Tag: Affordable Care Act

When Jim McCrery retired from Congress in 2008, he walked off Capitol Hill and over to Capitol Counsel LLC, where he serves as the lobbying shop's lead Republican lobbyist. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

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Lawmaker-turned-lobbyist John McCrery takes advantage of CNBC’s John Harwood to shill for Obamacare

Philip Wegmann · March 28, 2017 8:59 pm

Rep. David Brat, R-Va., told reporters that he would "guess in a few weeks" that a new bill could be created on Obamacare repeal after the prior bill was pulled by House leadership Friday due to insufficient support. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dave Brat hoping for new Obamacare repeal bill in weeks

Robert King · March 28, 2017 8:46 pm

"We are just going to see how that works out," McConnell said. "We believe it will not work out well." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell warns Obamacare ‘regretfully’ will stay in place ‘at the moment’

Susan Ferrechio · March 28, 2017 7:42 pm

Democrat Sen. Jon Tester ‘absolutely’ open to supporting Obamacare repeal

Daniel Chaitin · March 28, 2017 6:02 pm

This bill achieves long-standing free market goals: lower taxes, lower spending, expanded HSA's and entitlement reform. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Republicans should learn from Charlie Brown in their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare

Quin Hillyer · March 28, 2017 4:50 pm

Obamacare itself was roughly a $1 trillion tax hike over a decade. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Grover Norquist: By killing the healthcare bill, did the ‘Freedom Caucus’ kill permanent tax reform?

Grover Norquist · March 28, 2017 3:12 pm

The message from Speaker Paul Ryan was that despite last week's failed attempt, the GOP could not walk away from the effort to repeal the collapsing law, and replacing it with Republican reforms. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Republicans plot second attempt at Obamacare repeal

Susan Ferrechio · March 28, 2017 2:26 pm

It takes only a short time to blow up your party. But Rome wasn't built in a day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Wasting effort and time

Noemie Emery · March 28, 2017 12:00 pm

The repeal of Obamacare's taxes would have lowered the number for revenue target. (Tanya Moutzalias/The Ann Arbor News-MLive.com Detroit via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why Obamacare taxes won’t be included in tax reform

David Freddoso · March 28, 2017 12:57 am

—œWe’re not going to just all of a sudden abandon healthcare and move on to the rest,—? Ryan said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ryan on passing a healthcare bill: ‘We are not giving up’

Alex Pappas · March 27, 2017 10:20 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan praised the Restoring Americans' Health Care Freedom Act, but that didn't end up reaching President Trump's desk. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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The House healthcare debacle didn’t have to be this way — here’s what Paul Ryan could have done instead

Adam Brandon · March 27, 2017 8:16 pm

"I don't think we've seen the end of healthcare," Sean Spicer told reporters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House strikes new tone on Obamacare repeal effort

Gabby Morrongiello · March 27, 2017 8:09 pm