Policy · 116th Congress
‘Medicare for all’ doesn’t just rival Canada’s system. It goes further
[jwp-video n=”1″] A proposal for a government-financed health insurance system introduced by Washington Democratic Rep.
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Campaigns · 116th Congress
Challengers circle as Democrats work to hold key suburban Chicago seats
Also watch: What race ratings really mean and how we create them [jwp-video n=”1″] Lining up With about a year to go until primary elections in Illinois, it’s still anyone’s guess how many
White House · 116th Congress
Trump takes post-Mueller victory lap to Hill, but ‘he didn’t really dwell on it’
Watch: A debate over Nazis and socialism broke out in House Judiciary [jwp-video n=”1″]
Campaigns · 116th Congress
How ‘Medicare for All’ went from pipe dream to mainstream
[jwp-video n=”1″] What was once seen as a long-shot pitch from Vermont independent Sen.
Opinion · 116th Congress
There are at least eight accountants in Congress. Maybe they can pop the debt balloon
Watch: Socialism through the Republican lens [jwp-video n=”1″]
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s latest self-inflicted wound: Medicare cuts
Trump’s drug trafficking briefing in brief: Watch in 1 minute [jwp-video n=”1″]
Congress · 116th Congress
Medicare for All and Green New Deal spur Red Scare tactics
Watch: Socialism through the Republican lens [jwp-video n=”1″] The first year of the study, 1995, featured more than 200 references to “socialism” or “socialist,” as members of the new Republican
Opinion · 116th Congress
Democrats get their very own tea party after all
Instead of doing a victory lap to celebrate last week’s passage of HR 1, Democrats’ signature anticorruption legislation, House leadership was feverishly writing and rewording a resolution against hate
Congress · 116th Congress
Spending cuts, growth outpace tax cuts, military increases
For the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, Trump would increase defense spending by about 5 percent to $750 billion, despite a spending cap imposed by a deficit reduction law that requires cuts.
Congress · 116th Congress
White House readies lean budget with fat nondefense cuts
Why presidential budget requests are usually dead on arrival, explained [jwp-video n=”1″] “I don’t think good growth policies have to obsess necessarily about the budget deficits,” National
Congress · 116th Congress
After HR 1 vote, Democrats ready to move quickly on other top 10 bills
. | House Democrats were in high spirits Friday after they passed the top item on their policy agenda — a package of voting, campaign finance and ethics overhauls dubbed HR 1 — but they’re not going to
White House · 116th Congress
Will FDA keep cracking down on teen vaping, other initiatives, after Gottlieb leaves?
(@SGottliebFDA) March 5, 2019var rcrdTwitter = 1; “Scott has helped us to lower drug prices, get a record number of generic drugs approved and onto the market, and so many other things.
Opinion · 116th Congress
As the “X Date” looms, it’s time to defang the debt limit
This time around, prolonged negotiations seem all too likely, with the austere sequester caps on defense and domestic discretionary funding set to kick back in on Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year
White House · 116th Congress
Pence continues White House, GOP push to paint Dems as socialists
Trump: Green New Deal sounds like a ‘high school term paper that got a low mark’ [jwp-video n=”1″] “And the only thing green about the so-called Green New Deal is how much green it’s going
Congress · 116th Congress
‘Medicare-for-all’ is no longer purely theoretical. Democrats are coming to terms with that
To assist workers affected by the overhaul, 1 percent of that budget for the first five years would support assistance like wage replacement or job training.
Congress · 116th Congress
Eli Lilly chief executive escapes drug prices hearing
Type 1 diabetics cannot live without the medicine, but some have resorted to rationing their supply because they cannot afford the proper dose, which in some cases has resulted in death.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senator compares drugmakers to Gollum from Lord of the Rings
Watch: Drugmaker protects Humira exclusivity ‘like Gollum with his ring’ [jwp-video n=”1″] AbbVie, which makes rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease treatment Humira, the top-selling drug
Opinion · 116th Congress
A shining example for today’s House investigators
Watch John Lewis’ full eulogy to John Dingell in 8 minutes [jwp-video n=”1″] The new members will shortly begin to perceive that there may be less than a third of their colleagues who actually
Congress · 116th Congress
Republicans have concerns about Trump’s emergency declaration, too
— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) February 14, 2019 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Sen. Rand Paul Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
Congress pauses to remember its longest serving member, John Dingell
Watch: John Lewis’ full eulogy to John Dingell in 8 minutes [jwp-video n=”1″] Hoyer was one of four of those House colleagues to eulogize Dingell, along with former Republican Speaker John