Tag: Senate

Congressional Republicans should return to the table with a simple demand that if Democrats get subsidies for insurance companies, states get the freedom to set up a free market in health insurance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP’s chance to get health insurance market freedoms

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

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

John McCormack · October 20, 2017 7:30 am

Senators Announce 22 Cosponsors for Possibly Doomed Health Legislation

Chris Deaton · October 19, 2017 10:09 pm

Republican senators are trying to win President Trump's support, but some Democrats are skeptical of making any alterations to the legislation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Big changes likely for Obamacare deal

Robert King · October 19, 2017 9:29 pm

"Since every Democrat I believe will support it, it has 60 votes." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer demands immediate vote on Obamacare deal

Robert King · October 19, 2017 8:21 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander said he was willing to see the bipartisan bill changed and said he was confident the bill would become law by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

24 senators sign on to bipartisan deal on Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · October 19, 2017 6:01 pm

President Trump may have endorsed the idea of short-term compromise, but he still backs the concept of the healthcare reform package that failed narrowly this summer. That bill would have given states Medicaid funding in the form of block grants. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Republicans ‘within one vote’ of repealing Obamacare

Sarah Bedford · October 19, 2017 5:46 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., have gained Republican and Democratic co-sponsors for their healthcare bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

More GOP, Democrats support Obamacare stabilization bill despite Trump, Ryan opposition

Kimberly Leonard · October 19, 2017 4:31 pm

Senate GOP sticks together in cutting state and local tax deduction in budget votes

Joseph Lawler · October 19, 2017 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump pauses during a news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Michael Barone: Democrats yelp as Trump upholds Constitution

Michael Barone · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, meet before the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare deal hits the skids in Senate

Susan Ferrechio, Robert King · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

Just as Alexander-Murray stalled, health insurers came out in support of the legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Insurers back stalled Obamacare subsidy package

Kimberly Leonard · October 18, 2017 10:13 pm