LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Members of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) are facing constituents for the first time since they opposed President Donald Trump’s first legislative effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. The majority of Republican voters in 2016 cast their ballots for candidates promising to upend former President Barack Obama’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) is signaling its willingness to throw support behind Republicans’ newest plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. Following the humiliating defeat of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) in March, the White House and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan are desperately trying…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Aidan Mattis On Friday, GOP leadership pulled the American Health Care Act from a vote, realizing that they would not have the required votes to make sure it passed. Speaker Paul Ryan surely knew he could not count on support from the Democrats, what he didn’t prepare for was stalwart…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The New York Times is reporting that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) rushed to the White House to tell the President that he did not have the votes to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to decide whether to pull the bill from consideration. RELATED: GOP Rep:…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Republicans in the House made the first step in approving the American Health Care Act Friday, as it passed the first rules vote that allows the bill to move to a full vote later this afternoon. Votes remained along party lines: 236 Republicans voted in favor, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Cato Institute’s Director of Health Policy, and constant critic of Obamacare, Michael Cannon may have exposed some of the dirty politics coming out of Washington DC regarding the House Republicans debacle that is healthcare replacement. Cannon tweeted “Sources: House leadership threatens to pull bill to preserve #ObamaCare, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The House of Representatives delayed its vote on repealing and replacing parts of the Affordable Care Act after Republican leaders failed to rally enough support to pass the bill, per a CNBC report. Per CNBC: The GOP House caucus will meet at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Freedom Partners and Americans for Prosperity will put seven figures behind a political action committee supporting members of Congress who vote against the healthcare reform legislation backed by President Donald Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The news comes just hours…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said Wednesday that House leadership needs to push back the Obamacare repeal vote to allow for changes to the legislation. Paul — who met with members of the House Freedom Caucus, which remains unsold on the measure — has been highly…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a critic of the House leadership’s Obamacare replacement bill, said Tuesday that President Trump is getting bad information about how the bill he supports would affect healthcare. “I support our President but in my judgement he’s receiving bad advice on the negative consequences of this…