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...

Stephen Colbert Explains the Fiscal Cliff

By Yuval Rosenberg

The late-night funnyman spent a few minutes of his show Tuesday exploring the fiscal cliff and the current state of negotiations to avoid it.
Norquist: GOP Can’t Have Fingerprints on Tax Hikes

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

Grover Norquist described his solution for averting the fiscal cliff at a Wednesday breakfast: 1.) Broadcast live on C-SPAN the negotiations between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-...
From the Fiscal Frying Pan into the Debt Ceiling Fire

By Eric Pianin

Only a year ago, Washington was transfixed by a battle between President Obama and Republican lawmakers over raising the national debt ceiling. The Treasury will once again begin to run out of cash...
7 Massive Challenges Facing the New SEC Chief

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

Elisse Walter, who will succeed Mary Schapiro as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, inherits a swollen to-do list.
Cliff Abyss: AMT Tax Will Body Slam Middle Class

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

No part of the fiscal cliff could body slam the middle class quite like the Alternative Minimum Tax—possibly heaping a surprise IRS tab on 28 million families that would average $1,800 each.

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