Trump Blasts Congress Over Failure of GOP Health Care Bill
President Donald Trump blasted congressional Democrats and "a few Republicans" Tuesday over the collapse of the GOP effort to rewrite the Obama health care law. read more >
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Senate GOP Releases Bill to Cut Medicaid, Alter ‘Obamacare’
Senate Republicans release their long-awaited bill to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid for low-income Americans and erase tax boosts that Obama imposed on high-earners. read more >
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I’ve Never Been So Insulted (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
Lately, I’m not sure anything is an insult — at least nothing that is intended to be. Words hurled as put-downs seem to be promptly turned into slogans. read more >
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Trucking and Trump: An Infrastructure Match
The American Trucking Associations wasted little time reacting to Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. The industry has been a proponent of improving the nation's infrastructure, which Trump said he wants to do. read more >
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Opposition Led by Tom Cotton Takes Aim at Criminal Justice Overhaul
A handful of Senate Republicans dealt a severe blow to an overhaul of the criminal justice system in Congress, with U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton calling the legislation "a massive social experiment in criminal leniency." read more >
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Obama’s Speech Draws Unsparing Reviews from Republicans
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address drew unsparing morning-after reviews Wednesday from majority Republicans in Congress, including a rebuke on nuclear talks with Iran. read more >
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Acting Like The Majority Party (Robert Coon On Politics)
Now that the August recess is over and members of Congress are back at work, GOP leaders in the House of Representatives are finding themselves in a familiar situation - infighting within the caucus. As the minority party in Washington, some level of internal conflict is expected, but will the GOP be able to coalesce if they win majority of the Senate this November? read more >
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House GOP Unveils Bill to Counter Senate Debt Plan
House GOP leaders unveiled their own plan Tuesday to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. read more >
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Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid Near Deal to Reopen Government
Senate leaders are closing in on an agreement to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. read more >
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