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House Republicans Unwrap Long-Awaited Obamacare Replacement Bill
Mar 6 2017 // Long-awaited legislation to dismantle Obamacare was unwrapped on Monday by U.S. Republicans, who called for ending health insurance mandates and rolling back extra healthcare funding for the poor in a package that drew...
Republicans in Indiana Warn of Fallout from Affordable Care Act Repeal
Mar 2 2017 // Republican legislative leaders in Indiana are warning that repealing the Affordable Care Act could unravel a program for poor residents that Vice President Mike Pence implemented as governor, a conservative blueprint for...
House Republicans’ Report Hits ‘Too Big to Fail’ Designation Process
Mar 1 2017 // Congressional Republicans are taking aim at the regulatory process through which some financial institutions become subject to heightened regulation because they are deemed too big to fail. In a report released on Tuesday,...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Bill Changing Oversight of Online Insurance Verification
Feb 28 2017 // The full Senate has approved legislation to transfer oversight of Oklahoma’s Compulsory Insurance Online Verification System (OCIVS) for motor vehicle liability policies from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to...
Utah Senate, House Pass Bill to Let Workers’ Comp Fund Become A Mutual
Feb 28 2017 // Both the Utah Senate and House have passed a bill to repeal the statue creating the state’s Workers’ Compensation Fund. Following a court battle and several pieces of legislation, the fund has nearly separated...
Arizona Senate Votes to Raise Minimum Auto Liability Insurance
Feb 27 2017 // The Arizona Senate approved a bill to raise the minimum amount of liability coverage drivers are required to carry on auto insurance policies, a proposal backers say is needed to protect accident victims from loss. The...
Republicans’ Replacement for Obamacare Taking Shape
Feb 27 2017 // Republican lawmakers expect that their Obamacare replacement will result in fewer Americans covered by health insurance, a fact that’s likely to increase blowback amid growing support for the program. New details of...
Trump Administration Reviewing Obama’s Autonomous Vehicle Guidance
Feb 27 2017 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Sunday she is reviewing self-driving vehicle guidance issued by the Obama administration and urged companies to explain the benefits of automated vehicles to a skeptical...
Missouri GOP Again Seeking to Limit Liability Lawsuits
Feb 22 2017 // With new Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ support, GOP lawmakers this year are pushing a collection of bills to limit liability lawsuits that supporters have praised as pro-business but critics have slammed as...
Trump Labor Chief Nominee Puzder Loses Republican Support, Withdraws
Feb 15 2017 // In a blow to President Donald Trump as he tries to assemble his administration, his nominee for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration on Wednesday amid concerns that he could not garner...
Report: Trump Administration Orders Removal of Climate Page from EPA’s Website
Jan 25 2017 // U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly...
Trump Administration Halts Obama Cut in Mortgage Insurance Premiums
Jan 23 2017 // Soon after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, his administration undid one of Barack Obama’s last-minute economic-policy actions: a mortgage-fee cut under a government program that’s popular with...
Latest Republican Proposal: Let States That Like Obamacare Keep It
Jan 18 2017 // Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is making an offer to Democrats he hopes they won’t refuse: If their states like Obamacare, they can keep it. A doctor who worked for decades in charity hospitals and clinics before...
As GOP Seeks Repeal, Louisiana Governor Defends Medicaid Expansion
Jan 13 2017 // Gov. John Bel Edwards is outlining his defense for Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion, pushing back on Republican work in Congress to dismantle the federal health law that created the program. The Democratic governor is...
GOP-Led Senate Takes First Step Toward Ending Obamacare, 51-48
Jan 12 2017 // The U.S. Senate took the first step toward repealing Obamacare in a razor-thin vote early Thursday, even as House leaders were struggling to line up support for a vote later this week. The 51-48 vote fell almost entirely...
House Republicans Pass Sweeping Regulatory Reform Bill
Jan 11 2017 // Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform...
Some in Wisconsin GOP Softening on Medical Marijuana
Jan 9 2017 // As a marijuana extract used to treat seizures becomes more widely embraced, even by former Republican opponents, the conversation in Wisconsin is shifting to whether the time is right to approve medical marijuana. Assembly...
Senate to Begin Repealing Obamacare This Week: McConnell
Jan 8 2017 // The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday. Speaking...
Republicans Ready to Repeal Obamacare, Work Out Replacement Later
Dec 30 2016 // The first major act of the unified Republican government in 2017 will be a vote in Congress to begin tearing down Obamacare. But the euphoria of finally acting on a long-sought goal will quickly give way to the reality...
Republicans Prepare Assault on Obama’s Final Regulations
Dec 20 2016 // Republicans in Congress plan to deploy a powerful tool soon after Donald Trump is inaugurated to scuttle a host of rules put in place in the last months of Barack Obama’s presidency, yet they must act quickly for the...
