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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan uses charts and graphs to make his case for the GOP's health-care bill. It's time to put an end to the myth that Republicans believe in fiscal responsibility.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan explains the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. The draft legislative texts that will make up the American Health Care Act cleared two House committees this week amid vociferous complaints about the legislation, seemingly from all quarters.
A second House committee has approved an Obamacare replacement bill, putting the controversial measure over a first major hurdle as Republican leaders seek to get it passed by Congress. The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the measure 31-23 down partisan lines Thursday afternoon, ending a 27-hour hearing in which Democrats unsuccessfully pushed for more than a dozen amendments and slammed the bill for pulling back on major parts of the Affordable Care Act.
The U.S. Department of Justice declined to confirm Sean Spicer's claims that President Donald Trump was not under investigation. Trump claimed last weekend that former President Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap on his campaign, but has thus far not offered any proof, and the president has asked the U.S. Congress to investigate his own allegations.
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes speaks to the media about President Donald Trump's allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein A U.S. House of Representatives panel has asked the Justice Department for copies of documents which if they exist could shed light on President Donald Trump's allegation that the Obama administration wiretapped his election campaign.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration space weather forecasters Ken Tegnell, left, and Jeff Stankiewicz working together in January to monitor sun activity at the Space Weather Prediction Center on the NOAA campus in Boulder. The Trump administration's proposed slashing of the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continues to stir strong reactions in Boulder.
In the wake of Congressman Jason Chaffetz's controversial remarks regarding the cost of an iPhone relative to the cost of purchasing affordable health care, Conan O'Brien last night rolled out a mock Apple Healthcare ad showcasing how various Apple products could comically pull double duty as medical tools and instruments. For those unfamiliar with the extent of Chaffetz's remarks, the Utah Congressman this week said that low-income Americans might be able to afford better health care if they weren't so intent on spending money on a brand new iPhone every year.
Got questions about the GOP plan to overhaul federal health law? Join us on Twitter Thursday 12-1 p.m. ET for our #ACAchat. Kaiser's Julie Rovner, NPR's Alison Kodjak and health policy analysts of various political persuasions will be online discussing how the Republican plan could work, who wins and who loses.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Congressman Ed Royce addressed the Armenian Assembly of America's on March 4 at Gala "Celebrating the Future" night. Last Congress, Congressman Royce spearheaded a letter with Ranking Member Eliot Engel urging then-U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, James Warlick, to "publicly condemn specific acts of aggression along the line of contact."
We're reaching a moment of decision for President Trump on the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. There is no replacement legislation that will make everybody happy.
On a conference call Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin says steel makers from Russia and China are stealing jobs away from American companies. "President Trump has said he supports buy America reform but he has not backed up those words with action," Baldwin said.
" President Donald Trump has offered former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman the position as U.S. ambassador to Russia, a high-profile and sensitive post amid investigations into contacts between Russian officials and the Trump campaign. Trump made the offer to Huntsman earlier this week, according to a White House official not authorized to discuss the move publicly until it is announced.
House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a news conference on the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2017. Now that Republicans have rolled out their legislative plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act , House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican congressional leaders have not only begun to sell the bill, but also build the support required for its passage.
President Donald Trump's spokesman went out of his way to cast doubt on Congress' budget experts, perhaps anticipating disappointing results from a coming cost analysis of a Trump-backed plan to "repeal and replace" former President Barack Obama's health care law. Too far out of his way.
President Donald Trump: "We're going to do something that's great and I'm proud to support the replacement plan released by the House of Representatives." Vice President Mike Pence: "I really do believe this is an extraordinarily important moment in the life of our nation, and every American who longs to see us start over on health care reform that will respect the doctor-patient relationship, that will harness the power of the free marketplace to lower the cost of insurance, that will give states freedom and flexibility to improve Medicaid for our most vulnerable citizens can let their voice be heard."
The county Board of Supervisors, prodded by increasing political and regulatory efforts to protect public health and safety, endorsed efforts Wednesday to ban highly toxic hydrofluoric acid from the two South Bay refineries that use the chemical. That has prompted the South Coast Air Quality Management District to propose banning the chemical by year's end .
Lee Anne Sgro writes to complain that people are unable to get through by telephone to Sen. Pat Toomey and Rep. Tim Murphy and that they have not attended "town hall meetings organized by their constituents" . Let's stop the pretense.
Republican leaders labored to rally a divided party behind their high-stakes drive to overhaul the nation's health care system Wednesday, but faced opposition from pivotal industry groups. House Speaker Paul Ryan praised the proposal as "what good, conservative health care reform looks like" as lawmakers cast Congress' first votes on the GOP legislation.
While U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said he stands for the repeal and replacement, U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer say the proposed bill will force middle-class families and senior citizens to pay more for less care.