Detractors are already saying Anthony Scaramucci is unprepared to face withering fire as White House communications chief, but the former hedge-funder has been in battle for some time.
Read moreA draft House appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would defund the health insurance navigators program.
If the GOP doesn’t get its border tax proposal, it will be looking for revenue, and retirement plan incentives could be in the crosshairs.
When members of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) visited Washington for the organization’s annual Congressional Conference, they brought their stories of how pending legislation and regulation will affect their clients back home on Main Street.
Beginning in 2012, Kansas Gov. After overriding his veto, Kansas legislators are now the darlings of liberal media nationwide. The evidence, however, suggests the liberal media’s narrative- that the Kansas tax cuts were a failure- is false.
—House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a 10- year budget blueprint that would dramatically increase military spending while putting the GOP on record favoring Medicare cuts opposed by President Donald Trump. The GOP plan, authored by Budget Chairman Diane Black, R- Tenn., would also pave the way for overhauling the U.S. tax code this fall, and would pair that…
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said conditions for talks with North Korea are not present in response to a question posed Monday regarding South Korean proposals for talks with the North. Spicer was fielding a question from the White House press corps, regarding Seoul’s offer of talks to Pyongyang, and how President Donald Trump views the offer.
—Police in Las Vegas say a “threatening note” addressed to Republican U.S. Sen. Heller is regarded the most endangered GOP incumbent senator in next year’s midterm elections. He is the only one running for re-election in a state President Donald Trump lost to former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
—The Senate panel that John McCain leads will press ahead with its business this week as the Arizona Republican continues to recuperate from surgery to remove a blood clot. The Armed Services Committee says Republican Senator James Inhofe will act as chairman during McCain’s absence. Paul Selva to serve a second term as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…
“I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in? ”Jay Sekulow, a lawyer for the president, said on ABC’ s This Week with George Stephanopoulos.“ The president had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me.”. “Donald Trump, Jr. was not a protectee of the USSS in June, 2016,” Secret Service…
The admission from the No. 4 House Democrat— that his party lacks a clear, core message even amid Republican disarray— highlights the Democrats’ dilemma eight months after President Donald Trump and the GOP dominated last fall’s elections, in part, because Democrats lacked a consistent message. The soul-searching comes as Democrats look to flip at least 24 GOP-…
Rinat Akhmetshin confirmed to The Washington Post that he was at a June 9, 2016, meeting with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, then- Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at Trump Tower in Manhattan. He said that “as part of her work, with her clients,” Veselnitskaya found that individuals connected to…
—The data and digital director for President Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday he will speak with the House Intelligence Committee later this month as part of its Russia probe. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, says lawmakers are reviewing whether the Trump campaign’s team worked with Russians in any capacity, including to…
—Vice President Mike Pence told governors of more than two dozen states on Friday that President Donald Trump believes the revised health care bill before the U.S. Senate is the “right bill at the right time to begin the end of Obamacare.” We believe the Senate health care bill begins to make the president’s vision a reality. ” Steve Bullock, a Democrat, said…
President Donald Trump declared a day earlier that failure would make him “very angry” and that he would blame Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R- Ky.. But talking with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to France, Trump also acknowledged the challenges lawmakers face. The reworked bill McConnell presented to fellow Republicans aims to win…
His remarks are not out of tune with previous comments under both President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump, when he’s argued that U.S. government policymakers spend too much time arguing rather than improving the economy. The U.S. economy has been expanding at less than 2 percent a year since the Great Recession, which is below the typical growth after…
PROVIDENCE, R.I.- More than half of U.S. governors are meeting this week to discuss the biggest challenges facing their states. Those include the possibility of major changes to Medicaid and states’ health insurances marketplaces under the Republican health care plan in Congress, the ongoing opioid epidemic and the impact of climate change.
—The data and digital director for President Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday he will speak with the House Intelligence committee later this month as part of its Russia probe. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, says lawmakers are reviewing whether Trump campaign’s team worked with Russians in any capacity, including to…
A draft House appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would defund the health insurance navigators program.
The Social Security and Medicare trust funds will not be able to pay all debts inside of 20 years unless Congress acts, an annual report by the Treasury Department predicted. It means that by 2034, the program will have enough revenue to cover only 77 percent of promised Social Security and Medicare benefits. In the period from 2018-2027, Social Security will…
It was one of his most explicit concessions that a top priority for President Donald Trump and the entire GOP, erasing much of Obama’s landmark 2010 statute, might fall short. McConnell’s comments suggested that to show progress on health care, Republicans controlling the White House and Congress might have to negotiate with Democrats. While the current,…
After sparring with the Trump White House for six months, the head of the U.S. executive branch’s top watchdog agency announced Thursday he is leaving the post for the private sector. Walter Shaub, Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, submitted a resignation letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday– the man he has clashed with a few times since he…
July 06– MARSHFIELD– With nearly a dozen bills impacting the National Flood Insurance Program proposed in Congress, a local flood insurance expert says homeowners should keep a close eye on what’s going on at Capitol Hill. Joe Rossi, chairman of the Marshfield and Massachusetts coastal coalitions, said experts, stakeholders and legislators are floating many…
In a rare display of bipartisanship, officials in nearly every state have said they will partially or fully refuse to comply with President Donald Trump’ s voting commission, which has encountered criticism and opposition after issuing a sweeping request for voter data nationwide. “What it says is some Republicans actually still believe in federalism and…
—America’s diplomats are struggling to figure out what mission the Trump administration expects them to carry out, and they see the importance of their jobs waning as President Donald Trump seeks drastic cuts to the budgets of the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development. The results of a survey commissioned by the State Department…
Republican operatives countered attacks on the Republican health care plans Wednesday with ads saying Democrats haven’t brought anything to the table beyond a push for government-run, single-payer system. The Republican National Committee released a whimsical web ad showing media pundits, Senate Democrats and Bill and Hillary Clinton diagnosing the…
—The Federal Reserve is figuring out when to start unloading much of its $4.5 trillion in bond holdings— a major turning point for an economy still healing from the 2008 financial crisis. Some Fed officials want to announce the beginning of the process “within a couple of months,” according to minutes of the U.S. central bank’s June meeting released Wednesday.
NEW YORK— In firm control of the federal government, President Donald Trump and his Republican Party have so far failed to deliver on core campaign promises on health care, taxes and infrastructure. As Washington Republicans decry Trump’ s latest round of Twitter attacks, Republicans on the ground from New York to Louisiana to Iowa continue to stand by the…
Democrats say the political pain from Republicans’ troubled Obamacare repeal effort could be felt years into the future, and are already gearing up to attack GOP senators up for re-election in 2020.. Save My Care, a coalition working to preserve the Affordable Care Act, on Monday targeted freshmen Senate Republicans in Colorado, North Carolina and Iowa,…
President Donald Trump said he may support legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act while holding off on a Republican replacement for the 2010 health care law.
Leaders of four of the United States’ top business advocacy groups are telling Congress to “move quickly” on tax reform, as lawmakers prepare for a weeklong July 4 break and another extended break in August. The letter was signed by Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Joshua Bolten, president and CEO of the Business Roundtable, Juanita…
Republican senators fled Washington without a clear resolution on health care, leaving them to face voters back home after having failed to make their own self-imposed deadline for repealing Obamacare.
WASHINGTON- Senate Republican leaders considered keeping one of former President Barack Obama’s big tax increases on wealthier Americans and using the money to fatten proposed subsidies for the poor in a bid Thursday to placate moderate GOP lawmakers and salvage their struggling health care bill. To do so, a company would also have to sell a policy that…
—President Donald Trump made rebuilding the U.S. armed forces a signature promise during the presidential campaign, but it’s the GOP- controlled Congress that’s leading the way by adding tens of billions of dollars to the annual defense policy bill to pay for active-duty troops, combat aircraft, and ships that he didn’t request. The House Armed Services…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is aiming to send a revised version of his health care bill to the Congressional Budget Office as soon as Friday as he continues to push for a vote before Congress’s August recess.
—South Korea’s new leader vowed to stand firmly with President Donald Trump against North Korea, playing down his past advocacy of a softer approach toward the nuclear-armed nation as he made his first visit as president to Washington. Moon was underscoring his personal commitment to the U.S.- South Korean alliance in the face of questions over whether his…
The moment captured a major dilemma for Republicans as they look for ways to jumpstart their stalled health care overhaul. Bob Corker, R- Tenn. “But I’d let Mitch handle it,” he continued, referring to the lead role Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has played thus far. GOP leaders are now hoping to pass a bill in the Senate and reconcile it with an earlier version…
—Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday reiterated a promise to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care reforms by the end of the summer despite uncertainty over whether a Republican bill has enough votes to pass the Senate. After Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell abandoned plans to bring the bill to a vote this week, fresh GOP critics came…
—Republicans are touting lower premiums under their health care legislation, but that reflects insurance that would cover a smaller share of the cost of medical bills. Premiums under the Senate bill would average about 30 percent lower in a few years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in its analysis this week. Lower-income people get less…
The moment captured a major dilemma for Republicans as they look for ways to jumpstart their stalled health care overhaul. Bob Corker, R- Tenn. “But I’d let Mitch handle it,” he continued, referring to the lead role Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has played thus far. GOP leaders are now hoping to pass a bill in the Senate and reconcile it with an earlier version…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to select four to eight firms in the coming weeks to build the prototypes for President Donald Trump’ s much-touted border wall, Ronald Vitiello, the agency’ s acting deputy commissioner, said on Tuesday. The administration’ s update on its plans for the wall comes amid delays in the bidding process and a seeming lack of…
June 28– WASHINGTON– After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell postponed this week’s vote on the GOP’s health care reform bill amid faltering support, the next step depends on which of a handful of competing options GOP leaders pursue. A number of GOP holdouts– including Sens. It also could alienate moderates and even President Trump, who called the…
—Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen relayed her hope that another repeat of the financial crisis will not occur “in our lifetimes.” Addressing an audience at the British Academy in London on Tuesday, Yellen said the banking reforms put in place in recent years have made the financial system safer, and that the world should be able to avoid the type of devastating…
—Millionaires would get tax cuts averaging $52,000 a year from the Senate Republicans’ health bill while middle-income families would get about $260, according to a new analysis of the foundering bill. Moderate Republicans were concerned that too many people would lose health coverage under the bill while conservatives said it wouldn’t do enough to reduce…
Conservatives are demanding greater cuts to benefit programs such as food stamps, but are meeting resistance from other Republicans, including Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R- Texas, who are balking at politically difficult cuts to the program and the possibility of cuts to farm programs. House Budget Committee Chairwoman Diane Black has…
The National Governors Association issued the following news release:. Charlie Baker, via the National Governors Association, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asking for adequate time to review and react to health care legislation. As Congress continues to debate changes to our nation’s health care system, the bipartisan National…
The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, resulting in a backlash that could defeat the bill. It will also cut Medicaid by $772 billion over the next 10 years and reduce tax credits and selected coverage provisions by $408 billion. Under current health care law, a 64- year-old with an income of…
MONTPELIER, Vt.— Federal investigators are looking into the finances behind a real estate deal for a now-defunct college put together by the wife of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, and she has hired a lawyer to look after her interests, a family spokesman confirmed on Monday. The complaint against Jane Sanders was filed in early 2016 by attorney Brady Toensing, who served…
The Senate’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured over the next 10 years. That’s according to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the bill.
—Senate Republicans skeptical about a GOP health overhaul bill are expressing some doubt about holding a vote this week as they await a key analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. President Donald Trump, making a final push to fulfill a key campaign promise, insists Republicans are not “that far off” and signaled last-minute changes are…
Her top priority has been settling in 11- year-old son Barron— the first boy in the White House since John F. Kennedy Jr. more than 50 years ago. Mrs. Trump told “Fox and Friends” this week that she’s enjoying White House life so much that she doesn’t really miss New York. In her first lady role, Mrs. Trump has played host to her counterpart from Panama for a lunch upstairs in…
Bernie Sanders, who has retained counsel as the FBI investigates whether his wife, Jane Sanders, committed fraud to acquire a 2010 loan for a now-shuttered Vermont college, predicted Saturday night that the probe would be a political fizzle. Last week, longtime Sanders supporter Harry Jaffe reported that Bernie and Jane Sanders had retained attorneys Rich…
And then sign up for coverage, get the surgery and then drop it, “said Katie Allen, executive director of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage. But Senate Republicans didn’t include the surcharge in their legislation because the provision conflicts with the Senate’s ” Byrd Rule,” a parliamentary rule that governs what can be included in a budget…
WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump reportedly told Republican Senate leaders at a White House luncheon earlier this week he hoped their health care bill would be less “mean” than the version House Republicans passed in May. “I am very supportive of the Senate# HealthcareBill,” said Trump. Senate leaders said they needed to do something to replace and fix former…
—Pass or fail, there will be one man singularly responsible for the fate of health care legislation in the Senate: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell made it clear to President Donald Trump on more than one occasion that Senate business should be left to him, and as a result Trump largely stayed out of the process, unlike during the House’s health care…
Get ready for drama-filled days of mock hand-wringing, political jockeying and backroom brinkmanship as the Senate GOP health care plan heads toward a hoped-for vote next week.
—The White House says President Donald Trump will sign a bill Friday to make it easier to fire Department of Veterans Affairs employees. Trump promised as a candidate to fire VA employees “who let our veterans down.” The bill cleared the House last week by a vote of 368-55, and the Senate by voice vote.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday is traveling to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to discuss improving Internet connectivity in rural areas as part of an infrastructure effort. A White House aide said Trump will talk about how important technology and Internet connectivity are to farmers, particularly for using GPS in their equipment. Trump’s senior White House…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans will release a discussion draft of their version of the health care bill on Thursday.
—The White House plans to introduce its tax overhaul during the first two weeks of September, says Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s top economic aide. Cohn added that the administration wants to bring a finished tax bill to the House and Senate, rather than prolonging talks after its introduction. But Cohn said Tuesday at a meeting of technology executives…
Senate Democrats ramped up opposition to the emerging Republican health-care bill, launching a series of mostly symbolic moves including speeches that went late into the evening and a push to slow other Senate business to a crawl.
—White House press secretary Sean Spicer is seeking to take on a more strategic role that would give him a limited presence in the daily press briefings that have made him a prominent face of the Trump administration. A senior administration official and three people familiar with the potential changes said Monday that Spicer has discussed taking a more…
—Democrats plan to slow the Senate’s work, force votes and make late-night speeches in an effort to focus attention on how Republicans are crafting legislation revamping the nation’s health care system behind closed doors, a senior Democratic aide said Monday. Republicans have held no committee meetings or votes on the measure, which McConnell is trying to…
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