GOP congressman blames health care struggles on ‘repugnant’ Republican ‘female senators’

Rep. Blake Farenthold suggested he’d like to resolve things with a gunfight.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File

Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) is livid at the inability of the Senate to repeal Obamacare, and he knows exactly who to blame: the Republican women of the Senate.

During a radio interview on a Corpus Christi station last Friday, Farenthold said he finds it “absolutely repugnant” that...

GOP senator says public won’t have ‘luxury’ of learning about health care plan before a vote

A manufactured crisis.From left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), leave the White House on Wednesday following a luncheon with President Donald Trump and other GOP leadership. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Despite the failure of the latest Trumpcare bill on Monday, Senate Republican leadership is moving forward with pl...

Senate GOP’s ‘new’ health bill would still un-insure 22 million people

A new Congressional Budget Score confirms the latest version of the bill is pretty much like the old one.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks into the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, Thursday, July 20, 2017 CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

The Senate GOP’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is dead — and yet it lives. On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office scored a revised but sti...

Capital Journal Daybreak: GOP’s Competing Wings Slow Health Overhaul

Good morning. Here’s the latest news on the GOP’s efforts to replace Obamacare and more top stories from Washington.  Click here to get the Capital Journal Daybreak newsletter delivered to your inbox. GOP Abandons Senate Health Bill, Plans Repeal Vote: GOP leaders gave up their effort to dismantle and simultaneously replace much of the Affordable Care Act […]