Congress is having its first bipartisan Obamacare hearings in years. It may agree only on thwarting the president.
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Alabama Democrat says he can win Sessions’ seat because his opponents won’t challenge white supremacy
Alabama Republicans Luther Strange and Roy Moore are preparing to battle for Jeff Sessions’ Senate seat in a primary run-off that will pit President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s support and money against a solidly evangelical base. Meanwhile, Doug Jones is sitting back easy.
Jones, the Democratic nominee, won Tuesday’s primary with over 50 percent of the vote, meaning that he avoids a run-off and can now focus his efforts on the December gener...
Alabamians love Trump, but they may hate the Senate more
Despite unified Republican control of Washington, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been having a bad year. The Senate primary in Alabama on Tuesday may make it even worse.
Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday to select candidates who will compete in December for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacated seat. Until recently, the Republican who has temporarily filled the seat since January and who has earned endorsements from both President Trump and Majority Leader McConnell ...
After health care failure, Trump slams GOP senators as ‘fools’ who are ‘wasting time’
The president is calling for changes to Senate rules that reveal he doesn’t totally understand how the Senate works.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump. CREDIT: AP Photo
In a rambling series of tweets posted Saturday morning, President Donald Trump attacked GOP senators for allowing their Democratic colleagues to “totally control the U.S. Senate,” saying they “look like f...
Behind Legislative Collapse: An Angry Vow Fizzles for Lack of a Viable Plan
Voter anger turned Republicans against the Affordable Care Act, but amid the promises of repeal, the party never offered a viable alternative.
The Republican Women Behind the Vote
Senator John McCain shocked his party when he turned his thumb down and voted “no” to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But it was two staunch female Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — who fought the Senate repeal from the start.
McCain is getting the credit, but these women are the ones who really saved Obamacare
Sens. Murkowski and Collins have always stuck to their principles.Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, listen to the president speak in June. CREDIT: AP/Susan Wlash
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is grabbing headlines after he voted “no” on the Senate’s so-called “skinny repeal” bill to roll back Obamacare. McCain walked onto the Senate floor during the roll call and g...
McCain’s Vote Provides Dramatic Moment in 7-Year Battle Over Obamacare
He kept his intention quiet until the end, when he joined Democrats and two Republican senators to defeat the measure.