The bleak reason why America is always on the verge of a government shutdown

September 5, 2017 congress, News, politics

Tell me if you’ve heard this story before.

A bunch of lawmakers return to Washington. They’ve got a tight deadline and an unruly crew of right-wing hardliners to deal with. The Republican leadership wants to go it alone, but understands the party is going to have to deal with Democrats if it wants to keep the government’s lights on. And looming over all of this is the debt ceiling, a time bomb that could take out much of the world economy if it is allowed to go off...

A growing number of Democrats are embracing single-payer health care

August 31, 2017 congress, health care, News

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) has become the latest high-profile Democrat to embrace expanding Medicare coverage to all Americans, the freshman senator announced at a town hall in Oakland Wednesday night.

“I’ll break some news. I intend to co-sponsor the Medicare for All bill because it’s just the right thing to do,” Harris said Wednesday. It’s just the right thing to do… But it’s also about being smart.”

Harris will co-sponsor the Medicare for All legislation with Sen. Bernie Sa...

Paul Ryan is lying about Obamacare collapsing

August 22, 2017 congress, Donald Trump, health care, News, obamacare, Paul Ryan, politics

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Monday evening at a town hall that “dozens of counties” across the country have no insurer on the Obamacare marketplace. But in reality, not a single county currently has no insurer and just one is at risk of not having an insurer next year.

“The status quo is not an option. Obamacare is not working,” Ryan told a constituent who asked about the GOP’s ongoing efforts to repeal and potentially replace the Affordable Care act. “A third of the c...

Paul Ryan statement on Charlottesville completely misrepresents grieving mom

August 21, 2017 congress, Donald Trump, News, Paul Ryan, politics

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said in a statement Monday that he was “struck by the tone Heather Heyer’s parents took at her memorial service,” saying their call for “healing and forgiveness” was a powerful example.

“Here they are suddenly grieving and saying goodbye to their daughter, taken by an act of domestic terrorism,” Ryan said in a statement posted on Facebook Monday, more than a week after Heyer’s death and five days after her memorial service. “And instead of turning to a...

A Quartz visual guide to the current state of US government dysfunction

July 31, 2017 "America First", congress, Donald Trump, GOP, mitch-mcconnell, News, republican-party

On his first day at work, the new White House chief of staff, John Kelly, brought in some order: He pushed Anthony Scaramucci, the flamboyant and divisive new communications director, out of his job. But whether Kelly can impose some discipline on the rest of the Trump administration and its allies in Congress is another matter.

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BREAKING: Republicans defect, kill Senate effort to repeal Obamacare

July 28, 2017 congress, health, healthcare, News, obamacare, politics

Obamacare lives to see another day.CREDIT: Screenshot/C-SPAN2
The Senate voted against the Health Care Freedom Act (HCFA) early Friday morning, with a vote of 49–51.
The so-called “skinny repeal” bill made serious cuts to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would have left 16 million people uninsured by 2026. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John McCain (R-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the only...

The 3 most compelling moments from the Senate’s late night health care debate

July 28, 2017 congress, health, healthcare, News, obamacare, politics

Things got heated while the GOP rammed through their bill.Demonstrators rally outside of the Capitol as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace “Obamacare” because of opposition and wavering within the GOP ranks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen
The Senate continue...

GOP Senators threaten to blow up Trumpcare unless they are given an unconstitutional guarantee

July 27, 2017 congress, Donald Trump, health, News, politics

Everything about this process is shocking.CREDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) held an odd press conference Thursday evening where they announced that they will vote for the latest gambit to advance Trumpcare, but only if they can be sure that the bill they vote for does not become law.
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The resistance movement could still kill Trumpcare

July 26, 2017 congress, healthcare, News, politics, Protest

As the Senate opens debate, constituents are ramping up pressure.Capitol Hill police officers prepare to arrest a group protesting the Republican healthcare bill outside the offices of Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to move forward with some form of a health care bill, starting the clock on...

Republicans took a step towards repealing Obamacare with a rare vice presidential tie-breaker

July 25, 2017 "America First", congress, Donald Trump, health, health care, health insurance, law, medicaid, Medicare, mitch-mcconnell, News, obamacare, Senate

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