A hunger to be more aggressive and authoritative in the biggest policy fights in Congress is defining the race to lead the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House.
Reps. Ben Cline (R-Va.), 52, and August Pfluger (R-Texas), 46, are seeking the chairmanship for the group in the next Congress — a position that has historically served as a launching pad for Republicans into higher positions.
In interviews with The Hill, and in pitch...
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Annie Clark: Communications director, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine); Republican communications director, Senate Appropriations Committee
Annie Clark is a key adviser to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), one of the Senate’s most effective bipartisan dealmakers, who is expected to take over as chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee if Republicans win back control of the chamber in November.
As the top Republican spokesperson for the Appropriations Committee, Clark will be in the center of the storm when the debate over the annual spending bills takes center stage this fall.
Reporters know that Clark...
12:30 Report — House moves to a cleaner funding strategy
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Morning Report—State of presidential race: Exhausting
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Democrats eager to fight Vance over ObamaCare rollback
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said he wants to roll back ObamaCare’s protections for people with preexisting conditions, reopening a fight that’s repeatedly burned Republicans in the past — and one Democrats are eager to have.
During a campaign rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, Vance described a plan to remove federal regulations from the health care system but still ensure people get the coverage they need.
“We're gonna actually imp...
The Hill’s Evening Report — Vexing polls add to election spectacle
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Moskowitz swipes after Comer says to take medication: ‘We know who’s taking more’
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) traded personal swipes over who takes more medication after Moskowitz attacked Comer’s leadership of the committee.
The exchange came during an Oversight panel hearing titled “A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Failures.”
Moskowitz used his time during the hearing, though, to criticize Comer, particularly the impeach...
Harris’s ‘Opportunity Society’ is in the shadow of LBJ’s War on Poverty
Vice President Kamala Harris has touted an economic vision for America called the “Opportunity Society.” The agenda harkens back to the days when presidents distinguished policies with slogans like the “New Deal” of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the “New Frontier” of John F. Kennedy.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty”; as such, it is appropriate to consider how the Harris plan for economic reform compares with that of an earlier Democratic...
England’s strained health care system should ring alarms in the US
The National Health Service in England, founded in 1948 to deliver health care directly to all in need following World War II, is in trouble.
Not only is it broke, but it is also broken, as the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer just pointed out in response to a recent government study.
The waiting lines for care are prohibitive. A recent study revealed that 8 million people in the United Kingdom are waiting for their care, with 40 percent waiting for more than...
Trump, Harris give lawmakers whiplash with costly campaign promises
Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are offering a flurry of ideas on spending and taxes that are fueling concerns on Capitol Hill that there's no end in sight for huge annual deficits.
Trump’s reversal on capping state and local tax deductions, a key part of his tax reform legislation, is just the latest expensive proposal to emerge on the campaign trail.
Trump has proposed $8 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade, which he would offset with only $9...