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The Aug. 31 column by David Collins − "Why are Connecticut Democrats running from paid Medicare for all?" − along with the comments and the follow-up article on Saturday concerning a hearing held by Sen. Chris Murphy in New London , frighten me because of the astounding level of ignorance exhibited by so many people. The only country in the world that has national single payer is Great Britain and it is recognized as the worst government system in Europe.
Tuesday, the Trump Administration decided to end a federal program that shields thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation. The program is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA.
The Latest on reaction to the Trump administration's decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation : Washington state's attorney general says he plans to sue the Trump administration over the decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation, an act he said was "a dark time for our country." Bob Ferguson, who earlier this year sued Trump over the travel ban affecting mostly Muslim nations, said at a news conference Tuesday he would file a lawsuit "very soon."
In the most significant escalation yet in the wrangling between Congress and the FBI over the Trump dossier, the House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the bureau and the Justice Department for documents relating to the dossier, the FBI's relationship with dossier author Christopher Steele, and the bureau's possible role in supporting what began as an opposition research project against candidate Donald Trump in the final months of last year's presidential campaign. The subpoenas are an indication of growing frustration inside the committee over the FBI and Justice Department's lack of cooperation in the Trump-Russia investigation.
In a Sunday Sept. 3, 2017 photo, Michele Kessler holds a sign of support at a Defered Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA rally on Public Square in Wilkes Barre Pa.
Republican leaders in Congress and the Trump administration met at the White House on Tuesday to discuss tax reform initiatives that are "pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, and pro-America." "The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to reducing the crushing burden of the Nation's self-destructive tax code, which hurts our companies and our workers, and discussed their desire to make the tax code simple, fair, and easy to understand," the White House Office of the Press Secretary said in a statement.
The publisher of a collection of devotionals that Hillary Clinton's pastor sent to her during her presidential campaign pulled the book on Tuesday after finding instances of plagiarism. The United Methodist Publishing House, owners of Abingdon Press, said the book "Strong for a Moment Like This: The Daily Devotions of Hillary Rodham Clinton" would be withdrawn and destroyed.
The move is opposed by fiscal conservatives who want to pair spending reform to the debt ceiling increase, which will push the nation's borrowing limit well about $20 trillion. The Senate will tie a critical hurricane relief measure to legislation that would increase the nation's borrowing limit, after theHouse planned to take up the two bills separately.
Alexander said that the package is likely to be narrow, hinting on Tuesday that it could just include giving states more flexibility to get federal waivers for changes to their healthcare market and providing funding for cost-sharing subsidies to insurers for 2018. "We will see if we can come up with a limited bipartisan package, maybe just two things that have some effect in 2018," Alexander said.
Eastern Washington's Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the most powerful Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives. And now, she's speaking out against President Donald Trump's decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -or DACA.
Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana returned to Washington Tuesday saying that they still had hope that an amendment they are working on could act as a vehicle to repeal and replace portions of Obamacare. The amendment , which has not been fully written and has not been scored by the Congressional Budget Office, would transfer Obamacare's revenue from taxes to states so they can come up with their own plans.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is the only statewide-elected Democrat in heavily Republican North Dakota, where President Donald Trump rolled to a win last year. Yet Heitkamp hardly resembles many of her hard-charging, Trump-resisting Democratic colleagues in Washington.
Now, , who introduced the program during his time as president, is responding to what many are calling an unconscionably cruel decision. The former president, who has spoken out against President Donald Trump's policies on a few occasions, released a statement regarding the news on Facebook.
Tyson Foods Inc. will invest $320 million in a new chicken-processing plant in northeastern Kansas employing 1,600 people so that it can keep up with a growing consumer demand for fresh poultry, the company and state officials announced Tuesday. The Smithfield, Arkansas-based meat-producer unveiled its plans during a news conference in Tonganoxie with Gov. Sam Brownback and other state and local officials.
Sen. Al Franken says he'll oppose Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras' nomination to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. President Donald Trump nominated Stras in May. Franken, a Democrat, announced Tuesday that he had decided to oppose Stras.
An Easton Area High School graduate has been accepted into the United States Military Academy Preparatory School at West Point. U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright nominated Matthew Horace to attend the academy.
Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., will try to force a vote on legislation to protect the dreamers, an end-run around House Republican leaders. As Trump rescinds DACA, GOP lawmaker plans to force vote on bill to protect DREAMers Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., will try to force a vote on legislation to protect the dreamers, an end-run around House Republican leaders.
Not long ago, a supporter of mine, visiting from California, dropped by my Capitol office. A retired military officer and staunch conservative, he and I spent much of our conversation discussing the Republican agenda.
WASHINGTON -- As U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez prepares to stand trial this week on federal corruption charges , the Republican National Committee on Tuesday launched an online ad campaign to force him out immediately if convicted. The goal is to allow Gov. Chris Christie , a Republican, to fill the seat until the 2018 election, giving the GOP a 53rd vote in a 100-member chamber.