Congress

One More Try? Why Obamacare Repeal Is on the Horizon Again

By Rob Garver

The effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which many assumed was dead or at least in a state of suspended animation for the foreseeable future, may be showing some stirring of life...
Trump Takes on a Powerful Leader, but This Time It’s on Capitol Hill

By Rob Garver

President Trump was obviously angry. The target of his ire was a man who has been aggravating him for a long time by ignoring his demands, refusing to work through the president’s chosen...
Heads Up: Health Care Is Still in Trouble

By Rob Garver

The issue of the US health insurance system was taken off the front burner with the evident failure of the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But while it may not be in...
Here’s How Trump Could Get Democrats’ Help on Tax Reform

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration has been reaching out to ‘Blue Dog’ Democrats to talk about possible areas of agreement on tax reform.
Congress Is Constructing a Wall, All Right. But It’s Built Around Trump

By Rob Garver

Like a body’s immune system trying to wall off an abscess, the institutions of the federal government seem to be coming together to block, or at least limit, the influence of the president on the...

The US Spends Billions on Cybersecurity — but No One Is Sure Exactly How Much

By Eric Pianin

There is no universally accepted definition of what cybersecurity actually means. Moreover, the public and even lawmakers don’t have a clue as to how much the government is actually spending overall...
How Could the VA Make $5.5 Billion in Improper Payments Last Year?

By Eric Pianin

Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri has been on a tear recently in going after government fraud and waste. The ranking Democrat on the Senate’s chief oversight committee and a former state auditor in...
Congress Just Handed Trump Bragging Rights on Expanded GI Education Benefits

By Eric Pianin

For a chief executive preparing to leave town on a 17-day summer vacation after suffering a humiliating setback on health care reform, President Trump will be able to claim some bragging rights when...
Top GOP Conservative: We Won’t Play Around With the Debt Ceiling

By Rob Garver

When it comes to the perennial fight to raise the federal debt ceiling, it’s usually best to assume that the struggle to give the Treasury Department clearance to actually pay the debts that the...
Why Republicans Are Going It Alone on Tax Cuts

By Eric Pianin

Republicans made it clear on Tuesday that despite their debacle in pressing for health care reform without any Democratic assistance, they would again go their own way in drafting and passing major...

The GOP May Get a Taste of Its Own Medicine on Supreme Court Nominations

By Rob Garver

Under the incoming Donald Trump administration, nominations to the Supreme Court could wind up being even more of a political flashpoint than they have been in recent years, as Senate Minority Leader...
The 3 GOP Senators Who Could Stop Obamacare Repeal

By Eric Pianin

President Obama and GOP Vice president-elect Mike Pence staged dueling appearances on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning with two very different missions: With less than three weeks left in his...
The Republican War on Obama’s Regulations Is About to Begin

By Eric Pianin

While President Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act looms as the Republicans’ biggest target in the new Congress, conservatives in the House and Senate are poised to roll back hundreds of...
Mass Firing in the Senate Shows Schumer Is Getting Serious

By Rob Garver

In January Sen. Chuck Schumer, armed with the attenuated power of the filibuster, will be the only Democrat in Washington with the power to thwart Republican efforts to restructure the federal...
You Paid for an IRS Official to Live in a $1 Million Home for a Year

By Eric Pianin

Last year, the IRS’s Chief Technology Officer who resides in Texas routinely commuted to Washington to confer on the Affordable Care Act enforcement, foreign account compliance and other matters. In...

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