Tag: Republicans

House Speaker Paul Ryan argued Thursday that the controversial GOP healthcare bill is "the best and only chance we are going to get" to repeal Obamacare. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ryan: GOP bill the ‘best and only chance’ to change Obamacare

Susan Ferrechio · March 9, 2017 6:34 pm

RSC Chairman Rep. Mark Walker said the House Energy and Commerce Committee should adopt the amendments to move the bill "in the right direction." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House conservatives want Medicaid work requirements, quicker rollback

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 9, 2017 4:48 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: After 7 years of practice

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2017 2:26 pm

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., warned Thursday that Republicans are moving too quickly on their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, and should start over. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tom Cotton to House GOP on Obamacare repeal: ‘Pause, start over’

Pete Kasperowicz · March 9, 2017 12:19 pm

People should not have their fiscal arms twisted to choose what they don't really want. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Stop protecting the employer-based healthcare system

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2017 12:00 pm

Republicans are not afraid that our compatriots will measure us by how well the AHCA cares for people. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AHCA a case study in compassion, fairness and freedom

Doug Collins · March 9, 2017 5:03 am

The plan gives states much more leeway, and predicting how states will behave is a tricky task for the CBO. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obamacare replacement is hard to score, budget experts say

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 9, 2017 5:01 am

Plan would reduce federal spending by $337 billion, Congressional Budget Office says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

The ‘you’re with us or you’re with the terrorists’ approach isn’t going to work on Obamacare repeal

David Freddoso · March 8, 2017 10:28 pm

Ryan must expect Trump to secure his right flank. So far, there's no indication that will happen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Even Trump can’t help Paul Ryan’s Obamacare whip count

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2017 9:48 pm

The American Medical Association warned that the GOP's Obamacare replacement plan introduced earlier this week is "critically flawed." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

American Medical Association rejects House Obamacare replacement

Daniel Chaitin · March 8, 2017 4:12 pm

"No more excuses, no more fiddling around," he said. "Today, we begin the repeal of Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin Brady urges conservative lawmakers to get on board with ‘Trump plan’

Kyle Feldscher · March 8, 2017 2:24 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., said on CNN there isn’t a majority in the House at the moment to pass the new GOP health bill. "There is not 218 votes today," he said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House conservatives bolt from GOP health bill, will propose their own plan

Kyle Feldscher · March 8, 2017 1:51 pm