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Mar 23 2015
News
Obamacare Is Turning 5 Years Old, And The Debate Has Barely Changed
A big f***ing deal happened five years ago Monday.
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act -- a law designed to make health insurance available to all Americans and, over time, to make the health care system more efficient. Vice President Joe Biden’s comment that the law was a “B.F.D.,” which an open microphone at the White House ceremony caught, was
HuffPostOct 05 2019
News
‘I’m not gonna respond to that’: Biden snaps at reporter asking about son
So much for Joe Cool.
President Trump’s campaign pointed to Joe Biden’s snarling response to a question about his son’s Ukraine business dealings as evidence that the former vice president has a guilty conscience.
“What is he hiding?” the Trump War Room Twitter account asked after a video clip of Biden at a Friday press conference in LA went viral.
CBS News reporter Bo
New York Post (News)Jul 12 2013
News
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stepping down to run UC system
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who has served in President Obama’s Cabinet since Day One of his administration, announced Friday that she would step down to become president of the University of California system.
Napolitano’s departure has been in the works for several months, and she plans to leave her post in early September, according to two administration
Washington PostSep 24 2014
News
Appointed to Redeem Secret Service, Director Will Discuss Another Misstep
Julia Pierson’s drive-time last Friday night was spent in her car listening to the radio traffic of her officers and agents as she headed home after a day immersed in the gritty details of how to protect President Obama and 140 world leaders at the United Nations this week.
On another day, that might have been the biggest headache for Ms. Pierson, a 31-year veteran of the Secret Service
New York Times (News)Aug 21 2016
News
Democratic Donors Step Up Efforts on Senate, Clinton Bids
Democratic mega-donors, including George Soros and Tom Steyer, are putting millions of dollars into efforts to put Hillary Clinton in the White House and win control of the Senate. Their investment comes as Republicans worry about not only the chances of their nominee Donald Trump, but also his effect on down-ballot races.
Yet few of the GOP's biggest donors have put major money into
New York Times (News)Oct 04 2019
Opinion
Trump thinks the economy makes him impeachment-proof. It might be the opposite.
President Trump has an impressive defense for why he shouldn’t be impeached: The economy is just too darn good!
“How do you impeach a President who has created the greatest Economy in the history of our Country?” he tweeted this past weekend before listing other accomplishments that supposedly render him impeachment-proof. It’s one of several such recent remarks.
Of course, Trump
Guest Writer - LeftJul 08 2013
News
OPINION: Obamacare penalty delay no big deal
Few laws can drive political discourse and posturing like the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. The individual mandate was one of its most contentious aspects. Today, though, it's another mandate -- the employer penalty -- that is garnering headlines. The Obama administration announced it would delay the implementation of the employer penalty for a year, until 2015. This move
CNN DigitalMar 16 2015
News
White House: GOP Has Failed to Put ‘Points on the Board’
Republicans have controlled Congress for a little more than two months now, but a top White House official says GOP lawmakers so far have failed to put any “points on the board” and that the president is driving the debate in Washington.
As House and Senate Republicans prepare to lay out their budget priorities this week, senior White House adviser Brian Deese offered a blunt assessment
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 16 2015
News
Ted Cruz: In 2017, GOP president will sign legislation ‘repealing every word of Obamacare’
As the administration touted new health insurance enrollment numbers on Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas predicted a Republican president would undo the entirety of President Obama’s signature domestic achievement upon taking office in 2017.
“I believe in January of 2017 a new Republican is going to enter the White House and in 2017 is going to sign legislation repealing every word of
Washington TimesSep 17 2014
News
Bobby Jindal Explains Why Democrats Are the True Science Deniers
Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal turned the tables on President Obama yesterday, accusing the White House of being "science deniers" when it comes to energy.
"We now face an administration that is composed of science deniers when it comes to energy and the environment," Jindal said at a lunch with reporters at The Heritage Foundation. "You are looking at an administration that is
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