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...

Rand Paul’s Health Care Wish List Could Be a Deal Breaker for the GOP

By Rob Garver

The big task for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the coming few days (or months) will be striking a balance between the most conservative members of the Senate GOP and the more moderate...
Why Medicaid Expansion Could Be Bad News for Poor Americans

By Edward Morrissey

Almost eight months later, Republicans on Capitol Hill face a grim prospect of either passing a bill that hardly anyone supports, or admit failure and wait for Obamacare to derail on its own and...
Why State Governors Are Freaking Out About the GOP Health Plan

By Eric Pianin and Rob Garver

A potent bipartisan coalition of the nation’s governors including Republicans John Kasich of Ohio and Brian Sandoval of New Mexico and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado is pressing...
Here’s Why Democrats Can’t Win the White House in 2020

By Liz Peek

As things stand, Democrats don’t have a prayer of retaking the White House in 2020. Unless they make a sharp course correction, they will continue to be defeated by the Electoral College, the bane of...
Will Health Care Complications Kill the GOP’s Entire Agenda?

By Rob Garver

Bowing to the reality that he doesn’t have the votes to bring the Senate’s version of Affordable Care Act repeal to the floor for debate, much less to approve it, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on...

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