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The House on Thursday only narrowly passed a White House plan to cut almost $15 billion in unused government money, a closer-than-expected tally on legislation that's designed to demonstrate fiscal discipline in Washington even though it wouldn't have much of an impact on spiraling deficits. The measure, which passed 210-206, would take a mostly symbolic whack at government spending because it would basically eliminate leftover funding that wouldn't have been spent anyway.
The Trump administration declared that it will no longer defend the Affordable Care Act from a challenge filed by 20 states in a brief filed Thursday night because it agrees that the law's individual mandate is unconstitutional and that key parts of the act - including the provisions protecting those with pre-existing conditions - are invalid. President Trump has long declared the ACA, also known as Obamacare, to be a "disaster" and the brief is the latest attempt by his administration to weaken President Barack Obama's signature health-care law.
Remember Obamacare? The fight is far from over on the future of the Obama-era health insurance overhaul. Republicans are making a last-ditch effort this year to turn the program and the money over to the state.
SIGN UP! If you'd like to continue receiving Washington Examiner's Daily on Healthcare newsletter, SUBSCRIBE HERE: Schumer signals that healthcare will be central to Democrats' midterm strategy. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to use the August work period to expand Obamacare .
Since taking his oath of office in 2009, N.C. Rep. Kelly Alexander, Jr. has filed a marijuana-related bill in the North Carolina General Assembly six times - and six times those bills have languished in committee, failing to make it to the House floor for a debate, much less a vote. That count includes Alexander's most recent bill, House Bill 994, bluntly titled "Reform Marijuana Laws," filed on May 23 during the General Assembly's short session.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is wasting his time and state taxpayers' money by joining 15 other Democratic attorneys general in a desperate effort to preserve Obamacare, says Columnist Dr. Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center. Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is wasting his time and state taxpayers' money by joining 15 other Democratic attorneys general in a desperate effort to preserve Obamacare, says Columnist Dr. Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center.
I originally wanted to talk to progressive Democrat Justine Caldwell running for State Representative in East and West Greenwich. Mrs. Caldwell declined via social media saying she only answers questions "on TV, to press, at the door."
Planned Parenthood volunteers ensure access to clinic for patients with scheduled appointments during protest. CREDIT: Andy Katz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Arkansas patients who needed medication abortions were told they couldn't have them this week.
Progressive group takes aim at 'corporate-funded' centrist Democratic group and its PAC PCCC is targeting a California primary candidate as part of a broader campaign against centrist Democrats Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2xznE0u A leading progressive group is targeting a California primary candidate as an opening salvo in a broader campaign to discredit a centrist Democratic coalition and its political action committee. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee on Wednesday launched a digital ad campaign against Dave Min, a former adviser to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, days before his June 5 primary for a congressional seat in Orange County.
On Wednesday, Virginia's legislature voted to expand Medicaid, accepting a key piece of the Affordable Care Act. Around 400,000 people will gain coverage.
Imagine the horror of learning you have a terminal illness for which science has not yet come up with a treatment. Now imagine receiving the same diagnosis, and then learning a promising new treatment exists that could save your life - but you can't get access to it thanks to governmental obstacles.
The Republican-controlled Virginia General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday evening to a state budget expanding Medicaid coverage to the state's poor, ending years of partisan gridlock on the issue. The state Senate voted in favor of expansion after a full day of debate.
An elderly woman with dementia who vanished from a care facility nearly two weeks ago has been found dead in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital campus _ and her daughter wants to know how she died. An elderly woman with dementia who vanished from a care facility nearly two weeks ago has been found dead in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital campus _ and her daughter wants to know how she died.
A top official at the US Department of Health and Human Services on Monday called reports that the agency has lost nearly 1,500 immigrant children false and misleading. The children are not lost, HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan said in a statement.
President Trump's latest attempts to blame Democrats for separating migrant families at the Mexican border is renewing a political uproar over immigration. The issue has challenged Trump throughout his presidency and threatens to grow more heated as he imposes more restrictions to stem the flow of illegal immigration.
I wrote about this story two days ago when CNN first reported that the government had "lost" 1500 illegal alien children. Wagner is the acting assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice and an attorney backed by an out-of-state Republican group are advancing to a runoff in a race for a high court seat that was marked by outside attack ads. Justice Courtney Goodson and Department of Human Services Chief Counsel David Sterling were the top two candidates in the heated three-person race in Tuesday's non-partisan judicial election.
The bill allows terminally ill patients to receive experimental drugs not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's two-year push to enact a "right-to-try" bill hit the home stretch Tuesday after the House of Representatives approved the measure and sent it to President Donald Trump's desk for final signature.
Bernie Sanders speaks to crowds at a rally at Key Arena in Seattle March 20, 2016. He has lately pitching a measure that guarantees a job at a liveable wage to Americans.
What is going on? Remember when we had respect for our leaders? Even when we did not agree politically, we still felt as though they deserved our respect; I was raised that way. Even Rudy Giuliani earned respect from all, with his handling of the 9/11 disaster, so what happened? I hated the circus when I was young ; now, the circus is in my living room on my TV.