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For John McCain, a lifetime of courage, contradictions and contrarianism came down to one vote, in the middle of the night, in the twilight of his career. The fate of President Donald Trump's long effort to repeal Barack Obama's health care law hung in the balance as a Senate roll call dragged on past 1 a.m. on a July night in 2017.
In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will soon introduce legislation that would require large employers like Amazon, Walmart and McDonald's to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees.
President Donald Trump's preferred congressional candidate - and his chief legislative achievement - are about to be tested in battleground Ohio in the season's final high-stakes special election. The midsummer affair comes as Trump's shadow looms over primary contests in four other states on Tuesday, none bigger than Kansas, where the Republican president roiled the governor's race Monday by opposing the sitting GOP governor on the eve of the election.
"We know that Medicaid expansion and Medicare-for-all actually save this state and this nation $2 trillion if it were fully implemented." - Andrew Gillum, Democratic candidate for Florida governor, in a primary debate, Aug. 2, 2018 As our colleague David Weigel reported, Democrats have latched onto the catchy idea of "Medicare-for-all" as a way of expressing their support for universal health care.
President Donald Trump's preferred congressional candidate - and his chief legislative achievement - are about to be tested in battleground Ohio in the season's final high-stakes special election. The midsummer affair comes as Trump's shadow looms over primary contests in four other states on Tuesday, none bigger than Kansas, where the Republican president roiled the governor's race Monday by opposing the sitting GOP governor on the eve of the election.
Balderson, a two... . Democratic congressional candidate Danny O'Connor speaks to Roger Tackett, 71, of Clark County, Ohio, during a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, ahead of Tuesday's special election.
Visiting the McLean County Fair Friday night, Erika Harold said she has many disagreements with the Republican governor, including his signing into a law a bill expanding taxpayer support for abortions to include women on Medicaid and state employee insurance. Sen. Kwame Raoul's campaign told me that if Harold's going to distance herself from Rauner on HB40, "it's only fair that she is forthright and held accountable on just how far away she is."
Aug 6, 2018--AIDS Healthcare Foundation welcomed the introduction last week of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 6505, that would require the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under part D of the Medicare program. "We especially want to thank U.S. Reps.
Bernie Sanders returned Sunday to Michigan, the state that re-vamped his underdog 2016 presidential campaign, hoping to boost the candidacy of another long-shot progressive looking to score an upset. Sanders joined Abdul El-Sayed, 33, for two rallies - the first at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit, and the second in the town of Ypsilanti, 30 minutes west of the Motor City.
Republican congressional candidate Troy Balderson speaks next to US President Donald Trump during a rally August 4, 2018 at Olentangy Orange High School in Lewis Center, Ohio. Trump and Republicans are concerned Balderson could lose to Democrat Danny O'Connor in the special election Tuesday, Aug. 7. Tuesday's special election in a conservative Ohio Congressional district in the Columbus suburbs could be a blow to future efforts to roll back Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, let alone repealing the law.
Three months away from tough midterm elections, Republicans urgently want to secure bragging rights for their work boosting the military and giving troops a pay raise. They have to pass legislation to pay for it first - driving the GOP, which has sworn off big spending bills, toward once again cutting a deal with Democrats.
By favoring the wealthy and corporations over working families, Washington's recent tax and budget decisions follow Harrisburg's bad example. The newly enacted Trump-GOP tax law, for instance, gives most of the benefits to the rich while driving up federal debt, threatening funding for vital public services like Medicare and Medicaid.
Democrats will try forcing a campaign-season vote on blocking a Trump administration rule letting insurers sell short-term plans that are cheaper but skimpier than allowed under the Obama health care law, party leaders said Thursday. Though the effort has a chance of passing the narrowly divided Senate, it is certain to die in the Republican-controlled House and would never be signed by President Donald Trump.
Protesters display placards supporting U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform during a demonstration in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2010. America's health-care debate is entering a new phase.
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The 2018 campaign for Kansas governor has produced a large field of candidates - from elected officials, businessmen and even high schoolers. The race for the Republican and Democratic nominations feature some of the top figures in both parties, as well as those who have been off the political scene for years.
Every Monday morning, like clockwork, one of Lucia's children or her husband drives her to the emergency room at Denver Health. Lucia's body is broken; her head throbs.
Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller's sliding positions last year on a long-held GOP promise to repeal Obamacare are providing plenty of fodder for Democrats and activists hoping to stymie his re-election. Heller, considered the most vulnerable incumbent GOP senator, opposed measures to dismantle former President Barack Obama's health care law before backing other versions that failed.
Kavanaugh's record suggests he would vote to support abortion restrictions if he... Twice in the past year, Brett Kavanaugh offered glimpses of his position on abortion that strongly suggest he would vote to support restrictions if confirmed to the Supreme Court. One was in a dissent in the case of a 17-year-old migrant seeking to terminate her pregnancy.
The Trump administration issued new insurance rules Wednesday morning to encourage more Americans to buy inexpensive, skimpy health plans originally designed for short-term use. The policies, intended to fill brief gaps in coverage, will be available for 12 months at a time, up from a current limit of three, and customers will be able to renew them for additional years.