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Obamacare Repeal
covid-19 stimulus
Feb. 4, 2021
‘Vote-a-Rama’ Is the Price Democrats Must Pay to Avoid the Filibuster
Dozens of Republican amendments will get pro forma votes in a session that will stretch into the wee hours. It’s all mostly fake drama.
By
Ed Kilgore
budget reconciliation
Feb. 2, 2021
What Is Budget Reconciliation and Why Does It Matter for Biden’s Agenda?
For 40 years, reconciliation has provided a way to bypass the Senate filibuster. It may be crucial for passing Biden’s stimulus plan.
By
Ed Kilgore
117th congress
Nov. 12, 2020
Who Will Hold Power in the Next Congress?
Depending on what happens in Georgia’s Senate runoffs, Democrats will have either a narrow path for governing or a tough row to hoe.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Jan. 13, 2020
Trump Takes Credit For Obamacare, Says Democrats Want to Repeal It
Possibly Trump’s most brazen lie yet.
By
Jonathan Chait
vision 2020
Sept. 13, 2019
Bernie’s Plan to Thwart the Filibuster Is Needlessly Complicated
At the debate, Sanders described a dubious strategy for circumventing the filibuster, borrowed from Ted Cruz. Warren has a simpler idea: abolish it.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Apr. 2, 2019
Trump Downgrades GOP Health Plan Status From ‘Great’ to ‘Will Exist Soon’
It’s a really amazing plan, but it has to be a secret until after 2020.
By
Jonathan Chait
health care
Jan. 17, 2019
Trump May Try to Kill Medicaid As We Know It by Executive Fiat
Having failed for decades to pass legislation ending Medicaid as an entitlement program, Republicans may now try to get there by state waivers.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Dec. 19, 2018
Paul Ryan’s War on the Safety Net Failed Because Democracy Worked
Politics defeated Ryan, and the country is immensely better off for it.
By
Jonathan Chait
2018 midterms
Dec. 2, 2018
Total GOP Control in Washington Is About to End. What Did They Get Out of It?
For two years Republicans have theoretically had the power to remake the federal government. How did that work out for them? It was a mixed bag.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 30, 2018
Kevin McCarthy Rises to Power at Expense of His Defeated California Colleagues
The new House GOP leader led his California colleagues to a slaughter in the midterms through his loyalty to Trump and his agenda.
By
Ed Kilgore
conservatism
Nov. 8, 2018
The Lesson That Republicans Will (Probably) Take From the 2018 Midterms
Spooked by the backlash to ACA repeal, the GOP will probably outsource the grim task of gutting the welfare state to the judiciary next time around.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Nov. 7, 2018
Democrats Won the House Because of Obamacare
Why were Republicans crazy enough to vote for the most unpopular bill in history?
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 30, 2018
Trump: Our Plan Covers Preexisting Conditions. It Does the Exact Opposite.
Three ways the White House’s health-care promises turn reality perfectly upside down.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 10, 2018
Trump’s Op-ed Accidentally Points Out He Broke His Health Care Promise
Trump writes, “I promised that we would protect coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions,” links to article noting he failed.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Sept. 21, 2018
GOP Bill ‘Covers’ Preexisting Conditions, But May Have Million-Dollar Premium
“Donald Trump and Republicans will protect patients with preexisting conditions,” promises Trump. There’s just one small catch.
By
Jonathan Chait
Apr. 30, 2018
Conservatives Plan One More Obamacare Repeal Effort Before the Midterm Wave
GOP congressional leaders have mostly packed it in for 2018. But conservatives, with White House support, may try one last time to repeal Obamacare.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 31, 2018
Missing From Trump’s Big Speech: Small Government
It’s significant how little lip service Trump paid to conservative fiscal policy.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Jan. 11, 2018
The Pathological Cruelty of Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirement
An administration that sees health insurance as a privilege finds a new expression for its ideology.
By
Jonathan Chait
Dec. 26, 2017
Trump Again Claims, Wrongly, That Obamacare Has Been Repealed
Whatever gets you through the night, Mr. President.
By
Benjamin Hart
Dec. 23, 2017
Busy Open-Enrollment Period Shows That Obamacare Is a Hard Target
The Trump administration keeps trying to kill the law, but Americans won’t let it die.
By
Benjamin Hart
the national interest
Dec. 20, 2017
Trump Boasts He Has Repealed Obamacare, Does Not Understand How Law Works
Promises “something terrific,” which he has somehow failed to reveal.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 28, 2017
Obamacare Repeal Failed, But Tax Cuts Will Probably Pass. Here’s Why.
Five reasons that explain why tax cuts are easier.
By
Jonathan Chait
Nov. 27, 2017
McCain Recounts His Obamacare Repeal Death Blow in New Interview
Will he follow the same playbook on the Republican tax plan?
By
Benjamin Hart
Nov. 14, 2017
Republicans to Repeal Obamacare’s Individual Mandate in Tax Bill
The GOP plans to reduce the number of Americans with health insurance by 13 million, so as to pay for giant corporate tax cuts.
By
Eric Levitz
Nov. 12, 2017
Obamacare Is Off Life Support — for Now
Despite Trump’s sabotage, sign-ups are surging and the law is more popular than ever.
By
Benjamin Hart
Oct. 19, 2017
Why You Might Be Seeing a Bipartisan Health-Care Bill in December
Republicans need cover to do the right thing on stabilizing Obamacare markets, and a fat, must-pass spending bill could be the ticket.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Oct. 16, 2017
Trump Open to Fixing Obamacare, Pretends It Is ‘Dead’
“I’m not going to blame myself. I’ll be honest.
They
are not getting the job done.” The buck stops there.
By
Jonathan Chait
Oct. 15, 2017
Trump Keeps Getting Mad When He Finds Out What His Policies Actually Do
America’s first “low-information” president.
By
Eric Levitz
Oct. 14, 2017
Obamacare Subsidies May Continue Despite Trump’s Worst Efforts
The courts, or Congress, could step in.
By
Benjamin Hart
Oct. 13, 2017
How Trump’s Latest Attack on Obamacare Could (Theoretically)
Help
the Poor
Canceling Obamacare subsidies only makes them stronger. Or so the Congressional Budget Office predicts.
By
Eric Levitz
Oct. 11, 2017
Right-Wing Leaders Call for Mitch McConnell’s Head on a Spike
Mitch McConnell’s never been a hero to conservatives. But the animus is getting white-hot, as a letter calling for him to step down illustrates.
By
Ed Kilgore
Oct. 8, 2017
Trump Executive Order Could Gut Obamacare Markets
By making healthy people flee them.
By
Benjamin Hart
Oct. 5, 2017
House Budget Vote Necessary, But Not Enough, in the GOP’s Tax Cut Plans
The GOP dissenters in the House’s vote on a budget resolution setting up tax cuts indicate some potential problems ahead for the GOP.
By
Ed Kilgore
Oct. 5, 2017
The GOP Donor Class Is a Pack of Ungrateful Brats
The GOP has sacrificed its own political interests — and the public’s most basic regulatory protections — to advance its donors’ radical agenda.
By
Eric Levitz
Sept. 29, 2017
The GOP’s New Budget Tries to Keep It Simple: Big Tax Cuts for the Rich
Despite temptations to massively cut spending or launch a new health-care bill, the Senate is keeping its eyeson the prize of tax cuts.
By
Ed Kilgore
Sept. 28, 2017
The Most Cathartic Obamacare Repeal Failures, Ranked
A definitive list.
By
Benjamin Hart
Sept. 22, 2017
No One Wants the Latest Trumpcare Bill — Except Right-Wing Billionaires
And for at least 48 Republican senators, that seems to be enough.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Sept. 21, 2017
GOP Plan to Repeal Obamacare for Everybody But Alaska Possibly Unconstitutional
“All Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.” So, no special Alaska deal?
By
Jonathan Chait
Sept. 20, 2017
The GOP Is Trying to Buy Lisa Murkowski’s Vote on Obamacare Repeal
But she has no reason to sell it … yet.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Sept. 20, 2017
Experts Keep Finding New Terrible Things in the Republicans’ Shoddy Repeal Bill
New unintended consequences keep popping up.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Sept. 20, 2017
Senate Republicans Are Abdicating Their Governing Responsibility
Can you imagine being accused of sponsoring a law that would hurt millions of people, and your response is “We have a deadline”?
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Sept. 19, 2017
How Graham-Cassidy Would Make Single-Payer More Likely
“Hell no to Berniecare” is literally Lindsey Graham’s argument for repealing Obamacare.
By
Jonathan Chait
Sept. 18, 2017
The CBO Won’t Score the Final Trumpcare Bill for Weeks
To pass the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill, Senate Republicans will need to vote for the law
before
the budget office releases a coverage estimate.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Sept. 18, 2017
Bill Cassidy, the Former Moderate Leading the Last Gasp to Repeal Obamacare
Bill Cassidy has repudiated all his sensible beliefs.
By
Jonathan Chait
Sept. 1, 2017
Parliamentarian Deals Trumpcare a Final Death Blow
Now, a bipartisan health-care bill may rise from its ashes —
if
Senate Republicans can convince Trump to pursue solutions over sabotage.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Aug. 22, 2017
Paul Ryan’s Case Against Obamacare Goes From Misleading to Outright False
House Speaker lies his head off on national television, nobody says anything.
By
Jonathan Chait
Aug. 11, 2017
Senators Leap to Mitch McConnell’s Defense After Trump Attacks
They’re standing by their Majority Leader.
By
Benjamin Hart
Aug. 8, 2017
Senator Dean Heller Draws 2018 Primary Challenger
He voted for Trumpcare and got Danny Tarkanian.
By
Benjamin Hart
Aug. 7, 2017
McConnell Says He May Be Open to a Bipartisan Health-Care Fix
But he’s still talking tough — for now.
By
Benjamin Hart
Aug. 4, 2017
House Moderates Have a Bipartisan Health-Care Bill
But will the GOP leadership allow moderates to make Obamacare work better, when conservative donors want to see it fail?
By
Eric Levitz
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