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A lesson in how not to pass a health care bill
Everybody knew that passing a federal health care reform bill would be tough. Just call former Presidents Clinton and Obama, and they’ll vouch for the fact that getting a consensus in Congress can be . . . more
Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.
Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington
Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more
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Special elections sent a special message to both parties
The recent special congressional elections should send a signal to both parties. The outcomes weren’t really surprising, because the seats were held by Republicans . . . more
It’s time for America to heal, and unite
Just half a year into the Trump administration, our nation, and its representatives in Congress, are at a crossroad. The divisiveness poisoning our politics has become so ugly and dangerous . . . more
Health care is a right, not a privilege. Period.
President Trump has derided the Affordable Care Act time and again over the past two years, saying, over and over, that it — and, you would think, it alone — caused insurance premiums to skyrocket. more
It’s time to get down to business in Washington
The urgent is keeping America from the important. The media-induced urgency of covering what the Russians did or didn’t do to our democracy is allowing us to lose sight of . . . more
For the president, a make-or-break year
It’s been just five months since Election Day, but if you’re a Democrat, it has been an eternity. If you’re a Republican and a Trump supporter, you probably haven’t . . . more
Surviving the perfect storm in Washington
The collapse of the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare exposed fissures in the Republican Party that will continue to challenge the White House and congressional leadership. The next big action that must be taken . . . more
Trump’s priority No. 1 shouldn’t have been Obamacare
Last Friday, Republican leaders were forced to withdraw proposed legislation to overhaul to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Notwithstanding President Trump’s lobbying efforts . . . more
The eight-decade-long effort to cut the social safety net
Even though I’ve always been involved in politics, I don’t come from a family where politics dominated the nightly dinner-table discussions. more
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