A pro-Trump fake news site is promoting a completely false pair of stories about Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her family. Warren has been an extremely prominent critic of Trump, and has been a favored target of his attacks, and Trump’s allies in right-wing media. This particular site, America’s Last Line of Defense, published two completely […]

You would think Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would have more compassion for children who rely on publicly funded programs for their health care. Over the years, he has repeatedly referenced his childhood battle against polio in interviews and in his memoir. As McConnell told PBS, “My first memory in life was the last visit […]

The reaction to the long-awaited secret Senate bill to destroy health care and give tax cuts to the rich is not going well for Republicans. No one was expecting it to be good news, but it turns out that the Senate version — crafted in secret, by a group of 13 Republican men — is […]

Donald Trump’s budget director said months ago that he did not believe diabetics deserve health insurance. Now, in their recently revealed health care bill, Senate Republicans are working to enshrine this callous mindset into the law. Senate Republicans have finally released the text of their health care bill, devised and negotiated in private by 13 […]

Elizabeth Warren did not mince words when she took to the Senate floor to decry the brutal Medicaid cuts in the Republican health care repeal bill. “These cuts are blood money,” she said. “People will die.” Republicans have made it clear they do not want to hear from Democrats. Or women. Or even Medicaid patients who […]

Medicaid recipients showed up to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office to protest the Republicans’ disastrous health care repeal bill. These patients would be especially harmed by the bill that includes deep cuts to Medicaid. But just as Democrats and the public at large were excluded from the Senate GOP’s process of crafting the bill, […]

The super secret Senate GOP health care bill is finally out, and it’s not as bad as everyone had feared. It’s worse. The bill targets the elderly, the working-class, people with disabilities, people with pre-existing conditions — and of course Planned Parenthood. Not only does the bill “defund” Planned Parenthood, by blocking it from participating […]

It seems nothing can get Senate Republicans to budge from their stubborn secrecy regarding their health care repeal bill. The American people disapprove of the GOP’s actions, and their own Democratic colleagues have tried in vain to demand involvement in the process. But Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are determined to keep their […]

Arizona Sen. John McCain can always be counted on for a good, angry quote about his fellow Republicans. But when it comes to actually standing up to his party, the self-proclaimed maverick is anything but. Now McCain is joining some of his fellow Republican senators in feigning outrage at how the all-male group of 13 […]

Donald Trump has made another admission behind closed doors about the health care initiative he and his party strongly back. CNBC reports that during a closed-door meeting with top technology CEOs, Trump admitted the Senate health care legislation needs “more heart.” Those comments echo Trump’s characterization of the House health care bill as “mean.” Despite […]

Senate Republicans appear to still be dead set on forcing through their secretive health care bill, despite vocal and fervent opposition. Americans across the country disapprove of the GOP’s plan, which Republican leadership is trying to jam through without involvement by or hearings with Democrats, and without even the input of women from their own […]

CNN reporter MJ Lee just exposed the sham that is the Senate Republican health care bill. It’s the latest evidence of the sheer dishonesty and callousness of the GOP’s effort, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to pass a health care bill out of public view that would strip coverage from millions in exchange for […]

Democrats in the Senate have put forth their plans designed to stop the passage of the Senate Republicans’ health care repeal bill, which is being composed in secret and set to be rammed through the legislature and on to Donald Trump’s desk. For business to proceed in the Senate, senators usually make a request of […]

Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are reportedly pushing for a level of cuts to Medicaid more onerous than those in the bill passed by Republicans in the House. The Hill reports that the Senate bill would follow along with the House bill, then cut spending on the vital health program even more […]

Our nation’s patient advocacy groups are experts in the health care challenges our family members face. They understand the complexities of the medical issues with which they contend and the system they must navigate to get the care they need. Republicans say they embrace the notion of “patient-centered care” — health care that serves the […]

Sen. Kamala Harris has had a lot to contend with in recent days. The freshman Democratic senator from California questioned both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions during critical Senate Intelligence Committee hearings on the FBI’s Russia investigation. And both times, Harris’ white male Republican colleagues made their lack of respect […]

One of the few details that has leaked from the secret GOP Senate meetings on repealing Obamacare is that Senate Republicans — just like Speaker Paul Ryan and his House colleagues — want to eliminate the Medicaid expansion. That means 14 million people in 31 states and D.C. would lose coverage if the GOP bill becomes law. […]

America’s intelligence community agrees that Russia attacked our democracy by trying to influence the outcome of our presidential election. And Donald Trump does not seem to care. Neither does Attorney General Jeff Sessions, according to his own recent testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Angus King, the independent senator from Maine, asked Sessions about his understanding of […]

Senate Republicans are continuing to negotiate their health care repeal in complete secrecy, behind closed doors, with no amendments and no Democratic input. From the outset, the GOP working group was also criticized for including 13 men and no women. Increasingly, their exclusion of women does not seem like an accident, given the way women in […]

Kentucky lawyer John Bush, nominated by Donald Trump for a federal appeals court, once wrote, “The Democrats are trying to win with the same game plan as in 2008, only substitute woman for Black.” And that may be the least controversial thing he said. When nominated, Bush was forced to come clean about his blogging alias, “G. […]

Democrat Ron Wyden, the senior senator from Oregon, has four words of advice for Americans concerned about the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare: “This is go time.” “I can’t remember a more urgent need with respect to health care,” Wyden said in an exclusive interview with Shareblue. The time for the millions of Americans whose lives […]

California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris has proven to be an astute and forceful questioner during Senate committee hearings. Harris, a freshman senator and the former attorney general of the state of California and district attorney of San Francisco, is knowledgable on a wide array of topics related to the law and the intelligence community. And […]

While Donald Trump seems determined to make America best friends with Russia — handing over top secret intelligence and trying to lift sanctions against the country — a nearly united Senate is standing in his way. On Wednesday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly, 98-2, to impose sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. Republicans […]

Following the horrifying shooting by a lone gunman during a congressional baseball team practice, the leaders in the House of both parties showed what it truly means to be connected as Americans. After leading the House in the pledge of allegiance, Speaker Paul Ryan offered powerful words of resilience and camaraderie. “We are united,” Ryan […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions cycled through a number of affected emotions during his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, including — by his own admission — nervousness over the amount and pace of the questioning. Which may be part of the reason why many of his answers were convoluted, or not even answers at all. […]

Once again, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a former prosecutor, was interrupted by Republican men on the Senate Intelligence Committee. This time, it was while she was attempting to question Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was testifying about the Trump campaign’s involvement with Russia, and his own interactions with Russian agents. Apparently, Harris’ male Republican colleagues […]

During his testimony before the Senate Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions really did not want to talk about his conversations with Donald Trump and the investigations into the campaign’s ties to Russia. Sessions repeatedly refused to answer questions from Democratic senators, while insisting he was not invoking executive privilege, as that is something only the president can […]

The Trump administration is again in public disarray. Donald Trump’s lawyer, as well as other surrogates, have engaged in a continual smear campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump has reportedly even been considering firing Mueller from his job of conducting the Russia investigation, though the White House has pushed back on that rumor. But […]

As the Senate prepares to pass an Obamacare repeal bill in secret, Capitol hill reporters were told Tuesday they can no longer film interviews with senators in the hallway, as they’ve been doing every day for years. The new conditions are striking. Not only does the senator being interviewed have to consent in advance, but the Senate Rules Committee […]

Republicans are once again trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act after the first attempt at “Trumpcare” went down in flames. The new effort appears to be an attempt to show progress before Trump hits 100 days in office, a key date for an administration that nearly across the board has failed to deliver on lofty […]