Democrats said they won’t vote for legislation unless Republicans reversed Medicaid cuts and extended subsidies
US government shutdown – live updates
The federal government shut down on Wednesday in part, due to a battle between Democrats and Republicans over healthcare spending.
Democrats had said that they would not vote for legislation to keep the government open unless Donald Trump and Republicans, who hold the majority in Congress, agreed to reverse...
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The spending battle on Capitol Hill is the ground for Democrats to fight on
There is much going on in our great republic, very little of it good. Political violence runs rampant and authoritarian rule is on the rise.
But national public opinion polls continue to demonstrate that the sad state of the economy is still President Trump's Achilles heel. Congressional Democrats have ably addressed this economic imperative in their fight over federal spending and the possibility of a federal government shutdown.
Congressional Democrats have wis...
As Shutdown Looms, Democrats Outline Demands on Medicaid and Obamacare
After rejecting a G.O.P.-written plan to keep federal funding flowing, Democrats released a counteroffer that would add more than $1 trillion in health spending.
Trump is cutting Medicaid based on a flawed study
Our country is poised to take health coverage away from millions of low-income Americans largely based on the findings of a flawed and flagrantly misleading study.
President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill recently produced the largest cut to Medicaid health insurance in its 60-year history.
Claiming to reduce “fraud and abuse,” it will cut essential medical services for at least 12 million low-income people through unachievable work requirements, unaffordable out...
We need more budget bipartisanship, not less
The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought, was recently quoted saying that “the appropriations process has to be less bipartisan.”
While it’s easy to think this would lead to less of the frustrating gridlock that can overtake the budgetary process, Vought is both procedurally and substantively wrong: The answer is more bipartisanship.
If this sounds naïve, consider the alternative.
The first and most obvious issue is realism. Thanks ...
The ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ is delivering on Republican promises
Seventy-seven million Americans voted for President Trump and a Republican majority to cut taxes, secure our border, restore our economy and put working families first. With the signing of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” we are delivering on those promises, marking the beginning of the Golden Age of America.
This is a historic win for millions of American families, workers, seniors, small businesses and servicemembers. As vice chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, I’m...
Why Democrats don’t care about most health care fraud
One thing has become clear in the debate over President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”: Democrats don’t really care about waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage (i.e., ObamaCare). That’s obvious from their opposition to Republican efforts to audit those programs to ensure only eligible people are enrolled.
To be fair, Democrats do care about health care fraud if a private health insurer or drug company is accused of defrauding a government health...
Massive Medicaid cuts to fuel midterm fights
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House nears finish line on health cuts
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North Carolina governor urges state delegation to vote against megabill
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) is urging the state’s congressional delegation to vote against the massive Senate-passed domestic policy bill because of the serious consequences it would have for residents.
“I urge you to press pause on this bill because of the immediate and long-term threats it poses to the health and well-being of North Carolinians and the economic stability of our state,” Stein wrote in a letter dated Wednesday.
Stein expressed conce...