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...

GOP Nixes Raising Debt Limit, Pushes Spending Cuts

By Jennifer Depaul, The Fiscal Times

House Republicans planned to press President Obama at a White House meeting Wednesday to go along with deep spending cuts after a largely symbolic vote Tuesday evening rejecting the lifting of the...
Democrats Cower at the 800 Pound Gorilla: Medicare

By Liz Peek

On Memorial Day, Americans celebrated the fallen heroes of past and present wars, and rightly so. We honored the bravery of those who put their lives on the line to protect our country. That...
Democrats Plot Course to Take Back the House in 2012

By Elaine S. Povich, The Fiscal Times

Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, and her Democratic colleagues have gone from the political catbird seat to minority status and are charting a course to take back the House in 2012 as Congress...
Obama, GOP Unveil Competing Growth Plans

By Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post

After months of fighting over spending, taxes and how to rein in the national debt, President Obama and congressional Republicans on Thursday turned the spotlight to the nation’s anemic economic...
GOP Won’t Say How It Would Finance New Tax Cuts

By Jennifer Depaul and Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

House Republicans unveiled a plan Thursday to reduce the corporate and individual tax rate, a goal endorsed by a broad swath of the business community. But they refused to identify specifics in terms...

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