LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky The majority of Republican voters now approve of former President Barack Obama’s open policy toward Cuba, according to a poll released Monday. Sixty-four percent of Republicans and 65 percent of all registered voters overall support an open trade policy with the Cuban government. Only 18 percent of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie As the Senate reviews House Republicans plan to overhaul Obamacare, a handful of conservative senators are pushing for some steep cuts to the federally-backed health insurance program Medicaid. GOP senators, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, are seeking an immediate roll back of the federal money granted…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The American Health Care Act (AHCA) increases Medicaid spending beyond Obamacare levels, despite claims that it “guts” funding for the government-backed health care program. Health Care policy analyst Tara O’Neill Hayes at the American Action Forum analyzed the financial impacts of the AHCA for each Medicaid beneficiary…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order (EL CHAPO) Act, according to a press release on the Republican’s website. The US government is seeking the criminal forfeiture of $14B+ in drug proceeds & illicit profits from El…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Aidan Mattis The “World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017” just passed the House Ways and Means committee, but will it pass the Senate? Republicans have voted to fully repeal Obamacare six times since it passed in 2011, but the measure has been defeated each time. Now, a fully Republican…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Brian Nichols The 2016 election and the aftermath of said election has honestly felt like that of a script pulled right from the world of Star Wars. With the rise of President Trump (“So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause”) to, (*SPOILER ALERT*), Anakin Skywalker turning to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kitty Testa Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, have introduced a bill to withhold US financial support of the United Nations in response to the US’ failure to veto the UN Security Counsel’s Resolution 2334. The resolution declared that Israeli settlements in territories occupied since 1967 as…
By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been one of the most ardent opponents fighting free trade. However, there is one product where he has become a proponent of trade; prescription drugs. Sanders has brought this issue up many times, often comparing it to importing tomatoes and lettuce from Mexico. He introduced an amendment to the…
By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced his “Audit the Fed” bill into the 115th Congress. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced the bill into the House. The bill, if enacted, would require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve. It would require GAO to also report on…
by Kody Fairfield Now that the election has been decided, and a new presidential administration begins construction, rumors are swirling about who President-elect Donald Trump will appoint to fill out his cabinet. The latest rumor is in regards to one of Trump’s rivals for the GOP nomination, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. It is being reported by Bloomberg that Trump…