Time after time, Republicans in Congress have spitefully tried to take away health care from millions of the most vulnerable and sick, and time and time again, they have been smacked down by the American people. Now, the latest attempt, the Graham-Cassidy bill, has officially died without a vote. Sen Roberts leaves GOP luncheon saying […]

Earlier this year, Republicans rewrote Senate rules to steal a seat on the Supreme Court. And that was only the beginning. Senate Republicans left open a huge number of federal judgeships for Donald Trump to fill. But Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota is standing in the way of one particularly extreme appointment. Trump has […]

It’s an open secret that there is no love lost between Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. While enjoying his own luxury vacation recently, Trump tweeted that McConnell should “get back to work” and get some bills to his desk to sign. Weeks earlier, Trump had consistently lashed out at McConnell and other […]

In between rounds of golf during his taxpayer-funded vacation at his own golf resort, Donald Trump attacked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s work ethic. Trump tweeted, “Mitch, get back to work and put Repeal & Replace, Tax Reform & Cuts and a great Infrastructure Bill on my desk for signing.” The missive was in reference […]

The majority of the country breathed a sigh of relief after the Senate GOP’s late night yet spectacularly public failure to repeal and — supposedly — replace Obamacare. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his conservative colleagues were not ready to give up at that point, though, as the pleas from millions of Americans apparently weren’t […]

Republicans thought nothing of drafting their health care repeal plan with zero input from women, including those in their own party. Now those women are having their say, and it’s a simple one: “No.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been frantically struggling to find a way to force through some kind of attack on […]

As opposition from the public against the callous health care repeal plan grows louder, the Republican Party is fraying at the seams. And the tension is increasingly on embarrassing display. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was already in a precarious situation. Since he is jamming the bill through, with no hearings and no input from a single Democratic […]

The Senate bill to repeal Obamacare is wildly unpopular and has been hemorrhaging support from Republican senators as constituents speak out. On Thursday, Senate Republicans unveiled a new draft of the bill, which is as terrible as ever. It includes the “Cruz amendment” to let insurers sell barebones plans without guaranteed issue for pre-existing conditions, […]

Rev. William Barber led a group of Christian and Jewish clergy to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office on Capitol Hill in an act of “Moral Resistance” against the deadly GOP health care repeal bill. Approximately 10 protesters, including Barber, were arrested. Call and response chants of “If we don’t get it? Shut it down!” and “What […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has begun offering cash to Republican senators who are holding up passage of the destructive health care bill. McConnell has so far been forced to hold off on submitting the legislation for a final vote since he lacks the support to get it passed. The Washington Post reports that McConnell […]

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 […]

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 […]

Donald Trump famously would not look German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the eye during their recent photo op, but Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has him beat. According to Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), McConnell has not spoken to her, and will not even look at her, since he silenced her for trying to read a letter from Coretta Scott […]

Merrick Garland is one of the most respected jurists in the United States. He is the chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and served as associate deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton, where he prosecuted Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing. He is a centrist who has won […]

Donald Trump has plunged the nation headlong into a constitutional crisis by firing FBI Director James Comey as the bureau investigates his own collusion with Russia. It is one of Trump’s most brazen abuses of power so far, intensifying calls for his impeachment. Trump is the most unqualified president of our time, and certainly one of the most […]

Senate Democrats are treating Donald Trump’s decision to fire outgoing FBI Director James Comey as a “crisis” and are slowing down business as Republicans enable what amounts to a cover-up. Because Democrats are in the minority, they cannot shut everything down completely. But they can throw a wrench into how the Senate operates, slowing down […]

On Fox and Friends, Mike Pence told host Brian Kilmeade that “it’ll be my honor” to lead an investigation into Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud — which are wholly baseless — but conspicuously skirted the question that Kilmeade actually asked (emphasis mine): KILMEADE: You know you have got another job today. He put you in […]

We have been tracking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s efforts to sabotage accountability for Russian interference in the election by using a partisan committee to head off any truly meaningful investigation. And in an interview with Kentucky Educational Television, McConnell continued the strategy of insisting that Russian hacking is a big deal — but one that […]

We are in the midst of a national crisis: The U.S. intelligence community has confirmed that Russia interfered in the election, in order to help Donald Trump get elected. They now have evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin was orchestrating the interference. This was not, as Trump has suggested, just some hacker sitting on his […]