Trump and GOP Rivals’ Positions on Major Healthcare Issues
After former President Donald Trump swept Monday’s Iowa Republican caucus with 51% of the vote, the presidential candidates, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who received 21% of the votes and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley who garnered 19%, are now shifting their focus to the New Hampshire primary on January 23. Their stance on […]
Ron DeSantis Flailed When Fox News Asked Why So Many Floridians Are Uninsured
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks Wednesday during the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox Business Network and Univision at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press There was a genuine milestone in Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate: Somebody finally asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis why so many of […]
How Far Would the GOP Presidential Candidates Go to End Abortion?
Discussion on abortion is certain to capture voters’ attention at the first Republican primary debate for the 2024 presidential election, to be held in Milwaukee on Wednesday. After the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer, the decision over the legality of abortion was left to states to decide, and conservative-led states rapidly […]
House Republican Argues Against FDA Budget Increase
During a House hearing on the FDA’s 2024 budget request, a Republican subcommittee chair said he was not too pleased with the idea of a $7.2 billion budget — an 8% increase over the 2023 enacted agency budget. The $522 million increase includes $372 million in new budget authorities coupled with $150 million for new […]
GOP State Lawmaker Has Ideas On Women’s Reproductive Issues Because He Knows Cows
A Republican state lawmaker in Idaho is in a world of trouble since he claimed to be some kind of expert on women’s reproductive issues because he has worked with cows. “I’ve milked a few cows, spent most of my time walking behind lines of cows, so if you want some ideas on repro and […]
Republicans in Congress Introduce Bill to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
WASHINGTON — Republican members of the House and Senate introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks’ gestation. “Working closely with the preeminent pro-life groups in the country, we are today introducing legislation to ban abortion at a time when unborn children can feel pain,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the […]
House Members Remain Divided on Universal Healthcare
WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican House members appeared as far apart as ever Tuesday on the issue of the best way to achieve universal healthcare coverage in the U.S. “Republicans are serious on this committee about trying to solve the healthcare problems we have in America, but bigger government and government-run healthcare is not the […]
Abortion Stays in Spotlight at SCOTUS Nominee’s Senate Hearing
WASHINGTON — During the third day of her Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, Republican senators continued peppering President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Wednesday with questions about her views on abortion. “Can an unborn child feel pain at 20 weeks?” asked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). “I don’t know,” replied Jackson, who, if confirmed, […]
SCOTUS Keeps Obamacare Alive
Once again, a Republican challenge to former-President Barack Obama’s signature health care law has failed.