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Obamacare Repeal
the inside game
July 15, 2021
Obamacare Is Saved — Now Democrats Need a New Campaign Issue A Supreme Court decision marked the end of the line for the top-tier political message for the Democrats for the last decade. What next?
By Gabriel Debenedetti
Trump Flip-Flops on the Filibuster Trump often said the filibuster was killing the Republican Party. Now, he says keeping it is the key to the party’s survival.
By Ed Kilgore
covid-19 stimulus
Mar. 8, 2021
The Four-Year Swing That Saved America’s Safety Net Biden’s COVID stimulus bill is even more impressive when you remember the assault on poor people Republicans failed to enact in 2017.
By Ed Kilgore
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 28, 2017
By Jonathan Chait
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
the national interest
Sept. 20, 2017
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
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
By Jonathan Chait
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
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