BUSINESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The bar for a chief executive of a public corporation to repudiate a United States president is extraordinarily high. Corporate leaders aren’t given their power, prestige, responsibility and nine-figure pay packages to use the corner office as their personal soapbox. With President Trump’s comments on white supremacists and other right-wing extremists ringing […]
Category: GOP
8/15/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump continued his attacks against individual Senate Republicans, criticizing Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) and his pivotal health-care vote at a news conference Tuesday [8-15-17] at Trump Tower in New York City. A week after Mr. Trump knocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) over the Senate’s failure to […]
8/15/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Big day in Alabama. Vote for Luther Strange, he will be great!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2017 07:08am […]
8/15/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Senator Luther Strange, who is doing a great job for the people of Alabama, will be on @foxandfriends at 7:15. Tough on crime, borders etc.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2017 05:30am […]
8/14/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Roy Moore lacks the war chest of two chief rivals in his bid to become the next senator from Alabama. He didn’t land the coveted endorsement of President Donald Trump, and doesn’t enjoy the advantages of incumbency. Yet the controversial former state Supreme Court justice is coasting over his Republican challengers in Tuesday’s closely […]
8/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/GOP/OIL/VENEZUELA: “Four U.S. Senate Republicans from oil refining states urged the Trump administration on Thursday [8-10-17] to not block oil shipments from Venezuela as part of U.S. sanctions against the country, saying it could raise costs for U.S. fuel consumers. The United States sanctioned President Nicolas Maduro and other Venezuelan officials after Maduro established […]
8/9/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senator Mitch McConnell said I had ‘excessive expectations,’ but I don’t think so. After 7 years of hearing Repeal & Replace, why not done?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2017 01:14pm […]
8/9/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A close aide to President Donald Trump hit back Wednesday [8-9-17] against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, exhibiting further tension between the White House and Congress over Republicans’ failure to pass health care legislation. Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media, responded to McConnell’s comments that the President had […]
8/9/2017
GOP/PAUL RYAN: “A conservative group is launching a major $2.5 million ad buy Wednesday [8-9-17] to ramp up public pressure on Republican members of Congress to address tax reform. American Action Network’s Middle-Class Growth Initiative, a nonprofit funded by House Speaker Paul Ryan supporters, unveiled a new TV ad that will run on national cable […]
8/8/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Senator Luther Strange has done a great job representing the people of the Great State of Alabama. He has my complete and total endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2017 08:16pm […]
8/8/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Sen. Dean Heller, a Nevada Republican up for re-election in 2018 who has been whipsawed by the politics of Congress’s health care debate, has drawn a conservative primary opponent promising to be a more reliable ally for President Donald Trump. Danny Tarkanian, a Las Vegas businessman, announced his candidacy in a statement early Tuesday […]
8/7/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “Republicans acknowledge that the aggressive timeline they have set up for overhauling the tax code this fall leaves them little room for error. There could be one problem with that: Obamacare isn’t going away. President Donald Trump has dropped hints that he might stop the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reduction payments, through which federal […]
8/6/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TAXES: “Congressional Republicans plan to use the next four weeks away from Washington making a public case for a sweeping rewrite of the tax code, an ambitious legislative undertaking they hope will heal divisions that opened when the party’s signature health-care bill collapsed. But at home in their districts, they face pressures that could make […]
8/6/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Charities stand to lose billions in donations if Republicans advance their tax overhaul, prompting the nonprofits to carefully attempt to persuade lawmakers to reshape their plan. As a result of a proposal to double the standard deduction and prevent people from deducting state and local taxes from federal taxable income, fewer taxpayers—5% instead of […]
8/6/2017
GOP/GUNS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a recent gathering here hosted by the BamaCarry gun-rights group, Republican candidates vying to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former U.S. Senate seat all invoked the same person: President Donald Trump… In the run-up to the Aug. 15 special-election primary, the GOP candidates are sparring over who would best advance […]
8/4/2017
DEMS/GOP: “West Virginia was incredible last night. Crowds and enthusiasm were beyond, GDP at 3%, wow!Dem Governor became a Republican last night.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 4, 2017 05:35am […]
8/3/2017
GOP/POLITICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump chafed on Thursday [8-3-17] over the new dive in U.S. relations with Russia, widening a rift with his own Republican Party as he blamed Congress for causing the tensions with a new package of sanctions. Far removed from his election campaign promises to improve relations with Vladimir Putin and […]
8/3/2017
DEMS/GOP/SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, standing next to President Donald Trump at a rally on Thursday [8-3-17] night, announced that he was changing political parties, ditching the Democrats and joining Trump’s Republicans. ‘I can’t help you anymore being a Democrat governor,’ Justice told the crowd. ‘So tomorrow I will be changing my […]
8/3/2017
GOP/NATIONAL DEBT/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY: “Republican congressional leaders are quietly preparing to pass a ‘clean’ debt ceiling increase, according to multiple senior GOP sources — setting the stage for a high-risk showdown with rank-and-file Republicans this fall. Trump administration officials, led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, are imploring Congress to raise the $19.8 trillion debt limit with […]
8/3/2017
BORDER/GOP/POLITICS/WALL: “Offering an alternative to President Donald Trump’s vision for a border wall, a top Senate Republican is introducing legislation Thursday [8-3-17] that urges the administration to use technology as well as physical barriers to better guard the southwest border. The bill from Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, […]
8/2/2017
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump and two Republican senators on Wednesday will unveil a plan at the White House to overhaul the rules for legal immigrants, a proposal that would slash numbers overall and focus on skilled immigrants, the White House said. Trump will discuss his support for a bill developed by senators […]
8/1/2017
DEMS/GOP/POLITICS/TAXES: “Senate Democrats outlined their conditions for working with the Trump administration and congressional Republicans on tax policy, and their principles didn’t seem to leave much room for common ground. In a letter dated Tuesday [8-1-17], Democrats argued against tax cuts for the top 1% of households, declared it crucial that Republicans not use the […]
7/31/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans have no plans to revive their party-line attempts to repeal Obamacare this summer, despite President Donald Trump’s increasing frustration over the chamber’s failed attempts last week to gut the law. ‘Until somebody shows us a way to get that elusive 50th vote, I think it’s over,’ said Sen. John Thune […]
7/31/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Mitch McConnell is unleashing the full force of his political machine in an all-out push to stop two far-right conservatives who threaten to make his life miserable in the Senate. The Republican leader is aiming to thwart Rep. Mo Brooks and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore in a special election in […]
7/30/2017
GOP/SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s tumultuous past week has widened rifts in his party, between those who vocally support the president’s combative style and others who bridle at it, according to interviews with GOP officials and supporters across the country. Mr. Trump has long been a polarizing force among members of his party, but […]
7/30/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Don’t give up Republican Senators, the World is watching: Repeal & Replace…and go to 51 votes (nuke option), get Cross State Lines & more.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2017 06:37am […]
7/30/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Susan Collins, one of three Republican senators who blocked the GOP’s health-care bill last week, on Sunday said President Donald Trump’s threatened cuts in payments to insurers would be ‘detrimental’ to America’s poor. The secretary of health and human services, meanwhile, was noncommittal about the payments and also declined to say […]
7/29/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead! Demand another vote before voting on any other bill!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 29, 2017 03:36pm […]
7/29/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don’t go to a 51 vote majority NOW. They look like fools and are just wasting time… 8 Dems totally control the U.S. Senate. Many great Republican bills will never pass, like Kate’s Law and complete Healthcare. Get smart!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 29, 2017 […]
7/29/2017
BUDGET/GOP: “The very outdated filibuster rule must go. Budget reconciliation is killing R’s in Senate. Mitch M, go to 51 Votes NOW and WIN. IT’S TIME!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 29, 2017 06:28am […]
7/29/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Republican Senate must get rid of 60 vote NOW! It is killing the R Party, allows 8 Dems to control country. 200 Bills sit in Senate. A JOKE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 29, 2017 06:20am […]
7/28/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “For years, Congressional Republicans have promised that their policy ideas, paired with a Republican in the White House, would lead to an instant obliteration of President Barack Obama’s health care law and the advent of something less expensive, more efficient and delivering better care. In the wee hours of Friday [7-28-17] morning, that plan […]
7/28/2017
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “If Republicans are going to pass great future legislation in the Senate, they must immediately go to a 51 vote majority, not senseless 60… Even though parts of healthcare could pass at 51, some really good things need 60. So many great future bills & budgets need 60 votes…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 28, […]
7/28/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Senate Republicans’ failure to pass their limited health bill is a relief for health insurers, but it leaves the companies struggling with increasingly urgent questions as they make decisions about participating in the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges. Insurers had already been pressing for legislation aimed at stabilizing the marketplaces, an idea that is likely […]
7/28/2017
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 28, 2017 01:25am […]
7/27/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE: “Go Republican Senators, Go! Get there after waiting for 7 years. Give America great healthcare!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2017 09:43pm […]
7/27/2017
GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior Republican senator said Thursday [7-27-17] he is crafting legislation to protect the independence of the special counsel investigation into Russian activity during the 2016 election, a response to President Donald Trump’s criticism of the probe, which he has called a ‘witch hunt.’ Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) told reporters Thursday […]
7/27/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Come on Republican Senators, you can do it on Healthcare. After 7 years, this is your chance to shine! Don’t let the American people down!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2017 06:24am […]
7/27/2017
GOP/LGBTQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans on Capitol Hill are scrambling to respond to President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday [7-27-17] to reinstitute a ban on transgender people serving in the military after conservatives who lobbied the White House say they were pushing only to prevent the Pentagon from paying for medical costs associated with gender confirmation — […]
7/26/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For a week, some of President Trump’s top aides have tried to talk him down from his public campaign against Attorney General Jeff Sessions. It was exposing tensions within the administration, stirring consternation with the conservative base and setting off a revolt among Senate Republicans incensed over the treatment […]
7/26/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “President Donald Trump accused Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow Republican, of disappointing the country by opposing the GOP effort to demolish the Obama health care law, after initial votes demonstrated the party will be hard pressed to make any sweeping changes in the statute. Senators planned to vote Wednesday [7-26-17] on a Republican […]
7/26/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/POLITICS: “Senator @lisamurkowski of the Great State of Alaska really let the Republicans, and our country, down yesterday. Too bad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2017 06:13am […]
7/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/MIKE PENCE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republicans overcame a range of internal fissures in narrowly voting on Tuesday [7-26-17] to begin debate on their health-care overhaul, but the party suffered a setback hours later when a proposal replacing major portions of the Affordable Care Act failed to attract enough votes to pass. In a dramatic day at […]
7/25/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, faces political challenges from both sides in seeking re-election next year: On the left, emboldened Democrats are aggressively recruiting candidates to run against him. On the right, allies of President Trump are devising ways to punish Mr. Flake for his outspoken rejection of Mr. Trump last year. Yet […]
7/25/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans and former Justice Department officials rallied around Attorney General Jeff Sessions as he continued to weather public criticism from President Donald Trump over his decision to recuse himself from investigations into Russia’s election interference, and other concerns. The defenders voiced their support in response to a flurry of […]
7/24/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called Monday [7-24-17] on Republican senators to vote this week to initiate debate on the party’s effort to overturn the law they call Obamacare, saying ‘now is the time’ for senators to keep their campaign promises. ‘For the past seven years Republicans have been united in standing up for […]
7/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republicans on Tuesday [725-17] backed a motion that allows lawmakers to launch into debate over a health-overhaul bill, a significant victory for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and for President Donald Trump, who stepped in to pressure Republicans after it appeared they were failing in their bid to repeal the Affordable Care Act. […]
7/25/2017
GOP/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA: “The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena for Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, ordering him to appear before the panel on Wednesday [7-26-17]. In a joint statement, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R, Iowa) and top Democrat Dianne Feinstein (D, Calif.) announced that negotiations over Paul Manafort’s voluntary cooperation with the […]
7/25/2017
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “This will be a very interesting day for HealthCare.The Dems are obstructionists but the Republicans can have a great victory for the people!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2017 07:19am […]
7/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “ObamaCare is torturing the American People.The Democrats have fooled the people long enough. Repeal or Repeal & Replace! I have pen in hand.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2017 05:38am […]
7/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Big day for HealthCare. After 7 years of talking, we will soon see whether or not Republicans are willing to step up to the plate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2017 05:27am […]
7/24/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “President Donald Trump made a last-minute pitch to GOP senators urging them to vote Tuesday [7-25-17] to begin debate on a sweeping health-care law, an exhortation that added to the pressures facing congressional Republicans at a critical moment. An unusually large number of GOP senators have signaled resistance to taking even the first procedural […]
7/24/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Republicans have a last chance to do the right thing on Repeal & Replace after years of talking & campaigning on it.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 24, 2017 08:18am […]
7/23/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “If Republicans don’t Repeal and Replace the disastrous ObamaCare, the repercussions will be far greater than any of them understand!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 23, 2017 07:01pm […]
7/23/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republicans are expected to vote as early as Tuesday [7-25-17] to begin debate on their sweeping health-care legislation—but they don’t know yet what measure they will be voting on. Some senators said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has told them they would know before the vote whether they would be asked to […]
7/23/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 23, 2017 03:14pm […]
7/22/2017
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “ObamaCare is dead and the Democrats are obstructionists, no ideas or votes, only obstruction. It is solely up to the 52 Republican Senators!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 22, 2017 07:23am […]
7/22/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Republican Senators must step up to the plate and, after 7 years, vote to Repeal and Replace. Next, Tax Reform and Infrastructure. WIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 22, 2017 07:17am […]
7/22/2017
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI/GOP: “In all fairness to Anthony Scaramucci, he wanted to endorse me 1st, before the Republican Primaries started, but didn’t think I was running!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 22, 2017 07:10am […]
7/20/2017
GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said he would issue subpoenas if witnesses refuse to appear at a Senate hearing next week that will largely focus on a June 2016 meeting between the president’s son, top Trump campaign advisers and a group of Russian advocates. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) said that […]
7/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republicans, scrambling to win support for their health-care bill, pushed a measure Thursday [7-20-17] that they said could ease the impact of the bill’s Medicaid cuts on low-income people. Advocating for the new direction is a little-known health official who is now at the center of the health-care fight: Seema Verma, head of […]
7/20/2017
GOP/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billionaire health care mogul and GOP megadonor Mike Fernandez has one message to Republicans who don’t stand up to President Donald Trump: Grow a pair. ‘All the Republicans who hide behind the flag and hide the church, they don’t have the f—— balls to do what it takes,’ Fernandez told POLITICO Florida […]
7/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The number of people without health insurance would rise by 22 million in a decade if a revised Senate Republican bill replaced large parts of the Affordable Care Act, while federal deficits would be cut by $420 billion, according to a report Thursday [7-20-17] from the Congressional Budget Office. The impact of the new […]
7/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/NEW YORK: “President Trump has yet to sign a Republican health care bill, but New York’s attorney general vowed this week to challenge it in court. The same day, a government watchdog group urged a federal judge to block Trump’s voter fraud commission from gathering sensitive state data. Environmental groups were busy as well. The […]
7/19/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump returned to Twitter on Wednesday [7-19-17] morning and said that Republican senators must keep their promise to America, but he was not specific about which promise on health care legislation he was discussing. Republicans have been promising for seven years to undo President Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act, but […]
7/19/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Republicans never discuss how good their healthcare bill is, & it will get even better at lunchtime.The Dems scream death as OCare dies!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2017 07:46am […]
7/19/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “I will be having lunch at the White House today with Republican Senators concerning healthcare. They MUST keep their promise to America!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2017 07:30am […]
7/19/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “As their seven-year effort to repeal and replace Obamacare derailed in the U.S. Senate, Republicans faced the prospect of doing the once unthinkable: working with Democrats to make fixes to former President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare law. Bipartisan breakthroughs would likely come in the form of individual bills targeted at issues such as stabilizing […]
7/18/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump was fed up with the grind of health care legislation, and at a dinner with Republican senators on Monday [7-17-17] at the White House, he let them know it. He told the lawmakers how annoyed he was with one Republican who was not there, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who […]
7/18/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “For the health-care system, it’s back to square one. Insurers, hospitals and state officials are facing the prospect that the Affordable Care Act will remain the law of the land for now at least, but they also are left with huge questions about how key aspects of the law will be handled under the […]
7/18/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate GOP leaders gave up their effort to dismantle and simultaneously replace much of the Affordable Care Act, after the defections of two more Republican senators left the party short of the votes needed to pass President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority of his first seven months in office. In a stinging defection for […]
7/18/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Senate must go to a 51 vote majority instead of current 60 votes. Even parts of full Repeal need 60. 8 Dems control Senate. Crazy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, 2017 08:26am […]
7/18/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Two more Senate Republicans have declared their opposition to the latest plan to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, potentially ending a months-long effort to make good on a GOP promise that has defined the party for nearly a decade and been a top priority for President Trump. Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Jerry Moran […]
7/18/2017
DEMS/GOP: “With only a very small majority, the Republicans in the House & Senate need more victories next year since Dems totally obstruct, no votes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, 2017 08:15am […]
7/18/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, 2017 06:58am […]
7/18/2017
DEMS/GOP: “We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans. Most Republicans were loyal, terrific & worked really hard. We will return!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, 2017 06:53am […]
7/18/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES: “House Republicans unveiled a 2018 budget plan Tuesday [7-18-17] that would pave the way for ambitious tax reform legislation — but only alongside a package of politically sensitive spending cuts that threaten to derail the tax rewrite before it begins. GOP infighting over spending, health care and other matters continues to cast doubt on […]
7/18/2017
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “House Republicans are unveiling an ambitious fiscal plan on Tuesday [7-18-17] that could let them rewrite the tax code, revamp medical malpractice laws, change federal employees’ retirement benefits and partially repeal the Dodd-Frank financial regulations—all in a single law without any votes from Democrats. The strategy, embedded in the House GOP fiscal […]
7/17/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 17, 2017 09:17pm […]
7/17/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “In the end, Republicans relearned a lesson that has bedeviled them since the New Deal: An American entitlement, once established, can almost never be retracted. Since the day the Affordable Care Act passed Congress, Republicans have vowed to overturn it. In the beginning, many voters were with them, handing the Republican Party some […]
7/17/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The White House has met with at least three actual or prospective primary challengers to Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in recent weeks, a reflection of Donald Trump’s strained relations with the senator and the latest sign of the president’s willingness to play hardball with lawmakers who cross him — even Republican incumbents. Flake, a […]
7/17/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Budget Committee will consider a fiscal 2018 budget resolution Wednesday [7-19-17], marking a crucial but still early step in Republicans’ path to a major tax overhaul. A budget resolution approved by the House and Senate is necessary to trigger the so-called reconciliation rules that would let the GOP pass a […]
7/17/2017
GOP: “There was a break-in over the weekend at the Las Vegas office of Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), a Republican senator who could be a critical swing vote on the GOP health-care bill. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Department confirmed a break-in occurred Saturday [7-15-17] morning at Heller’s office in southwest Las Vegas, the Las Vegas […]
7/17/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “Republican efforts to pass a health-care bill have revealed a party fissure on health-related taxes with potentially far-reaching repercussions. In his latest attempt to rewrite President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) retained a 3.8% investment-income tax and a 0.9% payroll tax that apply to individuals earning more […]
7/16/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “A Republican push to pass a sweeping health-care law experienced another setback as Senate leaders said they would delay a vote set for this week, sparking fresh doubts about whether congressional leaders can muster support for a marquee GOP policy priority. President Donald Trump and party leaders in Congress were hoping the Senate would […]
7/14/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Friday [7-14-17] on fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill dismantling the Obamacare law, but with their retooled healthcare plan drawing fire within the party even one more defection would doom it. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has planned for a vote […]
7/14/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/MIKE PENCE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “.@VP Mike Pence is working hard on HealthCare and getting our wonderful Republican Senators to do what is right for the people.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2017 03:09am […]
7/14/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “After all of these years of suffering thru ObamaCare, Republican Senators must come through as they have promised!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2017 03:07am […]
7/14/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “So impt Rep Senators, under leadership of @SenateMajLdr McConnell get healthcare plan approved. After 7yrs of O’Care disaster, must happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2017 03:05am […]
7/14/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Republicans Senators are working hard to get their failed ObamaCare replacement approved. I will be at my desk, pen in hand!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2017 02:57am […]
7/13/2017
CAMPAIGN/GOP: “Congressional leaders, shaken by last month’s shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice and a spike in threats to their members, want to be able to use campaign funds to tighten lawmakers’ home security. The Federal Election Commission, after some debate, said on Thursday that given the threats, it would approve that use, so […]
7/13/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republican leaders were poised on Thursday [7-13-17] to unveil a fresh proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, revising their bill to help hold down insurance costs for consumers while keeping a pair of taxes on high-income people that they had planned to eliminate. With the revised bill, the majority leader, […]
7/13/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/GOP/TRUMP FAMILY: “One Republican congressman has some advice for President Donald Trump: get your kids out of the White House. Following the series of emails released by Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday, Rep. Bill Flores, who represents Texas’s 17th Congressional District, said he thinks the President’s best move is to remove all of […]
7/13/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republican leadership on Thursday [7-13-17] released revised legislation that would topple major parts of the Affordable Care Act, impose steep cuts on Medicaid, and allow insurers to sell cheaper plans that don’t meet the current law’s regulations. The revisions to the health bill unveiled last month aim to bridge a yawning divide between […]
7/12/2017
GOP: “Republicans are failing at governance. And they know it. Their senatorially painful decision announced on Tuesday [7-11-17] to sacrifice some of lawmakers’ usually sacrosanct August recess was a public confession that they have not gotten the job done even while controlling the White House, Senate and House of Representatives. In deciding to forgo at […]
7/12/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/MIKE PENCE: “While Senate Republicans wrangled behind closed doors over health care Wednesday [7-12-17], Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Kentucky, one of the states with the most at stake as the GOP pushes to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Pence planned to join Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in Lexington […]
7/12/2017
BUDGET/GOP: “Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, argued Wednesday [7-12-17] that Congress should build President Trump’s border wall by taking money from Planned Parenthood and federal food stamps. On CNN, King said he supports the $1.6 billion in funding that the House is considering as a start for building the wall. But he said he’d add another […]
7/12/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Joe Scarborough, the conservative co-host of MSNBC’s political commentary show ‘Morning Joe,’ is leaving the Republican Party. He made the announcement Tuesday [7-11-17] night during an appearance on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ alongside his co-host Mika Brzezinski. A two-minute clip of the segment was teased on the program’s Twitter account earlier Tuesday. […]
7/11/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, ratcheting up the pressure on fellow Republicans, set a vote on the GOP health-care bill for next week and delayed the chamber’s August recess to give the party time to seek other legislative wins, even if the health plan stalls. Senate GOP leaders, still working to corral support for […]
7/11/2017
COMMERCE/ENERGY/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS: “U.S. House Republicans expect to introduce bills later this week that would bar states from setting their own rules for self-driving cars and take other steps to remove obstacles to putting such vehicles on the road, a spokeswoman said. The legislative action comes as major automakers are joining forces with auto suppliers […]