As the 2024 elections approach, Democratic senators and Senate candidates from across the ideological spectrum have called for the abolition of the filibuster. They believe that many of the proposals they care about most have no chance of getting the 60 votes they would need to overcome a Republican filibuster.
When it comes to some issues, like creating a national right to abortion, they are probably right. But Democrats should not abolish the filibuster. It would harm their...
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Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in ‘Obamacare’ next year
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Budget 2024: Liberals look to offset drug plan cost with higher smoking, vaping taxes
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The Liberals and NDP have agreed to cover birth control through a single-payer program as part of the pharmacare deal and are also in talks to include diabetes drugs.
As Trump threatens to repeal Obamacare, these ‘insurance godmothers’ are signing Florida Latinos up
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Trump says he will renew efforts to replace ‘Obamacare’ if he wins a second term
Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act
Unlock the economic power of national childcare
In April of 2021, we argued on these pages that the lack of national childcare policy amounted to an national emergency. We pointed out that all 50 states fail the definition of childcare affordability established in 2016 by the Department of Health and Human Services. We reported that surveys have repeatedly identified childcare costs as the top reason Americans are having fewer children, driving birth rates to a record low and threatening the na...
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
California lawmakers approve bills including eviction protections and mental health care reform
California lawmakers have voted to strengthen eviction protections for renters, closing an existing loophole allowing landlords to circumvent the state's rent cap