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The proposed Republican health care bill released by Senate leadership this week will "kill Massachusetts" without addressing any of the real flaws in Obamacare, Congressman Stephen Lynch said yesterday. "The two plans I've seen so far, they don't reduce the cost of health care, unfortunately," Lynch said during an appearance on Boston Herald Radio's "Morning Meeting" program, referring to the GOP plans passed by the House and proposed in the Senate.
Lawmakers, branches of the armed forces and federal departments populated their Twitter timelines Friday with pooch pics in honor of Take Your Dog to Work Day, also referred to as Bring Your Dog to Work Day. The day was created in 1999 by Pet Sitters International, a North Carolina-based educational association for professional pet sitters, to encourage business owners to allow dogs in the workplace.
The White House said in a letter on Friday that a tweet by President Donald Trump on Thursday was the formal answer to a request by the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee for information about records of conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey. The letter to Republican Representative Mike Conaway, who is leading the panel's investigation into Russian interference to the 2016 election, and Representative Adam Schiff, the committee's top Democrat, said: "In response to the committee's inquiry, we refer you to President Trump's June 22, 2017, statement regarding this matter."
Rain bands reeling away from Tropical Depression Cindy spread drenching rains from the Southeast to the Midwest, triggering flash flood warnings over several states including West Virginia, whose residents on Friday marked the anniversary of deadly floods last June.
A former Obama official said the previous administration "sort of choked" in its effort to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin over his attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor, The Washington Post reported Friday. "It is the hardest thing about my entire time in government to defend," the former senior Obama administration official told the Post.
Saying that a new Texas law allowing child welfare providers to deny adoptions to parents based on "sincerely held religious beliefs" is discriminatory, California's attorney general on Thursday banned state-funded travel to Texas. The attorney general's office said in a news release that Texas' House Bill 3859 "allows foster care agencies to discriminate against children in foster care and potentially disqualify LGBT families from the state's foster and adoption system."
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is facing criticisms for the Democratic loss in Georgia's special House election. In the wake of Democrat Jon Ossoff's loss in Georgia's special House election this week, the well-exercised pointing fingers of Democratic politicians and voters got a workout once again.
Former President Obama was shown a report about hacking with sources deep inside the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Barack Obama learned last August that Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in the cyber campaign designed to defeat Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported Friday.
Washington [U.S.] , June 23 :Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington, two influential U.S. Congressmen have introduced a bill revoking Pakistan's status as a major non-NATO ally , saying Islamabad's "treachery" has led to the deaths of too many American citizens. Congressman Ted Poe and Congressman Rick Nolan have introduced H.R. 3000, a bipartisan bill revoking Pakistan's major non-NATO ally status.
Life's a picnic! Melania kisses babies, Ivanka swings Arabella in the Rose garden and Trump gladhands with guests as the First Family host friends and family of Congress at the White House Body of girl, 14, who went missing while walking her dog is found by a worker at a landfill in Texas Los Angeles deputies kill teenager, 17, when they attempted to shoot a dog charging at them only for the bullet to ricochet and hit him in the chest Fed up with the Millennial mindset? You might be a Xennial, according to expert who says micro generation born between 1977 and 1983 are a 'mix between pessimists and optimists' EXCLUSIVE - James Comey visits The New York Times building as President Trump admits he did NOT record their conversations and questions what else ousted FBI director leaked to the press Trump says Comey's friendship with Robert Mueller is 'very bothersome' for Russia investigation ... (more)
Just hours after Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate released a draft version of a health insurance bill to replace the federal Affordable Care Act, New Mexico's two senators were joining other Democrats in trying to stop the measure from receiving the 50 votes needed for passage. In a statement, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall said he has received more than 10,000 letters and emails urging him to oppose the bill, which would roll back some rules for health insurers and eventually reduce the number of low-income Americans covered under the government-funded Medicaid program.
Planned Parenthood may poor-mouth when its government funding is on the line, but that hasn't stopped the abortion giant from spending lavishly on politicians who promise to keep the taxpayer dollars coming. Planned Parenthood's political arm, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, was the second-biggest spender on the Democratic side of the ledger in the special election for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, putting more than $734,000 behind Jon Ossoff.
California is restricting publicly funded travel to four more states because of recent laws that leaders here view as discriminatory against gay and transgender people. All totaled, California now bans most state-funded travel to eight states.
The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi , strolled before the cameras on Thursday with defeat at her back once more, projecting a well-worn swagger - brash, defiant, more than a little off key - as she insisted that her moment had not passed. "I think I'm worth the trouble," she told reporters, parrying renewed questions from Democrats about her stewardship after yet another Republican congressional candidate, this time in Georgia, found success by making Ms.
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, whose panel is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, speaks with reporters after final votes for the week, at the Capitol in Washington Thursday. Warner responded to President Donald Trump's tweet that there are no recordings of his private conversations with fired FBI director James Comey, saying, 'This administration never ceases to amaze me.'
Public health officials are warning about an outbreak of the syphilis in New Hampshire, with reported cases of the sexually transmitted disease nearly double that of previous years. From January through May, there were 42 documented cases in the state, according to new figures released Thursday by the state's Department of Health and Human Services.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a third special session on Wednesday and said it was time to "crack the whip" on lawmakers to get a budget deal and avoid a July 1 government shutdown. Unless lawmakers can agree on a budget, the state of Washington is just days away from a first-ever government shutdown.
Defiant House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she's maintained marked unity among Democrats, fending off carping from rank-and-file members after yet more election defeats this week. Mrs. Pelosi said flatly she's not giving up her leader's post, and said the losses in four special congressional elections this year, which cost the party millions of dollars yet earned no gains in their House ranks, are actually a good sign.
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson defended the Obama administration's decision to delay publicly commenting on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Wednesday. "We have to carefully consider whether declassifying the information compromises sources and methods," Johnson said under grilling in a hearing before the House Intelligence Committee, adding, "There was an ongoing election.