03.09.2017

By Natalia Castro Two months into the President’s term, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has finally revealed the American Health Care Act , claiming the legislation will satisfy the promise of Obamacare repeal. However, it is already clear that conservatives feel their promises have been far from […]
03.08.2017

By Robert Romano Lost over the weekend amid President Donald Trump’s very serious and important allegation over Twitter that former President Barack Obama’s administration had engaged in surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016 was another tweet from Trump that goes to the heart of claims that Russia had anything at all to do with the supposed […]
03.07.2017

By Robert Romano In 2016, Republicans in Congress set the floor for what a repeal of Obamacare would look like in H.R. 3762 , legislation that former President Barack Obama vetoed that included ending Medicaid expansion, premium subsidies, cost-sharing subsidies, the individual and employer mandates, reinsurance, risk corridors and […]
03.06.2017

By Peter Hong Recall the flak Mitt Romney took in 2012 for declaring war on Big Bird when the candidate suggested that he would cut federal subsidies for PBS? Well, Sesame Street may be on HBO now, but the fight over defunding the Corporation for Public […]
03.06.2017

By Robert Romano Trust but verify. That appears to be the approach that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is taking when it comes Republican leaders’ promises to repeal Obamacare—a key campaign promise from the 2016 election. Leading a gaggle of reporters on March 2 to where he thought […]
03.02.2017

By Natalia Castro The power of the purse including that of raising revenue has been one of Congress’s greatest tools for balancing the power of the executive branch. However, a loophole in the law has allowed the executive branch to bypass Congress to raise funds […]