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Here’s what Republicans have been up to all day while trying to repeal Obamacare
Trump says it’s time to “Let Obamacare fail,” and says that “I’m not going to own it.”
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Senate delays vote on bill to take away 22 million people’s health care
The reason the Senate’s plan to take away 22 million people’s health care was delayed should make them reconsider.
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Trump’s Twitter attack on MSNBC hosts even has Republicans begging him to stop
Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse, and Susan Collins, along with House Speaker Paul Ryan, condemned Trump’s bullying tweets against Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
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19 senators ask Trump administration why it’s erasing LGBTQ people
The Senators are concerned about questions regarding LGBTQ people being systematically removed from studies of government services.
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Senate Republican invoke ‘nuclear option’ to shove Trump pick onto Supreme Court
Republicans have unilaterally rewritten the chamber’s rules to allow President Donald Trump’s nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court.
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Once again Republicans turn to Mike Pence to save their anti-equality agenda
Last time it was Betsy DeVos’s nomination; the vote this time is to reverse Obama-era legislation protecting funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Women would be severely affected by repeal of Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — From a return to higher premiums for women to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, the Republican push to repeal the Obama-era health care law already is raising concerns that women could be hit hard. The 2010 law ended a common industry practice of charging women more than men […]
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More than 300 Republican lawmakers sign brief supporting same-sex marriage
Among the signatories are 23 current and former GOP members of the U.S. House and Senate and seven current and former Governors.
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she supports marriage equality
PORTLAND, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins has come out in support of same-sex marriage for the first time after getting an endorsement from the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy organization. The Maine Republican provided her personal view when asked by several news organizations. She said she agrees with the decision of …
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Domestic Partner bills would ensure all federal employees receive equal benefits
WASHINGTON — Legislation that would extend employee benefit programs to cover same-sex domestic partners of federal civilian employees on the same basis as spousal benefits was introduced Thursday in the U.S. House and Senate.