Mar 1, 2017 – Senate majorities – to 25, thanks to Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin’s victory in 2015 and the state House flipping to a GOP majority … Beshear is an old white guy, and Democrats need the old white guy vote to make some headway in the 2018 and 2020 elections. … The fact that they had to unearth a former governor, who has been out of power, to deliver this speech is a sign that the Democratic…

Mar 15, 2017 – Those are some political legs to stand on.   … Much of that lofty number arises from people that CBO expects would sign up for coverage in the coming years if the individual mandate … All of this, however, requires Republicans of varying ideological stripes to unify behind an overall framework, vote to advance it,…

Mar 14, 2017 – in this bill in the House and then allow the Senate to take its work up." … If House Republicans rush to pass it, however, there will be consequences for their vote, he said. … get a vote; it got tied up in internecine fighting among Democrats in the face of solid opposition by Republicans.…

Mar 7, 2017 – apply a 30 percent surcharge for a year if that person seeks to sign up. … in the wee hours to come up with a compromise. … It's premature to make any declarations about where this path will end up.  …

Mar 6, 2017 – Just as they did in their quest to pass their unwanted scheme in the first place, Senate Democrats are marching in lockstep to protect … Price said that the president's goal is to sign Obamacare repeal legislation as soon as possible, emphasizing that a replacement bill … Koch groups are launching a new campaign to pressure GOP to pull the trigger on Obamacare https://t.co/8sNvQpIR1Z — Jeremy W.…

Mar 24, 2017 – Paul Ryan may have other incentives to not force his conference to have to cast really tough up or down votes on something that doomed … A few things to remember as this vote unfolds: (1) If it fails, it's a humiliating black eye to House leadership, and a real blow … After rightly slamming how the Democrats rammed through Obamacare, Republicans are about to vote on a bill that has not been posted…

Mar 23, 2017 – Currently 31 House members have pledged to vote against the legislation, which would ultimately lead it to failure on the floor. … The White House needs to flip 10 votes for the bill to pass. … "The President's plan is to pass the bill tonight, get it to down to the Senate and then sign a bill once it goes through conference…

Mar 23, 2017 – Anyone could go to the site and vote, she told me, and so she asked if I'd please vote for "Deacon Fred." … Michael Eldridge teaches American Sign Language to students at Deer Crossing Elementary. … We should be able to watch the Oscars or the Super Bowl without being subjected to political harangues.…

Mar 17, 2017 – to pass the Senate. … There’s no way the Democratic Party is going to vote for a concept that opens up health care to more competition and outside government … Here’s what I would suggest to the President. Keep working hard. I want to work with you. I want to get to yes.…

Mar 16, 2017 – The British NHS makes access to primary care easy, but access to specialized care is more problematic. … Many of the healthiest 80 percent of citizens probably vote; the sickest 5 or 10 percent may be too sick to vote. … The ACA is failing because it allows anyone to sign up for coverage regardless of health status.…

Mar 31, 2017 – Democrats are now lining up to filibuster the nomination, on the spurious grounds that confirmation has always required 60 votes. … But the Constitution doesn't require the Senate to hold hearings or a vote on nominees. … Give the voters a chance to weigh in. Senate Democrats are now rounding up enough votes to sustain a filibuster.…

Mar 30, 2017 – The statute orders insurance carriers to cover pre-existing conditions, children on their parents' policies up to the age of 26 and … carrier when you sign up. … vote, which the Constitution presumes, and the right to use your property to the exclusion of all others and the right to purchase…

Mar 28, 2017 – I concluded that Senate Democrats would end up falling just shy of the 41 votes needed to sustain a filibuster against the nomination … In order for Chuck Schumer to pull off this base-pleasing extremist gambit, he can only lose up to seven of the upper chamber's 48 … Democrats ought to be forced to watch two, or even three, justices get confirmed by a simple majority vote, having eviscerated their…

Mar 28, 2017 – a way to foul it up. … Instead, they pulled their health care bill before the vote -- a major blow to the president and the Republican Party. … Republican in the White House to sign their new legislation.…

Mar 27, 2017 – But thanks to kongressional klutzes like Ryan, a war of attrition is how it’s going to have to be. Ulysses S. … their vote to their voters. … Please vote for it because I want you to!” Yeah, no. Congrats!…

Apr 11, 2017 – No ground to make it up. https://t.co/2I8qbokhQN — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) April 12, 2017 High Democratic intensity … attend multiple candidate forums combined to set Democrats up for a potential upset. … Democrats will point to the relatively close margin as a sign that the GOP is in trouble.…

Apr 23, 2017 – Comey was concerned that a Democratic attorney general was asking him to be misleading and line up his talking points with Mrs. … Clinton’s campaign, according to people who spoke with him afterward. As the meeting broke up, George Z. … To the point, where even language was being polished to sound less ominous.…

Apr 21, 2017 – “Well,” he said, “when relations are at the lowest point, there’s nowhere to go but up.” … All of this is putting pressure on the administration and House Republican leaders to bring pro-growth tax cut legislation up for a … Hold on to your wallet.…

Apr 20, 2017 – They will show up, they will pay up, and they will work. … He’ll sign it, whatever it is, because he needs to sign something. … That’s not nothing, but Republican voters hoping for more will be less motivated to show up next year.…

Apr 19, 2017 – On the first point, those sanctions did inevitably get lifted, which was Iran's whole incentive to sign on to the accord -- namely, … issue a definitive pledge to rip it up on day one.   … up to.  …

Apr 19, 2017 – Still, the Left, desperate to find any good news post-2016, are saying how this is a warning sign. … Karen Handel is a lot closer to a traditional Republican than Trump is, which could prove to be an important advantage in two months … it all up, total GOP vote in #GA06 could end up 1-2% ahead of total Dem vote, basically same as '16 presidential margin. — Dave Wasserman…

Apr 17, 2017 – That’s crazy, said Mike Plante, a longtime Democratic strategist based in the state: “Asking Joe Manchin to vote like a progressive … them to based on Trump’s share of the vote in their state, shows Manchin as one of the Democrats’ most valuable members. … In other words, Manchin’s real worth to Democrats is that he’s a Democrat, because a Republican from West Virginia would probably vote…

May 4, 2017 – Trump scored a partial win, getting a commitment for up to $15 billion in additional funding for a military buildup. … continuing to fund refugee resettlement, continuing to fund Planned Parenthood, continuing to fund sanctuary cities, continuing to … And I gotta tell you, to get Democrats in Washington, D.C., to agree to a $21 billion increase in a short-term budget bill — and, you…

May 3, 2017 – The conventional wisdom is that they wouldn't call the vote if they didn't have the whip count where it needs to be. … With this change to the legislation getting a thumbs-up, both Upton and Long now say they're on board to vote 'yes:' "I support the … Republicans are making a good-faith effort to clean up the mess Democrats have left them.  …

May 3, 2017 – "If you don't want to get rid of federal mandates to health insurance, then it's pretty clear you don't want to get rid of Obamacare … to make the repeal vote." … 25 to 30 Republicans don't want to vote for repeal.…