Cruz Amdt is a Disaster for Healthcare … Nationwide

In rare joint letter, insurers say the Cruz amendment to the Senate Healthcare bill is “unworkable in any form” and will lead to “widespread terminations of coverage.”

Speaker Ryan Announces GOP’s First CRA Repeal—DOI’s Stream Protection Rule

Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) signed H.J. Res. 38, a joint resolution disapproving the Department of Interior’s stream protection rule under the Congressional Review Act. The House passed this CRA on Wednesday and the Senate followed suit on Thursday. Speaker Ryan

The Two Faces of Mitch McConnell

The head of Office of Government Ethics, the federal agency charged with investigating the backgrounds of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, told Senate Democrats on Saturday that the process of vetting Trump’s picks is overwhelming the agency. Director Walter Shaub Jr. also emphasized his concern

Getting Things Right —Time to Elect Hillary and a “Working Congress” Who Will Fix Things

— Reprinted from The Democracy Initiative: How to Fix It (Visit their site to learn more.) Americans deserve a Senate that conducts its business efficiently and fairly, that prioritizes debate and transparency, and that is capable of action on the pressing challenges of our

An Historic Attempt To Kill Roe v. Wade May Backfire Spectacularly On The Anti-Choice Right

— by IAN MILLHISER, ThinkProgress.org It was supposed to be an epic battle over the fate of Roe v. Wade. Next week, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a challenge to Texas’s ambitious anti-abortion law HB2. If