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CBO Torches ACA Repeal CBO exposes Republican health care plan. NYT: "The House Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of people without health insurance by 24 million by 2026 ... The budget office estimated that 52 million people...
Wisconsin and Illinois Activists Challenge House Speaker Paul Ryan
Hundreds of Wisconsin and Illinois activists will brave snowstorms Tuesday to converge on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office in Racine, Wisconsin, to challenge the GOP's bid to take health care away from millions of Americans.
Trump's China Trademarks Violate the Constitution
During the campaign Donald Trump pledged that "on day one" as president, he would label China a currency manipulator. Then he didn't. Then China granted Trump's businesses lucrative trademarks he has been seeking. Coincidence?
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Republicans Skittish Over Health Care GOP Sen . Tom Cotton warns House Republicans against approving health care bill as is, on ABC's This Week: "I would say to my friends in the House of Representatives with whom I serve, 'Do not walk the plank and vote for a bill...
GOP Plan Kicks Grandma to the Curb or Kicks Mama Off Health Care
Medicaid block grants proposed by Republicans will force states to either kick old folks out of nursing homes, or kick poor folks off health insurance. Is this really what Trump voters were hoping for?
The GOP Health Bill Is an Assault on People of Color
The Republicans' plan to overhaul health care cuts programs that help black and brown people to pay for giveaways to the wealthy. People ask if this is accidental or deliberate. Does it matter?
Finding New Solutions for Foreign Policy
Trump’s first weeks in office have been horrifyingly erratic. But the bipartisan foreign-policy establishment's conventional wisdom is, in many ways, even more disconnected from reality than the president’s tweets.
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Trump Owns Health Care Trump goes all in on ACA repeal. NYT: "...Mr. Trump is plunging personally into his first major legislative fight, getting behind a bill that has been denounced by many health care providers and scorned by his base on the right. If it fails, Mr....
Yes, Schools Can Improve; Here’s How
Both sides in the current education debate assume real progress can't come from schools themselves, but must be imposed by outside folks who aren't professional educators. What if that assumption is wrong?
We Must Create Good Jobs: Sherrod Brown Shows the Way Forward
Jobs may have increased in February, but our challenge as a nation is to create good jobs that provide dignity for all. Senator Sherrod Brown's insightful new report - Working Too Hard for Too Little - shows us how to get there.
