by People's Action | Mar 17, 2017 | Breakfast
Everybody (But Military Contractors) Hates Trump Budget Republicans run from Trump budget. ABC: "Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., an Air Force veteran and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the dramatic cuts to the State Department's budget and foreign...
by People's Action | Mar 16, 2017 | Breakfast
Trump Budget Bashes Poor "Trump Budget Plan Declares War on ‘War on Poverty’ Programs," reports Bloomberg: "President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to Congress calls for eliminating social programs dating to President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty and would cut...
by People's Action | Mar 15, 2017 | Breakfast
Republicans Rework Health Care Bill Changes likely to House health care bill. The Hill: "White House spokesman Sean Spicer on Tuesday said the administration is working with House leadership on a manager’s amendment that would make changes to the legislation ... any...
by People's Action | Mar 14, 2017 | Breakfast
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...
by People's Action | Mar 13, 2017 | Breakfast
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...
by People's Action | Mar 10, 2017 | Breakfast
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....
