A little-noticed bill moving through Congress would allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars, and would let employers see that genetic and other health information. Giving employers such power is now
I find it depressing that Speaker Ryan actually said: “The whole idea of Obamacare is … the people who are healthy pay for the … sick. It’s not working, and that’s why it’s in a death spiral.” Ummm … that’s the way Insurance
AARP is opposing the American Health Care Act – tell your Member of Congress to vote NO: [embeddoc url=”http://www.humboldtdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/aarp-ahca-letter.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google”]
Every 25 mins, a person completes suicide w a gun. #GunViolence and #MassShootings are on the rise. #Republicans continue to blame the shootings on ‘mentally deranged’ people in need of mental healthcare. Yet, they just repealed a rule that would have helped
A friend of mine lives in Ohio and is lucky enough to be represented in Congress by a truly progressive fighter, Sen. Sherrod Brown. Here’s the letter he sent to her the other day in response to her letter (I’ve replaced her
Rep. Joe Kennedy III speaking at 4:15AM this morning on the impact of the Republican’s #TrumpedUpCare bill on those who receive Medicaid benefits for #LongTermCare ….so much for Republicans NOT picking “winners and losers” … about 6.9 MILLION seniors across America who
Attorney General Adam Laxalt reportedly pressured the chairman of the Gaming Control Board to intercede in a lawsuit on behalf of Sheldon Adelson The Nevada State Democratic Party has filed four new public records requests today for correspondence between the Attorney General’s office
Elections were held Saturday, 3/4/2017 for NVRDC officers. Elected were: Chair – Alex Goff (Lyon County) 1st Vice Chair – Sharon Hedges-Hiller (Churchill County) 2nd Vice Chair – Cedric Williams (Carson City) Secretary – Katherine Winans (Douglas County) Treasurer – Catherine Byrne,
The Trump administration is facing a new scandal as the Justice Department has acknowledged Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States. This contradicts sworn testimony Sessions gave to Congress during his confirmation hearing. Attorney
The new EPA chief had a “very cozy” relationship with fossil fuel. While attorney general of Oklahoma, Mr. Pruitt took part in 14 lawsuits against major EPA environmental rules, often in coordination with energy companies such as Devon Energy, an Oklahoma oil and
