Seven GOP presidential rivals tangled Wednesday night on a Simi Valley, Calif., stage, arguing over who is the best to take on President Biden next fall.
It was a rambunctious night filled with personal attacks by candidates battling for survival, culminating in a clash over curtains between Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and his state’s former Gov. Nikki Haley.
None of the contenders are within spitting distance in polls to former President Trump, who for a se...
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What leverage? Shutdown fights don’t get results
As the federal government approaches another funding deadline, naturally there’s another attempt to get something big out of it.
Unfortunately, the possibility of shutdowns creates leverage only for congressional leadership and top appropriators, not for most Republican members or the American people they serve.
Think about it. Most members of Congress will accept a lot to avoid a government shutdown. And with good reason. Americans expect the federal government to p...
North Carolina Medicaid expansion set to launch Dec. 1
Medicaid expansion will launch in North Carolina on Dec. 1, Gov. Roy Cooper (D) announced Monday, marking the culmination of a long-fought campaign from Cooper and health groups.
North Carolina Republicans refused for more than 10 years to accept federal funding to help expand coverage to low-income people. There are now only 10 holdout states remaining.
According to the state Department of Health and Human Services, the expansion will allow about 600,000 North Carol...
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As shutdown fight looms, Congress should remember broadband program
With Congress facing a Sept. 30 deadline to pass both its appropriations and farm bills, and the threat of a government shutdown looming, the options to find a moving vehicle to which Congress could attach an extension of the $14 Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) are running short.
The ACP is expected to run out of federal funding within the next year. In anticipation of legislation to continue funding, some have called for an expansion of the program, while others h...
As shutdown fight looms, Congress should remember broadband program
With Congress facing a Sept. 30 deadline to pass both its appropriations and farm bills, and the threat of a government shutdown looming, the options to find a moving vehicle to which Congress could attach an extension of the $14 Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) are running short.
The ACP is expected to run out of federal funding within the next year. In anticipation of legislation to continue funding, some have called for an expansion of the program, while others h...
Here’s how many times the federal government has shut down
There have been 21 federal government shutdowns in the last five decades, as Congress has until September 30th to pass a set of spending bills or come up with a short-term plan to avert a soon-to-be 22nd government shutdown.
A government shutdown would lead to non-essential federal functions such as social security and SNAP benefits to be suspended and result in millions of federal employees to not receive pay during the shutdown.
The soon-to-be approaching de...
Vivek Ramaswamy accuses Trump of making a ‘false promise’ in not repealing Obamacare
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has taken a dig at former President Donald Trump
GOP senators alarmed by chaos over House spending bills
Republican senators are growing increasingly alarmed at Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) inability to pass spending legislation over the staunch opposition of a small group of conservative rebels, and fear a government shutdown may be days away.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who’s had to deal with the political fallout of government shutdowns in 1995-96, 2013 and 2018-19, warned Republican lawmakers on the other side of the Capitol on Tuesday that sh...