The far-reaching implications of the Republican tax plan may include a sneaky attempt to use the sweeping piece of legislation to attack abortion rights.
Nearly 100 pages into the House version of the bill — and likely in the Senate bill as well, though Republicans have not yet released the text of the bill to the public, despite their intent to vote on it Friday afternoon — Republicans attempt to codify an anti-choice priority known as fetal personhood. The provision is...
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Senate Republicans refuse to believe the official analysis of their tax plan
A key analysis of the Senate Republican tax plan released late Thursday afternoon threw a wrench into the GOP leadership’s rush to pass tax reform this week. In response, Republican lawmakers are choosing to simply ignore the report’s findings.
Just as the Senate was about to vote on Thursday on whether to advance their tax plan, the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation released a troubling report. The JCT report found that the $1.4 trillion dollar tax plan would gen...
On World AIDS Day, remember all evidence suggests Trump still has zero plans to tackle HIV/AIDS
“Bringing down the rate of HIV infection is one of the United States’ great public health triumphs of the past quarter-century,” wrote Keith Humphreys, who served as senior policy adviser at the White House drug policy office from 2009 to 2010.
Approximately 1.2 million residents nationwide are living with HIV, and HIV/AIDS deaths have significantly dropped. Between 2000 and 2013 in the United States, deaths decreased by 2.8 percent annually, faster than the global average of 1.5 pe...
One short video illustrating Lindsey Graham’s stunning hypocrisy on Trump
During an interview with CNN on Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was asked if he’s concerned about recent reports that President Trump has been privately questioning whether a recording of him bragging about groping women is legitimate and that he remains interested in racist conspiracy theories about President Obama’s birth certificate.
Instead of answering, Graham tried to turn the tables and attacked the media for reporting about those issues in the first place.
Insurance officials: ‘Anything is possible’ in Obamcare market with no mandate, even insurer exits
This open enrollment period, residents in many states across the country have only one or two insurer options if they purchase plans on the Obamacare exchange.
In Delaware, residents have only one. After Aetna announced it was exiting the exchange in May — leaving Highmark as the only company insuring residents who don’t get coverage through work — Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro said that he “would hope that our elected officials in Washingt...
These are the lies John McCain is telling himself so he can support Trump’s tax cuts
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will vote for the Senate tax reform bill, he announced Thursday.
“After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to support the Senate tax reform bill,” McCain said in a statement Thursday morning. “I believe this legislation, though far from perfect, would enhance American competitiveness, boost the economy, and provide long overdue tax relief for middle class families.”
After careful consideration...
Faith leaders arrested as major religious groups rally against the GOP tax reform bill
Faith groups are rallying against the new GOP-led tax reform proposal currently making its way through the U.S. Senate, with some enduring arrest as they urge lawmakers to abandon a bill they say will primarily benefit the wealthy at the expense of vulnerable and low-income families.
On Wednesday, a group of more than 2,400 faith leaders hailing from Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, and other faith traditions signed onto a letter addressed to Senate leadership decrying the...
Republicans have decided that a corporate tax cut is more important than middle class families
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced an amendment to the Senate tax bill on Wednesday that would help provide a bit more relief for middle class families in a tax bill that currently doesn’t do much to help them. Unfortunately, President Trump reportedly opposes it.
Under the current proposed Senate tax bill, the child tax credit is expanded to $2,000, but isn’t refundable. This means that lower-income families who don’t make enough for income ta...
3 things we still don’t know about the Senate tax bill – even though they’ve already started debate
Republicans are rushing their tax plan through Congress at lightning speed. White House officials have stated repeatedly they want the GOP tax plan to be a “big, beautiful Christmas present” to Americans taxpayers, but working on that tight of a timeline comes at price. (Many Americans will see a tax increase, especially after the first few years.) The aggressive timeline has left no time for public hearings or even to finish writing the legislation.
What is known about ...
Arkansas is proof that discredited sting videos have severe consequences
Arkansas once again cut off access to Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood over discredited sting videos filmed in secret by an anti-abortion group.
The state terminated Planned Parenthood’s status as a medical provider last week after an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding Arkansas’ right to do so took effect, Arkansas Department of Human Services spokesperson Amy Webb said Monday. The court ruled in August that Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s...