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Impact of the Proposed Tax Bill

Story of the Week / November 30th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The vote on the GOP's proposed tax bill could come as early as today. There is a whole lot of information out there about what the bill supposedly will and won't do for the American people. Take a look at our snippets to get a clearer picture of how the Right, Left and Center portray it...

News, Story Of The Week, GOP, Senate, Taxes, Tax Cuts

Last Chance for Repeal and Replace

Story of the Week / September 21st, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The Graham-Cassidy bill is seen as the last chance Republicans have of repealing and replacing Obamacare. After September ends, the Senate will need 60 votes to pass any healthcare legislation (currently they only need 50, plus a tiebreaker by VP Pence). There are 4 hold-out votes - Sen...

Story Of The Week, Obamacare, Senate, Republican Party, News

Still Too Few Votes to Repeal ACA

News / July 20th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Republicans in the Senate hoped to vote on the new healthcare bill or at least to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the vote has again been pushed back by Senate Majority Leader McConnell. Revisions have been made over the past several weeks to the Senate bill but still a few...

News, Healthcare, Senate, GOP

Senate Healthcare Vote Delayed

Story of the Week / June 29th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

After releasing the Senate healthcare bill last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed the vote until after summer recess. Several Republican Senators have decided against supporting the bill and with the Democrats unified in opposition, the future of the bill is uncertain...

News, Story Of The Week, Senate, Healthcare, Better Care Reconciliation Act

Senate GOP Goes Nuclear

Story of the Week / April 6th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

After the filibuster from the Senate Democrats began to protest the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell invoked the "nuclear option". The nuclear option, which is simply a rules change, was used because Republicans were five votes shy of being able to end the...

News, Story Of The Week, GOP, Nuclear Option, Republican Party, Senate

Civility or Free Speech?

Story of the Week / February 9th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

At AllSides, we admittedly have a general bias in favor of free speech and civil discourse. So what should we think about Elizabeth Warren's words on the Senate floor and the action to silence her? Senate Rule 19 started 115 years ago in response to a fistfight in the Capitol. Rules in...

Story Of The Week, News, Elizabeth Warren, Senate, Mitch McConnell

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