Tag: Republicans

Senate Republicans will write their own legislation that will attempt to incorporate elements of the House bill, but won't use it as a starting point. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate won’t vote on House-passed healthcare bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2017 6:59 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called the House GOP's plan to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act a "cruel" way to cut insurance from many Americans. (Janet Van Ham/HBO via AP)

Elizabeth Warren on House GOP healthcare plan: ‘People will die’

Kyle Feldscher · May 4, 2017 6:23 pm

The Dodd-Frank reform bill, written by the House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, would allow banks to opt out of many of the rules set up by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law if they maintain a high level of capital. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Republicans advance Dodd-Frank rewrite in House

Joseph Lawler · May 4, 2017 4:15 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi warned that Republicans who vote to pass the American Health Care Act Thursday will have a "scar they will carry" from that vote, and that they will be "forever identified" with the vote. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Pelosi: Lawmakers supporting Obamacare repeal will be ‘forever identified’ with vote

Al Weaver · May 4, 2017 3:48 pm

House Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting Thursday morning confident and "feeling good" that they have the votes on a bill to partially repeal Obamacare. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Paul Ryan ‘almost giddy’ in GOP rally before healthcare vote

Robert King · May 4, 2017 3:14 pm

A major conservative organization dropped its opposition to the Republican healthcare bill, on the same day House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., hopes to push the bill through on the thinnest of margins. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Club for Growth backs Obamacare repeal bill

Joel Gehrke · May 4, 2017 2:58 pm

The House Rules Committee voted 8-3 along party lines Wednesday to advance several key amendments for the AHCA, which partially repeals Obamacare. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Health bill clears final hurdle before hitting House floor

Robert King · May 4, 2017 2:23 am

Republican House leaders think they have rounded up enough votes to pass the measure, although it will be close. (iStock)

House to vote Thursday on Obamacare repeal

Robert King · May 3, 2017 11:23 pm

Trump has proposed a $603 billion defense budget in 2018 that would smash through the caps by $54 billion. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP)

National Security

140 House Republicans call for repeal of defense spending caps

Travis J. Tritten · May 3, 2017 8:00 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Spicer: ‘Impossible’ to determine effects of Obamacare repeal

Kimberly Leonard · May 3, 2017 7:13 pm

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., center, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, following a meeting with President Donald Trump on healthcare reform. He is joined by Reps. Billy Long, R-Mo., left, and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., right. The proposed amendment is a concession to centrists and would add $8 billion over five years to help pay for high medical costs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Key Republicans Long, Upton say they now support Obamacare repeal with more money for pre-existing conditions

Kimberly Leonard · May 3, 2017 3:33 pm

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy reads a letter from a constituent concerning healthcare. Voters are split on how the government should require coverage for pre-existing conditions. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Poll: Voters split on how to provide coverage for pre-existing conditions

Kimberly Leonard · May 3, 2017 2:42 pm