Posted on April 7, 2017
The WASHINGTON POST By Paige Winfield Cunningham, Juliet Eilperin and Mike DeBonis April 6 at 6:00 PM House Republican leaders presented a tweak to their stalled health-care bill Thursday after Vice President Pence pressured them to show progress toward passing the bill before lawmakers leave for a two-week recess. On Thursday morning, House Speaker Paul… Read More
THE NEW YORK TIMES By ROBERT PEAR APRIL 6, 2017 WASHINGTON — Under intense pressure from President Trump, House Republicans took a small step Thursday to revive legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, adding a $15 billion fund to help insurers pay claims for their sickest customers. Speaker Paul D. Ryan orchestrated a broad… Read More
Posted on March 28, 2017
THE NEW YORK TIMES By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, ROBERT PEAR and THOMAS KAPLAN MARCH 23, 2017 WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders postponed a planned vote Thursday in the full House on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act as President Trump and his allies struggled to round up votes amid a tide of defections from… Read More
Posted on March 24, 2017
THE NEW YORK TIMES By ROBERT PEAR, JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, JENNIFER STEINHAUER and THOMAS KAPLAN MARCH 24, 2017 WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders, facing a revolt among conservatives and moderates in their ranks, pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor Friday afternoon in a humiliating defeat for President… Read More
Posted on March 23, 2017
THE WASHINGTON POST By Erica Werner and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar?|?AP March 23 at 3:46 PM WASHINGTON — GOP House leaders delayed their planned vote Thursday on a long-promised bill to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” in a stinging setback for House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump in their first major legislative test. The decision came… Read More