The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government open until at least mid-December. The continuing resolution measure was approved by a 230-201 margin with a majority-Democratic vote. The approval came a day after the Senate passed the same resolution in a down-to-the-wire vote. President Joe Biden is expected to sign it […]
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000. This move follows President Donald Trump’s call to increase the amount to be paid out to the American people. “I simply want to get our great people $2000, rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill. Also, stop the billions of dollars in […]
President-elect Joe Biden certainly believes that half of a loaf is better than no loaf, and that might have prompted his call on President Trump to immediately sign off on a COVID-19 relief bill put forward by Congress. He has charged Trump for the “abdication of responsibility.” However, is that the call or charge that Biden should be making at […]
President Donald Trump has put at ease the hearts of 800 civil servants as he added his signature to a government spending bill to avert the partial shutdown of the government. The Republican President previously vowed to reject any bill that comes to his desk without $5.7 billion to fund his signature campaign pledge of building a wall along the […]
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says the Senate health care bill would “jeopardize the very existence of our rural hospitals and our nursing homes.” Collins made the remarks while speaking with Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on the ABC’s Sunday program, This Week, Sunday. She noted that the cuts in Medicaid would deal a devastating blow to the most […]
The comprehensive health care reform law, a signature Bill by ex-President Obama, was enacted in March 2010. The Act known as ACA, PPACA, or “Obamacare” was passed into law on the basis of the following: 1. Make affordable health insurance available to more people. The law provides consumers with subsidies (“premium tax credits”) that lower costs for households with incomes […]
