Tag: Commentary

The best solution to healthcare is to reduce the demand for it. (Ellen F. O'Connell /Hazelton Standard-Speaker via AP)

A completely different approach to healthcare reform

Paul Marangos · July 27, 2017 4:01 am

Congress has an opportunity to strike a positive balance between adequately supporting multilateral institutions and ensuring they are operating efficiently and effectively within the bounds of their core priorities. (iStock by Getty Images)

Congress must act to reform rogue international institutions

Linda Dempsey · July 27, 2017 4:01 am

Republicans missed an opportunity to hold hearings, consult experts, and build coalitions and consensus early in the process of repealing Obamacare. Instead, they wasted time on a public internal battle for the soul of the party. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Can Republicans pass healthcare reform without selling it?

Mark Dion · July 27, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced the bill, which stalled last year in part because of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

Republicans can’t afford to blow healthcare reform

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2017 4:01 am

Trump's frustrations may be understandable, but his attacks on Sessions are ominous. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions are ominous

Emily Jashinsky · July 26, 2017 9:33 pm

Sen. John McCain's frustrations with Republicans' opaque process in developing a healthcare proposal delighted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

‘Skinny’ repeal of Obamacare is the worst of all options

Jeanne Lambrew · July 26, 2017 9:13 pm

They could criticize Obamacare and argue they voted to repeal it, but Obama's veto would save them from ever having to explain their decision to critics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Today is the day Obamacare became the law of the land

Philip Klein · July 26, 2017 9:12 pm

As fishermen overfish sharks for their fins and meat, as many as 63 million to 273 million of the endangered species are killed each year.

Beltway Confidential

Despite their danger (or lack thereof), sharks need stronger protections

Tom Rogan · July 26, 2017 9:04 pm

If they think this will get them across the finish line in 2018, they're sorely mistaken. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

The definition of insanity: The Democratic Party’s ‘Better Deal’ is just the same old failed policies

Jay Caruso · July 26, 2017 8:39 pm

The reversal of the six senators represents a dramatic turnaround. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Here are the six Republican senators who flip-flopped on Obamacare repeal

Philip Klein · July 26, 2017 8:13 pm

The same actions that have been forbidden since 1979 if taken with the improper motive would remain forbidden under the proposed law. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Beltway Confidential

The truth about the Senate’s proposed Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Gabriel Malor · July 26, 2017 8:01 pm

Beltway Confidential

There’s nothing conservative about a crackdown on the media

Tom Rogan · July 26, 2017 7:32 pm