Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Fourth of July — A Time to Rate Baseball Teams and Presidents
</p> Begin with Trump’s bizarre decision to hold a mock White House signing ceremony after the House passed its Grinch-like health care bill.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump’s White Flag Signals Trust Problem
</p> Trump’s bully pulpit Friday’s tweet had the feel of the Trump who threatened Democrats with sinking Obamacare after the House first balked at a repeal-and-replace bill.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Politics of Drug Policy
</p> Many fear the Senate bill is not enough to meet a challenge that is intertwined with unemployment, the economy and more.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Let the Senate Be the Senate Again
I have a question for the senators trying to decide whether to vote for the Obamacare repeal bill when it comes up in the Senate:</p> Did you really fly 1,000 miles in coach for this?
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Wanted — Three Senate Republicans to End the Mean Season for Health Care
In similar fashion, voters rejected the House bill by nearly a two-to-one margin in a recent CBS News poll.</p> Every tweak to the current Senate bill invites new problems.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: What’s at Stake for McConnell, Conservatives and the GOP
</p> Four Republican senators—Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson — have said they are “not ready” to vote for the bill for a variety of reasons.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Bickering Democrats — Still Mired in the 20th Century
</p> Thus were born the politics of the defensive crouch.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Republicans’ Biggest Problem in Georgia Isn’t the Special Election
</p> “We have to repeal this bill and replace it with the new fix that’s coming through,” she said.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump Should Come Clean, Ask For Forgiveness
</p> Either way, Trump’s actions were scandalous.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Pro Tip — Never Cross James Comey
</p> In normal times, the major headline to emerge from Comey’s testimony would be his admission that Bill Clinton, in effect, cost his wife Hillary the White House.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: How a Textbook in 2067 Might View Donald Trump
</p> Still, President Trump had outspoken defenders.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Pardon Me? A Constitutional Amendment Would Fix That
</p> But with a special counsel and two congressional panels investigating President Donald Trump — and with not too much time having passed since President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House or
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: If Trump Wanted ‘Fast and Easy,’ He’s in the Wrong Job
finally move the bill through the House, which it did.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump — A President Without a True Party on Capitol Hill
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 28, 2017</p> <p/>var rcrdTwitter = 1;</p> The snide interpretation is that Trump had no idea what was in the House health care bill that he so enthusiastically celebrated
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Pelosi’s ‘Medicare for All’ Problem
John Conyers now has 112 members of the caucus signed up for his “Medicare for All” bill — nearly 60 percent of the rank and file.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A GOP Guide to Running for Cover on Health Care
</p> Most of the news coverage highlighted the CBO’s estimate that 23 million fewer Americans would have health coverage in 2026 under the bill.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Democrats May Be Too Optimistic About 2018 Gains
</p> Who’d have thought it?
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Montana Special Election Unlikely to Predict Larger Political Trend
</p> Mitch McConnell, whose legislative talents should never be underestimated, may win Senate passage of a health care bill this summer.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump Troubles Not an Excuse for Hill GOP’s Failures
</p> <p class="p1">By now, it’s conventional wisdom in Washington that the Trump agonistes have frustrated the GOP agenda.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump Policies on Voting and Criminal Justice Quietly Move Country Backward
</p> In other words, the Democratic base. </p> Voting rights derailed Success in the effort to craft a new voting bill always seemed slim.