Congress

One More Try? Why Obamacare Repeal Is on the Horizon Again

By Rob Garver

The effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which many assumed was dead or at least in a state of suspended animation for the foreseeable future, may be showing some stirring of life...
Trump Takes on a Powerful Leader, but This Time It’s on Capitol Hill

By Rob Garver

President Trump was obviously angry. The target of his ire was a man who has been aggravating him for a long time by ignoring his demands, refusing to work through the president’s chosen...
Heads Up: Health Care Is Still in Trouble

By Rob Garver

The issue of the US health insurance system was taken off the front burner with the evident failure of the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But while it may not be in...
Here’s How Trump Could Get Democrats’ Help on Tax Reform

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration has been reaching out to ‘Blue Dog’ Democrats to talk about possible areas of agreement on tax reform.
Congress Is Constructing a Wall, All Right. But It’s Built Around Trump

By Rob Garver

Like a body’s immune system trying to wall off an abscess, the institutions of the federal government seem to be coming together to block, or at least limit, the influence of the president on the...

The US Spends Billions on Cybersecurity — but No One Is Sure Exactly How Much

By Eric Pianin

There is no universally accepted definition of what cybersecurity actually means. Moreover, the public and even lawmakers don’t have a clue as to how much the government is actually spending overall...
How Could the VA Make $5.5 Billion in Improper Payments Last Year?

By Eric Pianin

Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri has been on a tear recently in going after government fraud and waste. The ranking Democrat on the Senate’s chief oversight committee and a former state auditor in...
Congress Just Handed Trump Bragging Rights on Expanded GI Education Benefits

By Eric Pianin

For a chief executive preparing to leave town on a 17-day summer vacation after suffering a humiliating setback on health care reform, President Trump will be able to claim some bragging rights when...
Top GOP Conservative: We Won’t Play Around With the Debt Ceiling

By Rob Garver

When it comes to the perennial fight to raise the federal debt ceiling, it’s usually best to assume that the struggle to give the Treasury Department clearance to actually pay the debts that the...
Why Republicans Are Going It Alone on Tax Cuts

By Eric Pianin

Republicans made it clear on Tuesday that despite their debacle in pressing for health care reform without any Democratic assistance, they would again go their own way in drafting and passing major...

Congress Finally Confronts Veteran Suicide Epidemic

By Eric Pianin

In the final days of the lame duck Congress last December, an emotional squabble over legislation aimed at combatting an epidemic of suicides among U.S. veterans played out on the Senate floor. Sen...
Presidential Poll Finds More Support for Hillary Over GOP Contenders

By Eric Pianin

President Obama carried the states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania in 2012 when he beat GOP challenger Mitt Romney. Since 1960 no candidate has won the White House without carrying at least two of...
How to Prepare for Obama’s Spending Avalanche

By Liz Peek

How appropriate that President Obama revealed his 2016 budget on Groundhog Day. As in the movie of that name, Mr. Obama is offering up the same arguments about taxing the rich and “investing” for the...
GOP Ready to Rumble on Obama’s Tax and Spend Budget

By Eric Pianin

White House Budget Director Shaun Donovan wanted to talk about President Obama’s spending plans for aiding the middle class and keeping the economy on a solid path of recovery with a new $4 trillion...
Ryan and Lew: Finding the Ways and Means for a Budget Compromise

By Rob Garver

Rep. Paul Ryan and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew have slugged it out in Capitol Hill hearing rooms more than once over the years, but in Ryan’s new role as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Lew...

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