For years I’ve thought that the Republicans opposed the Affordable Care Act because it taxed their friends to pay for health insurance for people who weren’t their friends, and because it was the Democrats in general and Barack Obama in particular who got it passed into law. I’m sure there’s still a lot of truth …
Jonathan Chait thinks so. He’s got a post up at New York Magazine with the provocative title “Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight.” His reasoning is based in part on the narrow margin of the Senate’s Republican majority. It’s currently 52-48, and if they suffer the loss of three of their votes for the …
Once again, the Republican party proves that it’s very concerned about deficits when the Democrats are in charge: From the text of the 2017 Budget Resolution: (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows: Fiscal year 2017: $582,574,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $541,560,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $673,600,000,000. …
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He made a bunch of promises to reverse the Obama Administration’s actions and things that happened during those eight years. How many of them can he fulfill? David Lauter of the Los Angeles Times answers that question: He can’t reverse Roe v. Wade immediately. It would take a court case getting up to the Supreme …
Please pass this article along to any vets you know. It’s infuriating that the privatizers in the Republican party and its supporters (Spit! Kochs!) want to undermine one of the best health systems in this country and they want to do so in the name of their putrid ideology. They may try to dress up …
why Republicans want — nay, demand — accountability from federal agencies like the NIH and the CDC but ignore the concept when the Pentagon sends up its budget? The unofficial motto of the Republican party might as well be “Get Sick and Die.”
It used to be that when politicians wanted to curry favor with veterans they’d head for American Legion halls and VFW gatherings, or more recently rallies put on by Iraq and Afghanistan Vets or a dozen other organizations. This year, though, many Republicans have seized upon the Veterans Administration’s widely publicized difficulties providing health care …
The idiots in Congress have voted (for the 62nd time in the House) to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This time it got through the Senate so it’ll go to President Obama’s desk, where he’ll veto it in a New York minute. What if his pen slipped and he signed it? What would the Republicans …
Why is it that the Republican party has no interest in the welfare of its fellow citizens? Senator McConnell is preparing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act again, paying strict attention to Medicaid. They hope to approve legislation that would repeal ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid, which 30 states have adopted, and eliminate the insurance …
I would rather be poked in the eye with a sharp stick than be called to “testify” in front of a Congressional hearing, particularly one chaired by Republicans who can’t be bothered to get their facts straight before browbeating me for five hours. As the accompanying video shows, the Utah Republican put a chart on …