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Jul 03 2012
News
Mitt Romney’s tax trap
The path Mitt Romney needs to walk on health care got a little bit narrower Monday, when one of the Republicans top advisers declared in a TV interview the presumptive GOP nominee agrees with the Obama administration that the individual mandate to buy health insurance is a penalty, not a tax.
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PoliticoJul 03 2012
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Holder: Contempt Vote Not About "Documents"
In an interview with the Washington Post, Attorney General Eric Holder said the House vote last week to hold him in criminal and civil contempt was hardly about documents, but about Republicans not liking his boss President Obama and the decisions his Justice Department has made when it comes to certain issues like DOMA, terrorism and voting rights. Holder is the only sitting attorney general
TownhallJul 02 2012
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Fehrnstrom bucks Republican line on 'Obamacare' as 'tax'
In the wake of last week's Supreme Court decision on President Barack Obama's health care law, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign parted with Republican talking points Monday, arguing the mandate that most individuals obtain health coverage or pay a government fine is "not a tax."
The high court on Thursday found the individual unconstitutional under Congress'
CNN DigitalSep 18 2019
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Trump administration to revoke California’s power to set stricter auto emissions standards
The Trump administration plans this week to revoke California’s long-standing right to set stricter air pollution standards for cars and light trucks, the latest step in a broad campaign to undermine Obama-era policies aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change, two senior administration officials said.
The move threatens to set in motion a massive legal battle
Washington PostJun 28 2012
News
Supreme Court upholds Obama’s health-care law
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday joined the liberal wing of the Supreme Court to save the heart of President Obamas landmark health-care law, agreeing that the requirement for nearly all Americans to secure health insurance is permissible under Congresss taxing authority.
Even as it upheld that central component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, however,
Washington PostMay 28 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Joe Biden Stops Talking
For most of his career in Washington, Joe Biden was known as… voluble. In other words, he talked a lot. A LOT. During his years in the Senate, he was renowned for his long-windedness, and during his time as Vice President frequently veered from the Obama Administration’s prescribed messaging during his verbal meanderings. So by the time he announced his campaign for president in 2019, it was
Dan SchnurJan 14 2015
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Republicans Consider ‘Reconciliation’ in Taking on Health Law
Republicans head to an annual retreat this week wrestling with a subject that many within the caucus have preferred to avoid: whether to use a divisive procedural tool to attempt to repeal President Barack Obama‘s signature health law.
On Thursday, the chairmen of the six relevant committees–Senate Finance, Senate Commerce, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 17 2019
News
Trump: New York prosecutors subpoena eight years of tax returns
Donald Trump faces a new battle over the release of his tax returns after New York prosecutors issued a subpoena for them.
Trump is the first US president in nearly 40 years not to release his tax information, despite having promised to do so during his 2016 election campaign. He has resisted pressure from Democrats and watchdogs demanding greater transparency.
But on Monday, the
The GuardianJun 11 2012
News
Supreme Court's Ruling On Health Care Law Looms
We could hear as soon as this morning how the Supreme Court rules on the most-anticipated issue of the year: the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act — better known as the health care overhaul enacted in 2010 with the support of President Obama and his fellow Democrats over the opposition of Republicans.
The decision will be released for sure before the end of the month, Supreme
NPR (Online News)Jun 11 2012
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House moving to hold Holder in contempt
The House of Representatives is moving forward with proceedings to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress  a major escalation in the separation-of-powers battle over “Fast and Furious, the Obama administrations botched gun-walking operation.
Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Washington Times