President Trump floated working with Democrats on an alternative to ObamaCare on Wednesday, saying the two parties could come up with a “much better” option.
“We have to fix health care because ObamaCare is a disaster,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to South Korea.
“When you see the increases in ObamaCare, it never worked. It never will work, and we can do something with the Democrats much better than ObamaCare,” he continued. “Less mo...
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Watch live: Johnson gives remarks on Day 29 of shutdown as pressure mounts
House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold his daily press conference Wednesday morning as pressure mounts on both sides of the aisle to reopen the government after funding lapsed nearly a month ago.
Johnson teased earlier this week that Republicans are working to develop a GOP replacement for the Affordable Care Act and the expiring tax credits that have been at the center of Democrats' demands. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday aired frustration over the lack of tr...
GOP senator scolds Greene: ‘Present an option’ and ‘don’t just criticize what other people are doing’
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Tuesday urged Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to stop sharing criticism about GOP lawmakers' approach to solving the lapse in Affordable Care Act subsidies and present her own plan.
“If this is something she‘s passionate about, put pen to paper, write a bill, present an option,” Moreno said during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source.”
“Don‘t just criticize what other people are doing,” he added.
Moreno ...
Congress stares down shutdown ‘D-Day’
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Shutdown pain spikes this weekend, upping pressure on Congress to strike deal
The shutdown pain is set to spiral.
After four weeks when the real-world impacts of the budget impasse have been relatively limited, a series of deadlines governing a range of programs will converge at the turn of the month to send the effects of the shutdown well beyond the Beltway.
The D-Day moment, which hits this weekend, is poised to wallop groups as varied as military troops, patients on ObamaCare, kids in Head Start, and low-income families on food stamps.<...
Trump shows little incentive to broker end to shutdown
The White House is in no rush to mediate a deal to end the government shutdown, lacking any urgency to help lawmakers reach an agreement as pressure increases on both parties to solve the stand off.
President Trump has had no direct communication with top Democrats since the shutdown began nearly one month ago. In fact, Trump and his top aides feel like Democrats have no good way out and the administration has made no qualms about using agency messaging to politically blame...
Democrats wobble as pressure to end shutdown ramps up
Senate Democrats are taking a close look at a Republican proposal to pay all federal employees — including essential and furloughed workers — as they’re under new pressure from the nation’s largest federal workers union to pass a clean continuing resolution to reopen the government.
They also plan to introduce legislation to pay for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and extend funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,...
CMS touts $50 ObamaCare premiums
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Jeffries calls Comer ‘malignant clown’ over Biden autopen probe request
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday reused an insult to criticize a congressional Republican who filed a report on former President Biden's use of an autopen.
“The so-called chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, continues to behave like a malignant clown," Jeffries told reporters at a press conference. "You can’t point to a single thing that he’s actually done to make life better for the American people.”
Jeffries urged C...
GOP struggles to avoid ObamaCare boomerang amid shutdown
The shutdown debate over expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies has put Republicans on the defensive over health care, reopening old wounds over the 2017 attempt to repeal and replace the law.
Fifteen years since the Affordable Care Act was passed, the scars from the repeal effort and the GOP’s lingering disgust for the law are influencing the party’s scattered response.
While Republicans are united i...