Tag: Senate

A spokesman for Manchin declined to confirm whether the senator would take the Energy Department post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Manchin: ‘I don’t give a s–t’ if I win re-election

Al Weaver · August 7, 2017 4:58 pm

Have You Met Burlington Bernie?

Alice B. Lloyd · August 7, 2017 9:30 am

The problem facing GOP lawmakers like Sen. Orrin Hatch is that if they want to eliminate those $700 billion in taxes as part of tax reform without adding to the deficit, they would have to do so by eliminating a proportionate amount tax breaks. (AP Photo, File/Cliff Owen)

Obamacare repeal failure gives Republicans a tax headache

Joseph Lawler · August 7, 2017 4:01 am

Their votes should be considered a stain on their record of service. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

The dishonorable Obamacare six: These Republican senators have a stain on their voting records

Larry Hart · August 3, 2017 5:13 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said Thursday Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold hearings on healthcare when it returns to Washington next month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate finance panel to hold bipartisan health hearings

Robert King · August 3, 2017 3:11 pm

Hatch: ‘Health care, as far as I’m concerned, is over’

Andrew Egger · August 2, 2017 9:46 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., wants a consensus on stabilizing the individual market and keeping insurance premiums down. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Lamar Alexander maps out ‘limited’ bipartisan Obamacare deal

Robert King · August 2, 2017 5:09 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has said he hopes that "filling the open seats on the NLRB will restore the board to its intended purpose of acting as a neutral umpire after years of playing the role of advocate."

Sen. Lamar Alexander: Fill out the NLRB and restore its neutrality

Sen. Lamar Alexander · August 2, 2017 11:00 am

"I would think if you could do something bipartisan where there is give and take, then there ought to be something given in return in terms of market reforms to lower premiums," said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Some Republicans want something in return for Obamacare insurer payments

Robert King · August 1, 2017 9:02 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander warned that if lawmakers did not come to a decision, then "millions of Americans with government subsidies in up to half our states may find themselves with zero options for buying health insurance on the exchanges in 2018." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate prepares to rescue Obamacare exchanges

Kimberly Leonard · August 1, 2017 8:00 pm

Senators from both parties praised the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit at a hearing Tuesday, with lawmakers calling to expand the break rather than limit it. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Affordable housing tax break has bipartisan support in tax reform effort

Joseph Lawler · August 1, 2017 5:30 pm

"Right now I'm very pessimistic," said Sen. Chuck Grassley. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hopes for Obamacare deal fade in the Senate

Robert King · August 1, 2017 4:01 am