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Attorneys general from Pennsylvania, New Mexico and more than a dozen other states are urging U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to keep in place protections for victims of sexual assault on college campuses. The attorneys, all Democrats, sent a letter Wednesday to DeVos voicing their concerns about reports that suggest her office is preparing to roll back guidance from President Barack Obama's era for stepped-up investigations of sexual assault at universities and colleges across the country.
CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance. CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026 CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance.
U.S. Capitol Police say they've arrested around 155 demonstrators in Senate office buildings as Republicans continue working on legislation to eliminate much of President Barack Obama's health care law. Arrests of demonstrators opposing the GOP effort have been occurring frequently.
Conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer slammed President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans' unsuccessful attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, calling it the "end of the road" for the GOP's healthcare efforts. "This is an epic fail.
President Donald Trump has said that a bill to overhaul the Obama health care law will "get even better" during a White House lunch with Republican senators. President Donald Trump has said that a bill to overhaul the Obama health care law will "get even better" during a White House lunch with Republican senators.
President Donald Trump says a bill to overhaul the Obama health care law will "get even better" during a White House lunch with Republican senators. Trump is hosting Republican senators Wednesday after a bill to repeal President Barack Obama's law collapsed in the Senate this week.
U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Jon Huntsman, an envoy to China under former Democratic President Barack Obama, as U.S. ambassador to Russia, the White House said on Tuesday. The job, all the more high-profile because of allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, requires confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
Republicans are expressing embarrassment, fear and frustration as party leaders concede that their years-long promise to erase much of Barack Obama 's Affordable Care Act is all but dead. Conservative activists blamed establishment Republicans who control Congress.
Republicans are pressing ahead with a budget plan designed to help the party to deliver on a GOP-only effort to overhaul the tax code. The plan before the House Budget Committee on Wednesday also features promises to cut more than $5 trillion from the budget over the coming decade, though Republicans only appear serious about actually enacting a relatively modest $203 billion deficit cut over the same period The importance of the effort has been magnified by the cratering in the Senate of the Trump-backed effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, leaving a rewrite of the tax code as the best chance for Trump to score a major legislative win this year.
The Trump administration has withdrawn or delayed 860 proposed regulations in its first five months, the beginnings of a regulatory overhaul meant to bolster economic growth. Federal agencies have withdrawn 469 proposed regulations compared to a fall 2016 report when Barack Obama was president, according to figures from the White House budget office.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote early next week on trying to move ahead on a straight-up repeal of Barack Obama's health care law. McConnell made the announcement Tuesday night.
In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Donald Trump Jr., left, speaks in New York. A lawyer for a Russian developer says a company representative was the eighth person at a Trump Tower meeting brokered by Donald Trump Jr. during the campaign.
UnitedHealth was losing money selling these plans when it withdrew last year, and it and other insurers questioned the sustainability of former President Barack Obama's health reform law. Republicans have vowed repeatedly to repeal and replace the law, but have disagreed on how to do that.
Republican Senators Susan Collins and Shelley Moore Capito said on Tuesday they will not vote to repeal Obamacare without a replacement healthcare plan. The senators spoke out shortly after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Senate Republicans planned to vote on a straight repeal of President Barack Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act after efforts to overhaul the law collapsed on Monday.
The Democratic donor class is abuzz about Kamala Harris after the freshman California senator was feted this weekend at an event in the Hamptons surrounded by top fundraisers. They see the former prosecutor-turned-California attorney general as embodying the qualities a Democratic presidential candidate would need to win the White House in 2020.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded failure on Monday in efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature legislation, also known as the Obamacare. "Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful," McConnell said in a statement late Monday night.
Two more Republican senators announced opposition to the GOP health care bill Monday, in another blow to the Republican efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature legislation. Republican Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah issued separate statements late Monday, saying the long-sought Republican health care plan will not have their support.
Arizona Sen. John McCain is "sounding strong" as he recovers from surgery to remove a blood clot above his eye, his closest Republican colleague in the Senate said Monday. "They found the spot and it looks like everything is going to be A-OK," South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters after speaking to McCain.
The panel, which is investigating Russian interference in U.S. elections, is interviewing several former Obama administration officials. Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice will speak to staff on the Senate Intelligence Committee this week.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has spoken to ailing Sen. John McCain and wishes him a speedy recovery. McCain's office says the 80-year-old Arizona senator underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot.