Tag: Senate

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended that Trump shrink Bears Ears, a 1.35 million-acre monument that former President Barack Obama designated in December. (AP Photo/Michelle Price)

Energy and Environment

Trump will shrink size of Bears Ears National Monument, Orrin Hatch says

Josh Siegel · October 27, 2017 6:54 pm

Sylvia Burwell praised the deal, which has yet to win support from the president and key Republican leaders. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Obama’s HHS secretary praises bipartisan Obamacare deal

Robert King · October 27, 2017 3:47 pm

The bipartisan bill to stabilize Obamacare insurance premiums, drafted by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., will not significantly reduce the number of people who are uninsured or affect the insurance premium rates, according to a CBO report. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CBO: Obamacare stabilization plan would have little effect on premiums, insurance rates

Kimberly Leonard · October 25, 2017 3:36 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said "Let's be honest, getting Democrats unanimously to fund Obamacare is not a real heavy lift in exchange for pretty minor additional flexibility on what's already part of the law." (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Ron Johnson wants Republicans to focus on a ‘higher hurdle’ than Alexander-Murray

Emily Jashinsky · October 25, 2017 2:54 pm

President Donald Trump, escorted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill to have lunch with Senate Republicans and push for his tax reform agenda, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump stays away from healthcare at Republican Senate lunch

Kimberly Leonard · October 24, 2017 9:36 pm

The deal between Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., promises to stabilize Obamacare's insurance exchanges, but it can only do so by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars into a broken system. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans, don’t forfeit the battle against Obamacare’s insurer bailouts

Sally Pipes · October 24, 2017 9:02 pm

"More partisanship isn't going to solve this problem," said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., in response to the more conservative proposal released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrats blast new Obamacare fix from Orrin Hatch, Kevin Brady

Robert King · October 24, 2017 8:38 pm

Is There Room for Jeff Flake in Donald Trump’s GOP?

John McCormack · October 24, 2017 8:13 pm

A framework from Rep. Kevin Brady and Sen. Orrin Hatch would fund insurer payments for two years and would delay enforcement of the individual and employer mandates. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House, Senate committee leaders reach deal on Obamacare fixes

Robert King · October 24, 2017 4:46 pm

The administration said that state officials had not followed the law by submitting the waiver with too little time to spare for approval. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump administration turns down Massachusetts Obamacare waiver

Kimberly Leonard · October 24, 2017 12:40 am

"I think the Democrats are crazy to not try and deal with him directly," Hatch said, according to the Washington Post. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Sen. Orrin Hatch: ‘Doesn’t take any brains to realize’ Trump would be open to working with Democrats

Kara Zupkus · October 23, 2017 4:03 pm

President Trump and Republicans are desperate for a legislative victory. The exact terms of victory are not as important.

White House signals flexibility on tax bill as Congress gets to work

Joseph Lawler · October 23, 2017 4:01 am