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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday he is "deeply concerned" Senate Republicans will rush ahead next week with legislation replacing the Affordable Care Act with an alternative plan that will do far greater harm to the nation's health care system than earlier GOP proposals. "President Trump said the original House version was 'mean' but this measure is the king of mean - on a scale of 1 to 10 it is off the charts," the Connecticut Democrat said.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks as Sen. Bill Cassidy , Sen. Dean Heller , Sen. Ron Johnson listen during a news conference on health care on Sept. 13, on Capitol Hill.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she respects young immigrants who shouted her down at an event in San Francisco, but said their call for a comprehensive immigration overhaul was premature. "We are not in a position where we can say all or none.
Strange has trailed Roy Moore in public opinion polls, and many of Trump's usual allies are working feverishly against him to elect the upstart challenger. Republicans in Washington are keeping a close eye on President Trump and whether he has the political juice to push Sen. Luther Strange to victory in the deadlocked special election contest for an Alabama Senate seat.
"Could it be, Sen. Cassidy, that the problem is that I do understand and you got caught with your G-O-Penis out?" For the second night in a row Wednesday, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel raged against a Senate bill meant to repeal Obamacare . It followed an impassioned critique of Sen. Bill Cassidy that captured media headlines just a day before.
Even as Republicans scramble to find the votes to pass their latest attempt to repeal Obamacare, the list of advocacy and industry groups opposed to the bill continues to grow. On Wednesday, the two major health insurance industry associations voiced their concerns about the legislation, which would jettison several major Obamacare provisions and curtail federal support of Medicaid.
Sen. Luther Strange, seen Feb. 9 in Washington, D.C., will be joined by President Donald Trump at a Friday rally, followed by Vice President Mike Pence heading down next Monday on the eve of Alabama's runoff election. Sen. Luther Strange, seen Feb. 9 in Washington, D.C., will be joined by President Donald Trump at a Friday rally, followed by Vice President Mike Pence heading down next Monday on the eve of Alabama's runoff election.
The late-night host went off on his detractors over the proposed Graham-Cassidy health care bill, which sadly fails to pass Sen. Cassidy's "Jimmy Kimmel Test." The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host opened his monologue late Wednesday night by addressing the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, a proposed piece of legislation by Senator Bill Cassidy and Senator Lindsey Graham that would replace Obamacare.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - Big meetings today at the United Nations.
Several major airline CEOs, including American's Doug Parker and JetBlue's Robin Hayes, have been in D.C. this month to offer support for air traffic control reform. And someday, it might even happen.
Trump's recent overtures to "Chuck and Nancy" haven't put a dent in his support, a Monmouth poll finds. Trump supporters don't mind him working with Democrats, poll says Trump's recent overtures to "Chuck and Nancy" haven't put a dent in his support, a Monmouth poll finds.
FBN's Lou Dobbs weighs in on the California attorney general's decision to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its push to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. 
 It is becoming increasingly clearer that the state of California has organized much of its state government and legal resources to mount a campaign of harassment and obstruction against the Trump administration.
Farmers in the nation's largest irrigation district are considering whether to sign on to California's big... . A small group of protesters carrying signs that said "Water is a human right" and "Stop the water tunnel tax" gather at Los Angeles City Hall on Monday, Sept.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's attorney general sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, arguing it's overstepping its authority by waiving environmental reviews and other laws.
The latest Senate Republican attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and enact sweeping reforms to the American health care system has generated intense opposition from the very health care providers, patient groups and insurance companies that would be forced to adapt to the changes envisioned by the legislation. The bill, sponsored by GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, would undo most of the Affordable Care Act and radically refashion the Medicaid program by shrinking the budgets for federal health care programs and turning over the remaining money to states, which would have to devise their own new health care systems.
In this March 16, 2017 photo, air traffic controllers work in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. President Donald Trump has embraced airlines' decades-long goal of removing air traffic control operations from the government and putting industry in charge, making it a key part of his agenda to boost the nation's infrastructure through privatization.
Right-wing media figures attacked Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, after Kimmel sharply criticized Sen. Bill Cassidy as having "lied right to my face" about health care in May. Kimmel pointed out that the Affordable Care Act repeal package Cassidy is co-sponsoring does not protect all children with pre-existing conditions, even though Cassidy told Kimmel he would support only those bills that passed that test. Jimmy Kimmel calls out Sen. Cassidy for lying about health care bills: "This guy, Bill Cassidy, just lied right to my face."
With the September 30 deadline looming, leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and the White House are stepping up their efforts to build support for the AIRR Act, which would remove Air Traffic Control from the auspices of the FAA and place it in the hands of a private, non-profit corporation. The arguments on both sides are pretty well known by now, and it would appear that any FAA reauthorization bill that contains the ATC spinoff is "dead on arrival" in the U.S. Senate.
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Randy Bryce is a plain-spoken iron-worker running against Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's 1st District. Bryce's first campaign ad turned him into an instant-celebrity, complete with massive social shares, lots of donations, and a hipster nickname .