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Linda Bell, a beekeeper and farmer who makes about $11,000 per year, feels Washington power brokers have no intention of making health care affordable. WASHINGTON - Linda Bell, a beekeeper and farmer who makes about $11,000 per year, feels Washington power brokers have no intention of making health care affordable.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf hit the nail on the head last week when he refused to play along with the Trump administration's invasive and unwarranted request for unfettered access to his state's voter rolls. "The right to vote is absolute and I have no confidence that you seek to bolster it," Wolf, a Democrat, wrote to Kris Kobach, vice chairman of President Donald Trump's hilariously misnamed Election Integrity Commission.
On Wednesday, all 50 states were sent letters from Kris Kobach - vice chair for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity - requesting information on voter fraud, election security and copies of every state's voter roll data. The letter asked state officials to deliver the data within two weeks, and says that all information turned over to the commission will be made public.
In April 2016, as Donald Trump was on the cusp of clinching the Republican nomination for the White House, he sold two luxury condos near Manhattan's Central Park for less than half the price his company had said they were worth. The lucky buyer: Trump's son, Eric.
Health care, or the lack thereof, is a perennial topic in the news and in letters to the editor. Perhaps we should review how the United States, inarguably home to the best health care in the world, is now faced with such an imbalance between value and cost.
It was co-sponsored by Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge and 5 others. The bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Finance Agency to create a pilot program for creditworthy student debt holders to transform their student debt into an opportunity to purchase and own a home.
This victory could begin to turn the tide - but the right's long war against the welfare state is nowhere near over The spectacular failure of the GOP's Obamacare repeal efforts - reminding us all of the original meaning of "house of cards" - should be looked on as a gift, with all the uncertainty, as well as promise, that gifts always entail. Twenty-two million people will not lose their health care - at least not yet.
As you might imagine, we get more letters to the editor here at PennLive Opinion than we could ever hope to run. Some are turned down because they're too long.
In this Oct. 31, 2012 photo, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a Republican, speaks in Jackson, Miss. Hosemann says if he receives a request for voters' personal information, he will tell the commission to "go jump in the Gulf of Mexico."
President Donald Trump's voter-fraud commission can get some of the data on Pennsylvania voters it seeks, but nothing more than is available to everyone else, according to a letter from Gov. Tom Wolf. The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity will not get Social Security numbers or other information it wanted - a request Mr. Wolf's letter called “problematic” for several reasons, including privacy concerns.
Congressman quits because he can't make it on $174,000. In his home state, low-income residents can't find housing In an interview published last Tuesday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, proposed a $2,500 housing stipend for members of Congress to more easily afford housing at home and in Washington.
South Carolina officials said Friday they have not received a request from the White House task force investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election. The state Election Commission, however, received more than 50 calls and emails from the public asking the agency to keep voter information away from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity .
As some states turn down sweeping requests for voter data from a presidential commission on alleged voter fraud, a watchdog group is asking that Maryland abstain as well. A Wednesday letter from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity gives secretaries of state about two weeks to provide about a dozen points of voter data.
Trump established the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity after he needed justification for claiming that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election. The president has repeatedly cried voter fraud as an explanation for why he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by millions of votes, despite winning the electoral college.
"There comes a point where you gotta get off the crazy train," he told Fox News. "I happen to have a wife I love and kids I adore and two of our three kids are now married and they're moving away, we're about to become empty-nesters.
Congressman Jason Chaffetz closes out his career in Congress this Friday Starting next month, he will be working at Fox News. Chaffetz gave an interview to his new employer today in which he once again claimed his decision was about his family.
On Monday the New York Time s published an article on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Senate Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. "[T]he report said, premiums for older people would be much higher under the Senate bill than under current law.
House Republicans are putting the final touches on a bold budget proposal they will roll out later this week that would boost military spending beyond what President Donald Trump wants and slash billions from welfare and other entitlement programs. Threading the needle of getting defense hawks, fiscal conservatives and those steering tax reform within his own party has been a difficult task, but House Speaker Paul Ryan has reminded House GOP members that this year's budget is critical for getting top priorities like tax reform through both chambers.
House Republicans are putting the final touches on a budget proposal they will roll out later this week that would boost military spending beyond what President Donald Trump wants and slash billions from welfare and other entitlement programs. Threading the needle of getting defense hawks, fiscal conservatives and those steering tax reform within his own party has been a difficult task, but House Speaker Paul Ryan has reminded House GOP members that this year's budget is critical for getting top priorities like tax reform through both chambers.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to issue the final rulings of its current term on Monday, including one on religious rights, amid talk that swing voter Justice Anthony Kennedy is considering retirement. The court in the coming days is also expected to act on President Donald Trump's emergency request seeking to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority countries, which was blocked by lower courts.