Sam Frizell

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House Republicans Aim to Roll Back Wall Street Regulations

House Republicans are preparing to vote on a new bill that would roll back many of the Wall Street regulations passed in the aftermath of the financial crisis. The bill, which is called the Financial...

By Sam Frizell

Will the Republican Health Care Bill Really Lower Premiums?

It's more complicated than GOP leaders say

By Sam Frizell

8 Questions With Elizabeth Warren

The Massachusetts Senator and Wall Street watchdog discusses a Democratic plan, Hillary Clinton’s new nonprofit and all the tattoos she inspiredDo you think the Democratic Party has put forth a clear, alternative vision to Trump’s?No!...

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Health Care Bill Would Lead to 23 Million Fewer Insured

The Republican bill to repeal Obamacare would result in 23 million fewer people having health insurance by the year 2026, according to a long-awaited and nonpartisan forecast, upending the healthcare system and scrambling insurance markets.According...

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How Elizabeth Warren Became a Poster Child for the Resistance

Elizabeth Warren can’t get enough of the tattoos.Strangers have been flashing their fresh ink at the Massachusetts senator ever since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell interrupted her on the Senate floor in February. McConnell’s admonishment...

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Republicans Might Be Turning Against Trump

“They are distraught by what he’s doing and continues to do”

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White House Denies Report President Trump Asked James Comey to End Michael Flynn Investigation

“He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go”

By Zeke J Miller , Alana Abramson and Sam Frizell

Obamacare Repeal Could Hurt Vulnerable Republicans, Poll Says

Vulnerable Republican members of Congress may have damaged their reelection chances in 2018 by voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, according to a new poll by a Democratic-affiliated firm.In a poll of 15 swing...

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There's Not Much Upset Lawmakers Can Do About the Russia Investigation

Despite dismay on Capitol Hill over President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, disgruntled lawmakers have few options to shape the investigations into Trump campaign’s Russia ties.Comey’s dismissal on Tuesday raised on outcry in...

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What Congress Had to Say About Comey

A senior GOP senator called the firing "troubling"

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GOP Passes Health Bill

The passage of an unpopular bill endangers the Republican majority in the 2018 elections

By Sam Frizell

How The GOP's New Health Bill Has Changed

After numerous amendments and five months of public debate, the Republican bill to repeal Obamacare is closer than ever to passing the House of Representatives. Officials said Wednesday night that the House would vote on...

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Trump Tweets From Sidelines

When a frustrated President Trump called on Tuesday for a shutdown of the government and an end to the legislative filibuster in the Senate, the response from lawmakers in his own party was swift, and...

By Sam Frizell

President Trump Says the Health Care Bill Covers Pre-Existing Conditions. That's Not Exactly True

President Trump said the Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act would protect people with pre-existing medical conditions. But the most recent version of the legislation would almost certainly leave them with higher costs...

By Sam Frizell

Trump's Next 100 Days May Look a Lot Like the First 100

Repealing Obamacare. Renegotiating NAFTA. Building the border wall. Cutting taxes. Rebuilding roads and airports.None of it happened in the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency — but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen in...

By Sam Frizell

GOP Moderates the Focus of Obamacare Repeal

For weeks, arch-conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus shouldered the blame for the collapse of the Obamacare repeal. Lawmakers blasted the conservatives in interviews with reporters in the halls of the Capitol, glared at...

By Sam Frizell

5 Questions Congress Needs to Answer to Avoid a Government Shutdown

Washington is just days away from a government shutdown, a recurring threat that everyone dreads but no one is very good at avoiding. Democrats and Republicans in Congress are hurriedly negotiating a compromise to fund...

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Here Are 5 Questions to Ask Your Lawmaker at a Town Hall

"Would you vote to authorize military force against Syria?"

By Sam Frizell

Syria Missile Attack Gets Mixed Reaction in Congress

Some called for more congressional oversight

By Sam Frizell

The Effort to Repeal Obamacare Is Failing Again

As the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act unraveled on Wednesday, two Republican lawmakers stood a couple hundred feet apart in the Capitol’s marble hallways and blamed each other.The effort to repeal Obamacare...

By Sam Frizell
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