GOP strategist Karl Rove weighed in on the looming government shutdown, saying the American public will lose trust in Washington if lawmakers continue to clash over policy issues, including health care.
"But no matter what, the biggest shutdown loser will likely be public trust in Washington writ large,” Rove wrote Wednesday in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal. “Voters see shutdowns as the result of gross incompetence by our leaders."
He pointed to Pe...
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Jeffries: Democrats won’t ‘bend the knee to Donald Trump’s will when he’s gutting health care’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday his party will not “bend the knee to Donald Trump's will when he's gutting health care.”
“Our position as Democrats is clear: Cancel the cuts, lower the cost, save health care,” Jeffries told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on “Deadline: White House." ”That's our fight that we're waging on behalf of the American people. And we're willing to sit down with anyone at any time, any place, to try to actually get to a spending a...
Walsh criticizes Democratic leadership months after joining party
Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.) slammed Democratic leadership Tuesday, months after joining the party.
“I know I’ve only been a Democrat for three plus months, so if I’m overstepping my bounds here I apologize, but damn…the leadership of my new party just doesn’t f‑‑‑ing understand the threat and isn’t f‑‑‑ing meeting this moment,” Walsh wrote on the social platform X.
Walsh’s comments were in response to a clip of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-...
Johnson questions if Schumer, Jeffries, Trump meeting ‘necessary’ to avoid shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday questioned whether a meeting between President Trump and the top two Democratic leaders in Congress is “necessary” ahead of an end-of-month government shutdown deadline, adding that he and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) will be in attendance at the meeting if it happens.
Shortly after, Trump made a post on Truth Social saying that after reviewing Democrats’ demands, he had “decided that no meeting with their Congressional ...
Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump to avoid government shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) sent a letter to President Trump Saturday to demand a meeting to discuss the expiration of government funding on Sept. 30, which could result in a shutdown.
Alarms are flashing on Capitol Hill after the Senate rejected a seven-week continuing resolution (CR) that passed the House on a largely party-line vote, leaving leaders on both sides of the aisle at a stalemate over how to ...
Washington divide grows after Kirk assassination
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If Trump wants to cut health spending, he’s defunding the wrong agency
The second Trump administration has made it a core mission to cut spending on public health programs. But ironically, one agency in its crosshairs is pivotal to cost-effectiveness research in health care delivery.
The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, housed within the Department of Health and Human Services, is aimed at helping health care organizations and providers to deliver safe, high quality and equitable health care.
Despite this vital mission ...
Schumer warns of growing chance of government shutdown
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned his Democratic colleagues in a letter Tuesday of the growing chance of a government shutdown, declaring that “Republicans are once again threatening to go-at-it-alone” by not negotiating with Democrats on a stopgap spending measure.
Schumer said the Trump administration is provoking a standoff over government funding by moving forward with a “pocket rescission” to claw back nearly $5 billion in federal funding for the S...
Trump could finish Biden’s marijuana reform
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‘It’s harsh. I mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest
President embraces Robin-Hood-in-reverse policies to benefit wealthiest and hurt those earning under $50,000
Last November, Donald Trump made a solemn vow to all Americans: “Every citizen, I will fight for you, your family and your future every single day.” Eight months later, Trump is vigorously backing many policies that will mean pain for millions.
Trump has pushed to enact the Republican budget bill, which would make significant cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare, and food assistance, and would do the greatest damage to those Americans struggling hardest to make ends meet – the 30% of the US population that lives in households earning under $50,000 a year.
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