Shifting Dollars From Poor to Rich Is a Key Part of the Senate Health Bill The Affordable Care Act gave health insurance to millions of Americans by shifting resources from the wealthy to the poor and by moving oversight from states to the federal government. The Senate bill introduced Thursday […]
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Sally Yates Tells Senators She Warned Trump About Michael Flynn Sally Yates Tells Senators She Warned Trump About Michael Flynn:- Less than a week into the Trump administration, Sally Q. Yates, the acting attorney general, hurried to the White House with an urgent concern. The president’s national security adviser, she […]
Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice:- Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on Friday to become the 113th justice of the Supreme Court, capping a political brawl that lasted for more than a year and […]
Senate set for dramatic showdown over Trump Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch Senate set for dramatic showdown over Trump Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch:- The Senate was headed for a dramatic showdown Thursday over President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court as Democrats prepared to filibuster Judge Neil M. Gorsuch and Republicans were set […]
Republican leaders warn that changing health care bill would doom it in Senate Republican leaders warn that changing health care bill would doom it in Senate:- House Republican leaders warned their members Thursday that any major changes to the proposed GOP health care bill will prevent its passage in the […]
Senate confirms Tom Price as new health secretary Senate confirms Tom Price as new health secretary:- The Senate approved early Friday Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., as the new health secretary. Price, 62, an orthopedic surgeon and seven-term House veteran from Atlanta, was President Trump's pick to head the Health and […]
New California Sen. Kamala Harris takes on immigration debate New California Sen. Kamala Harris takes on immigration debate:- In her first legislative initiative as a senator, California freshman Kamala Harris on Thursday introduced a bill that, if passed, would provide access to lawyers for anyone held or detained while trying […]
Jeff Sessions confirmed by the Senate to be attorney general Jeff Sessions confirmed by the Senate to be attorney general:- Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, whose nomination as attorney general has served as a fresh lightning rod for the new administration of President Trump, was narrowly confirmed Wednesday as the nation's […]
