WASHINGTON — Christopher A. Wray, President Trump’s nominee to head the FBI, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that if the president improperly pressured him to drop an investigation, he would first try to talk him out of it — and if that failed, resign. He testified during his confirmation hearing that no one […]
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Susan Collins explores creating bipartisan 'Plan B' to GOP health bill
More than half a dozen Republican and Democratic senators have discussed alternatives to the embattled GOP health-care bill, even as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he plans a vote next week to muscle the Obamacare repeal measure through the Senate. Talks about a bipartisan fallback are based on the idea that Obamacare insurance markets have […]
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Susan Collins pushes companies to bolster cybersecurity
A bipartisan measure backed by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins aims to press publicly traded companies to disclose more about how they’re dealing with cybersecurity risks. It’s an issue that’s garnered growing scrutiny in the wake of some high-profile data breaches at major companies such as Target that exposed information about millions of consumers to hackers […]
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Mitch McConnell looks to revise health-care bill quickly
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to finalize a new version of the Republican health-care bill before the July 4th recess, but just what will sway both moderate and conservative hold outs remains unclear. (Jenny Starrs / The Washington Post) WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is aiming to send a revised version […]
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Unafraid of Trump, senators feel free to 'go their own way'
Here’s what happened after Senate Republican leaders on June 27 decided to postpone a vote on a health-care bill aiming to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. (Whitney Shefte, Rhonda Colvin, Malcolm Cook, Bastien Inzaurralde / The Washington Post) WASHINGTON — Scrambling to line up support for the Republican health-care bill, President Donald Trump got on […]
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U.S. Senate delays vote on GOP health care bill
Coverage of the Republican legislation overhauling the Affordable Care Act (all times EDT): Updated 1:50 p.m.: Sources tell the Associated Press that Senate Republican leaders have abruptly delayed the vote on their health care bill until after the July 4th recess. That’s the word Tuesday as the GOP faced five defections from its ranks just […]
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Senate Republicans scramble to keep alive plans to overhaul Obamacare
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders scrambled Tuesday to keep alive their plans to overhaul the 2010 Affordable Care Act as a growing number of senators expressed doubts about the measure following the release of a fresh budget analysis. The current GOP proposal would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured by the […]
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CBO: Senate GOP health-care bill would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans’ bill to erase major parts of the Affordable Care Act would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured in the coming decade — about 1 million fewer than similar legislation recently passed by the House, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The forecast issued Monday by Congress’ nonpartisan […]
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Supreme Court allows travel ban, plans to hear arguments in October
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration mostly enforce its 90-day ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries, overturning lower court orders that blocked it. The action Monday is a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency. The court did leave one category […]
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Senate Republicans face key week for health-care bill
Senate Republicans are facing down an increasingly daunting challenge to secure the votes necessary to pass legislation to dramatically change President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, and several senators said they would like more time to debate and tweak the plan as GOP leaders push for a vote this week. At least five Republicans have […]