A Mississippi immigrant who made national headlines when she was detained after speaking out a news conference has been released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Daniela Vargas, 22, was released Friday under an Order of Supervision from the LaSalle Detention Center in Jena, Louisiana, Because she is now under an Order of Supervision, Vargas will have to check in to the local ICE in Pearl office next month, Peterson said.
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This Day in Trump, Day 50: Jobs report ‘may have been phony in the past’ but ‘very real now’
Halfway to the fabled 100-day mark that can define the early stages of a presidency, the White House touted with gusto the news that employers added 235,000 new workers to the payrolls in February . And never mind that Trump has previously called that data “totally fiction” and more.
House panel OKs health bill, industry groups say ‘no’
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, listens to the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, as the committee began markup of the long-awaited plan by Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. WASHINGTON>> House Republicans scored a pre-dawn triumph Thursday in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, but it masked deeper problems as hospitals, doctors and consumer groups mounted intensifying opposition to the GOP health care drive.
House panels to launch fight in Congress over Obamacare replacement
A potentially lengthy U.S. legislative fight over replacement of the Obamacare health law gets underway on Wednesday as two House of Representatives committees begin negotiating over changes to a Republican plan backed by President Donald Trump. Both Democrats and Republicans are expected to try to reshape legislation that dismantles key provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, Democratic former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement.
Trump praises health care bill, but conservatives skeptical
President Donald Trump and his top health official praised the new House Republican health care legislation Tuesday, even as surging conservative opposition complicated party leaders’ drive to sell the proposal to rank-and-file lawmakers and the public. Trump’s morning tweet lauding “our wonderful new Healthcare Bill” kicked off the day.
Some GOP lawmakers’ block-everything mentality could imperil big-picture plans
Republican Sens. Mike Lee , left, and Rand Paul are threatening to vote against the GOP’s emerging House bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They object to a proposed tax credit it contains.
Ways & Means chairman insists Obamacare repeal is on track
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said House Republicans are fully engrossed in overhauling how Americans get health insurance, and are on track to have a bill ready by March. “We’re in substantive discussions with our members,” Brady said Monday, dismissing rumors that Republicans are stalled in their quest to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
House Democrats hit GOP over town hall protests in Twitter ad campaign
House Democrats’ campaign arm is launching Twitter ads that will target House Republicans in nearly two dozen districts over the backlash they’re facing at town halls over ObamaCare. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s ads, which were provided first to The Hill, will be running in 23 GOP-held districts ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
Three ways Republicans want to replace Obamacare
House GOP members met Thursday to hear more from committee leaders about efforts to replace the massive health reform law. In a presentation, Representatives Greg Walden of Oregon and Kevin Brady of Texas explained how the party wants to overhaul America’s health care system through the use of tax credits, health savings accounts and changes to Medicaid funding, among other measures.
Emerging GOP plan would replace parts of Obamacare as it’s repealed
Developing House Republican legislation to repeal the 2010 health care law would also include replacement provisions that are controversial among GOP rank and file, like a refundable tax credit to help individuals purchase insurance and a plan for dealing with Medicaid expansion. Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden, and Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady on Thursday presented to the Republican Conference their vision for a “repeal plus” health care bill that would undo most of the Affordable Care Act and set up some pieces of a yet undeveloped Republican replacement.
House Democrats escalate effort to obtain Trump tax returns
Congressional Democrats on Tuesday tried but failed to pressure Republicans into seeking President Donald Trump’s tax returns, saying the scandal over Michael Flynn made it imperative to find out whether the president has business ties to Russia. A day after the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee dismissed the idea, the panel’s Democrats proposed an amendment demanding that the committee ask the Treasury Department for copies of Trump’s returns by March 1. “Unless this amendment is adopted, we will never see the president’s tax returns while he’s in office,” Representative Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat, told committee Chairman Kevin Brady at a public hearing.
Republicans block effort to get Trump’s tax returns
House Republicans have blocked an attempt by Democrats to use an obscure law to obtain President Donald Trump ‘s tax returns from the IRS . Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee tried to frame the issue as a matter of national security.
Conservatives worry budget bill will keep Planned Parenthood funded
Conservative lawmakers who are already worried that the Republican Party isn’t moving fast enough on Obamacare repeal are growing agitated about something else: that a provision to defund Planned Parenthood will get left out on the chopping block. GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has publicly called on party leaders to take an immediate vote on a 2015 budget reconciliation bill that rolled back large chunks of the Affordable Care Act and stripped federal funding for Planned Parenthood .
Republican lawmakers face rising anger at town halls
Republican lawmakers hoping for a break from the politically charged atmosphere in Washington, D.C., have instead been met with protests at home. From California to Florida, liberal activists are bringing the fight to the doorsteps of GOP lawmakers, marching on the streets of their hometowns and making legislators’ lives miserable as they attend meetings and town halls with constituents.
The Good and Bad News for Obamacare Enrollment
The Trump administration announced Friday that 9.2 million people signed up for insurance through ObamaCare for 2017 in the 39 states that use the federal HealthCare.gov platform. That means both good and bad news for Obamacare enrollment this year.
5 House GOP’s corporate tax scheme has its Republican skeptics
House Republicans face opposition to their plan to overhaul the way corporations pay federal taxes from a powerful group of lawmakers – other Republicans. “I’m not very enthused about it,” said Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chairman of the Finance Committee and the Senate’s top tax writer.
House Rolls Back Rule Restricting Gun Sales to Severely Mentally Ill
The Republican-led House voted Thursday to repeal an Obama-era Social Security Administration regulation to keep people with severe mental illnesses from buying guns. “The Social Security Administration not only overstepped its mission with this regulation, it discriminated against certain Americans with disabilities who receive Social Security benefits.
Retailers, trade groups gird for fight against GOP-proposed tax
A woman pushes her shopping cart last May as an employee pulls a long line of carts outside a Target store in Encinitas, California. More than 100 retailers, including Wal-Mart and Target as well as key trade associations, are launching a new coalition aimed at fighting a Republican proposal on how imports get taxed, which they believe would harm their businesses.
In Trump’s White House, a day of confusion and change
A meeting with lawmakers vanished from the White House schedule. A ceremonial executive order signing was abruptly canceled.
Trump to address GOP House, Senate members at retreat
President Donald Trump is trying to cement support from Republican House and Senate members and line up shared goals as he addresses them during their annual policy retreat. Trump’s midday remarks Thursday in Philadelphia come a day after he began overhauling the nation’s immigration rules and moved to jumpstart construction of his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Trump to address GOP House, Senate members at retreat
President Donald Trump salutes before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto Philadelphia for the Republican Con… PHILADELPHIA – President Donald Trump is trying to cement support from Republican House and Senate members and line up shared goals as he addresses them during their annual policy retreat. Trump’s midday remarks Thursday in Philadelphia come a day after he began overhauling the nation’s immigration rules and moved to jumpstart construction of his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
In Trump’s White House, a day of confusion and change
A meeting with a senator vanished from the White House schedule. A ceremonial executive order signing abruptly canceled.
Personalized IRS letters nudge uninsured to get coverage
If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of taxpayers who might be uninsured, reminding them that they could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines under the federal health care law if they don’t sign up soon.
Vern Buchanan to head Ways and Means investigative subcommittee
The watchdog panel has investigative authority over issues like health care, the IRS, taxes, Social Security and Medicare, which all fall under the full committee’s jurisdiction. “I look forward to chairing this important watchdog panel that will monitor government’s largest federal agencies and programs,” Buchanan said in a statement.
President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to reporters at…
The stakes confronting Republicans determined to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law were evident in one recent encounter between an Ohio congressman and a constituent. “He said, ‘Now you guys own it.
3 reasons we’ll get tax reform in 2017
“There’s only one missing ingredient for tax reform and that’s going to change in 2017,” House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady 3 reasons we’ll get tax reform in 2017 Trump’s 10 biggest allies in Congress Five questions for Trump’s tax reform MORE said on Tax Day 2016 . On Nov. 8, the chief tax writer in the House got his wish: a president who counts tax reform among his top priorities.
Inside the Beltway: Trump’s ‘true’ friends on Capitol Hill
It will be interesting to watch one of the world’s most canny dealmakers enter the White House. President-elect Donald Trump knows that dealmaking is an art rather than science, and wrote a best-selling book on the subject.
Analysis: GOP vexed by factions on replacing health law
Republicans are united on repealing President Barack Obama ‘s health care law, but ideologically and practically speaking, they’re in different camps over replacing it. Getting the factions together won’t be easy.
Analysis: GOP vexed by factions on replacing health law
In this Dec. 1, 2016 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Republicans are united on repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law, but ideologically and practically speaking, they’re in different camps over replacing it. Getting the factions together won’t be easy.