Tag: Minusextra

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, helped push through a portion of legislation early Thursday morning aimed at repealing and replacing Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House committee finishes work at 4 a.m. to advance Obamacare repeal

Robert King · March 9, 2017 12:16 pm

Conservatives believe their party's congressional leaders have sold out. Non-conservatives think they are dangerously right-wing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obamacare deck is stacked against conservatives

W. James Antle III · March 9, 2017 12:15 pm

America’s high-risk complacent class

Michael Barone · March 9, 2017 12:00 pm

People should not have their fiscal arms twisted to choose what they don't really want. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Stop protecting the employer-based healthcare system

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2017 12:00 pm

America needs tax reform to get moving again. (iStock)

America needs comprehensive tax reform

Peter Roff · March 9, 2017 5:04 am

Republicans are not afraid that our compatriots will measure us by how well the AHCA cares for people. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AHCA a case study in compassion, fairness and freedom

Doug Collins · March 9, 2017 5:03 am

FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Donald Trump's status as a Washington outsider fuels his fiery populism and also is helping to shield him from the scrutiny House Republicans are devoting to Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. senator and secretary of state. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Democrats who voted against Obamacare seven years ago wary of GOP bill

Susan Ferrechio · March 9, 2017 5:01 am

The plan gives states much more leeway, and predicting how states will behave is a tricky task for the CBO. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obamacare replacement is hard to score, budget experts say

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 9, 2017 5:01 am

The Palmer-Schweikert amendment would set aside $15 billion for states to reimburse health insurance for covering sicker patients. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

HHS official bucks Trump administration, opposes healthcare plan

Robert King · March 9, 2017 3:37 am

A lawyer for Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to the Trump administration, filed paperwork with the Justice Department on Tuesday that he conducted $530,000 worth of lobbying work during the election for a client that worked in Turkey's government. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Flynn’s consulting firm paid $530K to lobby for Turkey during election

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2017 3:25 am

FILE - This Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, file photo shows the AT&T sign at a store in Hialeah, Fla. AT&Ts $85 billion purchase of Time Warner may be getting an easier path to approval after the chief telecommunications regulator says it isnt likely to review the deal. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

AT&T wireless customers briefly unable to call 911 in several states

Daniel Chaitin · March 9, 2017 3:20 am

The families of three victims in last June's Orlando nightclub shooting filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday accusing Twitter, Facebook and Google of providing "material support" to the Islamic State by allowing the terrorist organization to open social media accounts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FEC commissioner who defended Drudge plans to quit

Mairead McArdle · March 9, 2017 3:15 am