Biden campaign launches new ad focused on Affordable Care Act
Former President Trump has said he wants to do away with the popular health care law.
By Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star - May 08, 2024Health Care
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his spouse appear to have increased their holdings in a major pharmaceutical company since December.
By Josh Israel - May 23, 2022Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are defending their vote to restrict low-income families’ ability to buy formula during the ongoing shortage.
By Emily Singer - May 20, 2022President Joe Biden previously used the act to spur the production of COVID-19 vaccines and firehoses to combat wildfires.
By Oliver Willis - May 19, 2022One hundred and ninety-two GOP lawmakers voted against $28 million in emergency funding.
By Emily Singer - May 19, 2022President Joe Biden said, ‘We moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us.’
By Oliver Willis - May 16, 2022Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said, ‘The shameful conduct of corporate executives pursuing profit at any cost during a crisis and government officials eager to do their bidding regardless of resulting harm to the public must never be repeated.’
By Associated Press - May 15, 2022Ongoing supply disruptions have combined with a recent safety recall to leave many pharmacy and supermarket shelves bare.
By Associated Press - May 14, 2022GOP lawmakers are politicizing the baby formula shortage with false accusations as President Joe Biden works to ease the problem.
By Emily Singer - May 13, 2022The North Carolina Republican, who defended voting against a $40 billion U.S. aid package to Ukraine, also voted against a $207 billion veterans’ aid package in March.
By Emily Singer - May 12, 2022Two years ago, the unemployment rate was 13.3%. Now it’s 3.6%.
By Josh Israel - May 09, 2022A $20 billion government COVID program that covered testing, treatment and vaccine costs for uninsured people has been shut down.
By Associated Press - May 08, 2022Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s plan for possible Republican majorities in Congress includes sunsetting all federal laws every five years, including social welfare programs.
By Kaishi Chhabra - May 06, 2022TransSOCIAL in Florida and the HiDad Project in Arizona are two of the groups providing assistance to LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - May 05, 2022The Wisconsin Republican senator recently denied that he was pushing to get rid of the Affordable Care Act — a day after saying the GOP should have a plan to do so.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2022A new poll shows strong support for a compromise Build Back Better package.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2022The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will send Pennsylvania and every other state $100 million for critical broadband network upgrades.
By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2022As many as 2.5 million veterans may have been exposed to burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Oliver Willis - April 25, 2022Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz has presented himself as a champion against high drug prices.
By Josh Israel - April 22, 2022A Trump-appointed judge on Monday struck down CDC safety rules that helped curb COVID-19’s spread.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2022Polling results reflect a sharply politicized national debate that has consumed local school boards and, increasingly, state capitols.
By Associated Press - April 17, 2022The law is part of a tidal wave of bills targeting transgender youth across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - April 14, 2022A bus carrying asylum-seekers from Texas arrived Wednesday outside Fox News headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By Emily Singer - April 13, 2022‘Our goal here is to stay ahead of future variants and outbreaks and ensure we do our best to reduce the toll of disease and death due to COVID-19,’ said FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks.
By Associated Press - April 10, 2022Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) argued against banning stock trades for members of Congress because ‘laws can’t change or shape behavior.’
By Emily Singer - April 07, 2022President Joe Biden’s changes to Obamacare are expected to provide health insurance coverage to more than 200,000 Americans nationwide.
By Oliver Willis - April 05, 2022More than 1.7 million people have already been expelled under the Trump-era policy, which prevents immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
By Oliver Willis - April 04, 2022Only 12 Republicans in the House of Representatives joined all Democrats to vote for the Affordable Insulin Now Act.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2022Senate Republicans are objecting to the Biden administration’s decision to lift a Trump-era rule that kept asylum-seekers out of the country.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2022Arizona’s Jim Lamon ran a company that got $2.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program funds in 2020.
By Josh Israel - March 28, 2022Even Fox News wasn’t buying the Florida Republican’s claims about his tax plan.
By Josh Israel - March 28, 2022