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22 GOP senators want U.S. to pull out of Paris climate accord
Water vapour billows from smokestacks at the incineration plant of Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris as the sun rises, France, December 9, 2016. Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters WASHINGTON — Senate Majority...
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Ex-Senate staffer: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning has died
Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 of Major League Baseball’s World Series in Philadelphia, October 27, 2008. Photo by Ray...
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What’s at stake for children’s health care?
Photo by Adobe Stock A few weeks after Jessica Jayne learned she was pregnant, she lost her job. It was spring 2012 and she and her husband, Tyler Jayne, lived in Eugene, Oregon, where she had been...
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How lack of transparency became ‘regular order’ on Capitol Hill
(Photo courtesy of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol) Congress struggling to finish a huge budget reconciliation bill. A GOP president pushing a major overhaul of federal payments for health...
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GOP senator warns against rushed vote on health care bill
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on the conflict in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 15, 2017. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters...
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Senate health-care plan would halt Obamacare penalties, taxes
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), speaks to the media following the weekly policy luncheons on...
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AP sources: Senate GOP’s reworked health care bill would reshape Obama’s law
Protesters gather during a demonstration against the Republican repeal of the Affordable Care Act, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters WASHINGTON — Senate...
View ArticleWATCH: Ryan says House wants to move on Iran, Russia sanctions bill
House Speaker Paul Ryan addressed the Senate Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act today, including sanctions against Iran and Russia. Watch his remarks in the player above....
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What’s in the Senate Republican health care bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks during a news conference April 4. Senate GOP leaders unveiled their health care proposal Thursday morning. Photo by Aaron P....
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Senate GOP releases health care bill and battle lines form
Watch VideoHARI SREENIVASAN: The battle lines are forming tonight in the Senate over replacing Obamacare. Republican leaders released details of their bill today, but Democrats are rejecting it...
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GOP leaders add delay penalty for lapsed coverage to health bill
The new provision is aimed at helping insurance companies and the insurance market by discouraging healthy people from waiting to buy a policy until they get sick. File photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images...
View ArticleFacing defections, Senate GOP leaders delay health care vote
WASHINGTON — In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their prized health care bill until after the July 4 recess, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion that left them...
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GOP leaders delay Senate health care vote. What happened?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (L) and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R) speak to reporters at the White House following meeting with President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans on...
View ArticleWATCH: McConnell says ‘good progress’ made on Senate health bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says “good progress” was made during a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Republican senators. Trump invited them to meet after...
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Lacking enough GOP votes, Senate pushes back health bill
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The United States Senate will not try to repeal and replace the Obamacare health care law until after the Fourth of July recess. Republican leaders gave...
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Senate leaders scramble for deal on health care bill
File photo of the U.S. Capitol by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters WASHINGTON — Senate GOP leaders scrambled Wednesday for a deal to revive their health care legislation, but encountered new obstacles as...
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Why McConnell plans to hide health care bill’s pain until after midterms
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media about plans to repeal and replace Obamacare on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Senate Majority...
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GOP adds opioid money to struggling Senate health bill
OxyContin tablets, morphine-like painkillers, are widely abused as a recreational drug. Photo by Leonard Lessin/via Getty Images WASHINGTON — Top Republicans have agreed to add $45 billion for battling...
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GOP may keep Obama tax on wealthy in bid to save health bill
Protesters demonstrate the Republican healthcare bill outside Republican Congressman Darrell Issa’s office in Vista, California, June 27, 2017. Top Senate Republicans may now try preserving a tax boost...
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If full Obamacare replacement fails, a limited bill will be needed, says...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at a Harden County Republican party fundraiser in June in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Photo by Bryan Woolston/Reuters GLASGOW, Ky. — A bill focused on...
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