Tag: Bill Cassidy

The Capitol in Washington is seen early Thursday, July 27, 2017, as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare" because of opposition and wavering within the GOP ranks.

Inside this summer’s Obamacare repeal push

Robert King · May 31, 2018 9:52 pm

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., talks during a television news interview.

Sen. Bill Cassidy aims to revive bipartisan reforms on healthcare

Robert King · May 29, 2018 2:50 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, accompanied by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., right, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill.

Senate to take up Trump’s call to lower drug prices in June

Robert King · May 29, 2018 4:00 am

With reporters looking for updates, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks to people on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Doubts swirl about Senate effort to revive Obamacare repeal

Robert King · May 23, 2018 11:19 pm

Why would Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., do an interview with a comedian who got his big start instructing women on the street to figure out what was down his pants before palling around with former President Barack Obama? "I actually didn't know who Jimmy Kimmel was," he said.

Senators want to cut foreign shipments of illicit opioids

Robert King · April 25, 2018 8:02 pm

Chris Murphy and Bill Cassidy. (AP)

Senators want to better inform families of overdoses

Robert King · April 17, 2018 3:54 pm

Pharmaceutical, hospital industries go to war over drug discount program

Robert King · March 20, 2018 4:00 am

White House: Former Citgo executives are ‘hostages’ in Venezuela

Steven Nelson · March 19, 2018 8:38 pm

Senators pursue bills to end pharmaceutical ‘gag clauses’ that keep prices high

Robert King · March 15, 2018 6:30 pm

The portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were unveiled in a ceremony last month. Those paintings were commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, but were funded through private donations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House votes to stop blowing money on oil paintings of federal officials

Pete Kasperowicz · March 6, 2018 8:52 pm

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is leading the initiative. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senators want more transparency on healthcare prices

Robert King · March 1, 2018 3:17 pm

Congressional investigators posed as first-time buyers of fentanyl and found six online sellers able to easily ship the drug from overseas to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senators propose new wave of programs to battle opioid epidemic

Robert King · February 27, 2018 7:01 pm