Forty-five years later and this is pretty much the Sunday news shows. They have just as much substance and utility as this pointless argument for argument’s sake.
Category: Representative Jim Jordan
Latta: GOP can’t afford to wait on repeal
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta said in an interview with The Blade on Friday he supports the partial Affordable Care Act repeal bill backed by House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Trump. “We gotta get this thing started,” Mr. Latta said.
GOP plan less generous than Obamacare for older Americans
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, spoke with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. during a Tuesday news conference on health care, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
After 27-hour Hill debate, second House committee OKs Obamacare repeal
A second House committee approved the Republican Party’s Obamacare repeal bill Thursday, as President Donald Trump flexed his deal-making skills to build momentum behind the legislation amid growing concern among prominent GOP figures that fast-tracking the measure could backfire. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to move the bill to the House floor after a marathon hearing lasting 27 hours and 18 minutes, hours after the Ways and Means panel registered the first milestone for the American Health Care Act, endorsing it after their own 18-hour session.
Meadows Pushes Changes in Obamacare Repeal Bill
Despite increasing pressure from the White House and congressional leaders, Rep. Mark Meadows isn’t backing down from his opposition to House Republicans’ legislation repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, seeking significant changes to bring conservatives on board. Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, and conservative colleagues in both the House and Senate have raised major objections in the days following the release of the long-awaited health care replacement, putting in question Republicans’ ability to pass the legislation.
Conservatives: Only One Score Matters: Does GOP Bill Lower Health Care Costs and Premiums?
Conservative members of Congress hold a news conference to discuss the flawed Obamacare replacement bill introduced by House Republican leaders on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Conservative lawmakers say they are encouraged to hear that the Republican health care bill introduced on Monday is still open for negotiation and modification.
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
An alleged CIA surveillance program disclosed by WikiLeaks on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, purporte… . Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., center, joined by, from left, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks about health care during a news conference on Capitol Hill i… .
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. An alleged CIA surveillance program disclosed by WikiLeaks on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, purportedly targeted security weaknesses in smart TVs, smartphones, personal computers and even cars, and enabled snooping that could circumvent encryption on communications apps such as Facebook’s WhatsApp.
House, Senate Conservative Republicans Plan Own Obamacare Repeal Bill
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., criticizes the House Republican healthcare reform plan as “Obamacare light” during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. ( Conservative Republicans in Congress said on Tuesday they oppose aspects of the Republican leadership’s healthcare bill and they plan to introduce their own legislation on Wednesday to repeal Obamacare.
U.S. Rep. Jordan shows congressional colleagues how it’s doneJordan…
The nation has seen a lot of Republican congressmen on the run this week as protesters across the nation have shown up at town hall meetings to loudly question representatives on things like health care and environmental policy. The town hall events, eerily reminiscent of the meetings faced by Democratic representatives in 2009 which spawned the Tea Party movement, have provoked criticism of the protesters, even from the White House, with claims that the events are being overrun by paid protesters.
Jordan confronts protesters, finds no common ground
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan acknowledged protesters outside two events in his home district Monday — a break with many other Capitol Hill colleagues who have largely avoided such scenes — but was met with shouts of disapproval. The Ohio Republican, a 10-year veteran of the House and one of its most ardent conservatives, spoke with what his staff and protesters estimated were upward of 150 demonstrators in Marion, Ohio, at the historic home of former President Warren G. Harding.
Jim Jordan promises to oppose Trump if he tries to bring back Ex-Im Bank
On the campaign trail, President Trump promised to level the playing field between American and foreign manufacturers. Now that he’s president, that talk has fueled speculation that he’ll attempt to revive the semi-dormant Export-Import Bank.
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 .
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.
Rep. Jordan: No Obamacare Repair, ‘Get Rid of Every Single Bit of It’
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said the Affordable Care Act should not be repaired, because that would mean the insurance plan nicknamed Obamacare contains some viable parts. “Repair by definition implies that there’s something worth fixing,” Jordan told Fox News on Friday.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan: Obamacare ‘Needs To Be Repealed’
Congress is back in session and at the top of Republicans’ agenda is repealing Obamacare. Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan discusses efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Trump builds out White House policy team
NEW YORKa S-a SThe Trump-Pence Presidential transition team on Thursday announced the build out of the White House policy team. NEW YORKa S-a SThe Trump-Pence Presidential transition team on Thursday announced the build out of the White House policy team.
Pressure’s on for Trump to make diplomats safer
Donald Trump hammered rival Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign for failing to prevent the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, when she was secretary of state. Soon he’ll be the one responsible for protecting America’s diplomats, but he’s offered little insight into how he’ll do that.
Trump’s path to a diplomatic nightmare
Donald Trump hammered rival Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign for failing to prevent the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, when she was secretary of state. Soon he’ll be the one responsible for protecting America’s diplomats, but he’s offered virtually no insight into how he’ll do that.
Trump’s wiretap tweets come as NSA surveillance programs are up for renewal this year
Nearly four years after National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden blew the lid off domestic spying, the vast surveillance programs cherished as the “crown jewels” of the U.S. intelligence establishment are about to spring back into public debate – and not just because of Donald Trump’s allegation that he’s been the subject of wiretaps. The legal framework for some of the broadest U.S. surveillance programs, authorized for a five-year period in 2012, will expire Dec. 31 unless Congress reauthorizes it.