Health Bill (i.e. Obamacare repeal) Is in Peril as G.O.P. Support Wanes After Report

WASHINGTON — The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act was edging toward collapse on Monday after the nonpartisan Continue reading →

Nevada governor vetoes Medicaid-for-all bill

Gov. Brian Sandoval waited until the last day he could – Friday – to veto a measure that would have Continue reading →

Cognitive dissonance: Trump cheers House healthcare repeal bill while praising Australia’s universal system

By Robert A. Vella To mentally healthy people, megalomaniacs appear intellectually inconsistent, hypocritical, and irrational.  They say and do things Continue reading →

With ‘nuclear option,’ Senate ends Democratic blockade of Trump court pick

Senate Republicans on Thursday crushed a Democratic blockade of President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee in a fierce partisan Continue reading →

Congress allows rule permitting mass hacking by government to take effect

WASHINGTON — In a defeat for privacy advocates, Senate leaders rebuffed a last-ditch effort by a bipartisan group of senators Wednesday Continue reading →

Obama’s trade agenda losing critical support as McConnell calls TPP passage unlikely

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday cast deep doubt on winning approval for President Obama’s trade agenda during Continue reading →

Centrist Dems wary of public option push

Centrist Democrats appear reluctant to join their party’s embrace of a public option for ObamaCare. The idea of adding a Continue reading →

Corruption at work in Congress as protesters shower money onto Senate floor against GMO bill

By Robert A. Vella This is the face of corruption in America.  It is the reason why so many U.S. Continue reading →