Changes to GOP health proposal affect older adults, Medicaid
" Republican leaders hope that the latest changes to their health care bill win enough votes to drive the legislation through the House later this week. It's looking tight.
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Puerto Rico can’t kick the creditor can down the road
Last week, on March 13, Puerto Rico's Fiscal Oversight and Management Board approved the economic recovery plan submitted by Gov. Ricardo RossellA3. Paul Ryan GOP chairman: Trump infrastructure package could be rolled into aviation bill Puerto Rico can't kick the creditor can down the road Lobby firm scores top House Republican tax aide MORE pushed through Congress last year, will fail to bring to Puerto Rico the type of government accountability that we were lead to believe the law would bring about.
Day One of the Neil Gorsuch Hearings Was Not about Neil Gorsuch
Those who tuned into C-SPAN today for hot-and-heavy questioning of President Donald Trump 's Supreme Court nominee were sorely disappointed. The first day isn't actually about the nominee, but just a chance for senators on the Judiciary Committee to make opening statements.
GOP Obamacare repeal saves rural New Yorkers cash at city expense
House Republicans cut a backroom deal Tuesday night leaving New York City in the lurch by cutting Upstate contributions to the state Medicaid program. The House speaker, scrambling for votes to pass his much-maligned Obamacare repeal plan, tacked on a last-minute provision from Rep. Chris Collins aimed at winning over skittish Upstate New York Republicans ahead of Thursday's House vote.
Leahy critical of Gorsuch’s conservative support
However, the committee has also received statements in support of Gorsuch from both a male former student, Will Hauptman, and a group of 11 women who formerly served as legal clerks for the Supreme Court nominee. Judge Gorsuch outlined how law firms, and companies in general, had to ask female interviewees about pregnancy plans in order to protect the company.
Ranking Democrat: ‘We Do Not Yet Know Whether the Russians Had the Help of U.S. Citizens’
Rep. Adam Schiff , the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, made something very clear in his opening statement on Monday: "Most important, we do not yet know whether the Russians had the help of U.S. citizens, including people associated with the Trump campaign," he said. "Many of the Trump's campaign personnel, including the president himself, have ties to Russia and Russian interests.
Former Louisiana Rep. John Fleming to join HHS under Trump
Former Louisiana Congressman John Fleming is going to be working for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NOLA.com/ The Times-Picayune reports that former U.S. Rep John Fleming says he has accepted a job as deputy assistant secretary for health technology within the department.
Governor: Congressional delegation must fight for health law
Gov. Charlie Baker is urging the state's congressional delegation to fight a Republican-backed health care bill that he said could undermine Massachusetts' efforts to maintain its highest-in-the-nation rate of insured residents. The Republican governor is including his concerns in a letter he's planning to send to the all-Democratic delegation Tuesday.
Trump to Capitol in last-ditch lobbying for health care bill
President Donald Trump is rallying support for the Republican health care overhaul by taking his case directly to GOP lawmakers at the Capitol, two days before the House plans a climactic vote that poses an important early test for his presidency. Top House Republicans unveiled revisions to their bill in hopes of nailing down support.
High court nominee to face daylong questioning in Senate
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch faces hours of questioning from senators as frustrated Democrats are determined to press him on everything from abortion and guns to his independence from President Donald Trump. Republicans are unanimously supporting Gorsuch , and certain to give him what cover they can as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Day 2 of his confirmation hearings on Tuesday.
NYPD top cop travels to D.C. for fight against Trump funding cuts
NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill isn't happy that President Trump wants to cut money to protect his city from terrorism - and he headed to Trump's new town to make that clear. O'Neill traveled to Washington, D.C. on Monday to meet with key stakeholders and set a battle plan with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to fight $110 million in cuts to vital security programs .
Supreme Court Nomination Hearings
Even while insisting they would evaluate Gorsuch fairly, several spoke angrily about the treatment of Judge Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court nominee, who was denied even a hearing for 10 months a year ago by Senate Republicans. The statement kicked off a day of opening statements - and opening statements only - as a kind of appetizer for the main course on Tuesday, when Gorsuch will endure 30-minute rounds of questions from the 20 committee members.
Republicans rebelling against health care risk Trump’s wrath
Hard-line House Republicans considering voting against the House GOP health bill are bracing for payback from a president who claims his favorite biblical passage is "an eye for an eye."
Candidates under consideration for FBI director
Cornyn is the No. 2 Senate Republican and a former Texas attorney general and state Supreme Court justice.
The Latest: Trump takes shot at quarterback Kaepernick
President Donald Trump is taking a swipe at quarterback Colin Kaepernick as he holds a campaign-style rally in Louisville, Kentucky. Trump tells the crowd he read an article reporting that NFL owners don't want to pick Kaepernick up "because they don't want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump."
FBI Director Comey: Russia probe, yes; wiretaps, no
The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, FBI Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats. In a bruising five-hour session before the House Intelligence Committee, the FBI director also knocked down Trump's claim that his predecessor had wiretapped his New York skyscraper, an assertion that has distracted White House officials and frustrated fellow Republicans who acknowledge they've seen no evidence to support it.
House leaders make changes to health care bill in bid to gain votes
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., made his case for the GOP's long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Thursday. House Republican leaders, racing toward a planned Thursday vote on their proposed health-care overhaul, unveiled changes to the legislation late Monday that they think will win over enough members to secure its passage.
Primary takeaways: Women keep winning and a Trump tweet strikes a fatal blow to Sanford
The sitting Republican House member lost his primary race to state Rep. Katie Arrington, who campaigned as a Trump ally, after the president made a last-minute endorsement of Arrington. Sanford has been one of the few members to criticize the president, and GOP primary voters punished him for it, handing him his first electoral defeat.
Congressman’s staff holds mobile office
Residents in need of assistance navigating the federal government or wishing to share their views with the Congressman are encouraged to attend. Gottheimer's casework team holds mobile office hours regularly throughout northern New Jersey.
CBO report: 24 million fewer insured by 2026 under GOP health care bill
Twenty-four million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026 under the House Republican health care bill than under Obamacare, including 14 million by next year, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday. The long-anticipated score immediately puts the writers and supporters of the GOP Obamacare repeal bill on the defensive.