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Senate GOP Gives Up on Latest Bid to Replace Obamacare
Sep 26 2017 // Senate Republicans gave up on their last-ditch bid to repeal Obamacare Tuesday as opposition in their own ranks ended months of fruitless efforts to deliver on a seven-year promise, and leaders said they would turn instead...
S&P Says Latest Republican Health Plan’s Flexibility for States Comes at Cost to Economy
Sep 26 2017 // A report by Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings said on Monday that the Senate Republicans’ latest proposed healthcare bill designed to replace Obamacare would lead to less federal funding and more flexibility...
Third ‘No’ Appears to Kill Latest Senate GOP Bid to Repeal Obamacare
Sep 25 2017 // Senator Susan Collins punctured any remaining GOP hopes of repealing Obamacare anytime soon, dealing a fatal blow by rejecting a last-gasp Republican health care bill. The Maine Republican became the third GOP senator to...
Senate GOP Appears Short of Votes to Pass Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill
Sep 25 2017 // Senators sponsoring a last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill raced to save it from near-certain death Sunday, circulating a new version aimed at winning over several GOP holdouts. Some of the changes, which come as Republicans...
Despite Indefensible Process, Senate Should Pass Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill: Viewpoint
Sep 25 2017 // Before Obamacare, state governments were the chief regulators of health insurance. Obamacare put the federal government in that role. The latest Republican health-care bill, sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham, Bill...
Insurers Oppose Latest Republican Obamacare Repeal Effort
Sep 21 2017 // Insurance-industry groups said Wednesday that they oppose a Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, joining health-care providers in asking Senators to reject the bill. America’s Health...
Trump Administration Now Open to Remaining in Paris Climate Accord Under Certain Conditions
Sep 18 2017 // The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday. President Donald Trump was willing to work with partners in the Paris agreement if the...
Texas GOP Leaders Push for Expensive, Long-Delayed Flood Infrastructure Projects
Sep 12 2017 // In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is calling for the construction of flood control infrastructure in the Houston area — things he said should have been built “decades and decades...
Trump Administration Revises Obama Self-Driving Vehicle Policy
Sep 12 2017 // The Trump administration will alter the course set by the Obama administration on autonomous vehicle policy after industry raised concerns about elements of that initial proposal. The revised guidance — to be...
Michigan Senate Leader: Any Mandated Car Insurance Rate Cut Is ‘Dead’
Sep 8 2017 // Any proposal to automatically cut premiums for Michigan drivers would be “dead” on arrival in the Republican-led Senate, Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof said, bringing into question lawmakers’ long-sought...
GOP Facing Resistance to State Bills Shielding Drivers Who Hit Protesters
Aug 18 2017 // Republican lawmakers in six states have pushed this year for legal protections for motorists who hit protesters blocking traffic. Fairly or not, they’re facing an intense backlash now that violent images of a car...
Trump Administration Drops Rule to Address Truck Driver, Train Engineer Fatigue
Aug 7 2017 // The Trump administration is halting a year-old effort to seek better ways to diagnose truckers and railroad workers who have sleep apnea, a health condition linked to deadly accidents. Two agencies in the Department of...
Democrats Want to Question Wells Fargo on Auto Insurance Sales
Aug 3 2017 // Democratic lawmakers pushed on Tuesday for another chance to question Wells Fargo & Co.’s leadership about sales practices after the scandal-hit bank said it forced auto insurance on borrowers who did not need...
Court Allows Democratic AGs to Defend Obamacare Subsidies for Low-Income Insureds
Aug 2 2017 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed Democratic state attorneys general to defend subsidy payments to insurance companies that are a critical part of the Obamacare healthcare law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Texas Senate OKs Bill That Preempts Local Texting While Driving Rules
Jul 28 2017 // The Texas Senate has approved a beefed-up texting while driving ban that preempts existing local ordinances against distracted driving in 45 cities statewide. In May, the Republican-controlled Legislature made Texas one of...
Senate Republicans Fail in Bid to Repeal Obamacare
Jul 28 2017 // A months-long effort by Senate Republicans to pass health legislation collapsed early Friday after GOP Senator John McCain joined two of his colleagues to block a stripped-down Obamacare repeal bill. “I regret that...
Democratic Republic of Congo to Open $500M Insurance Industry to Investors
Jul 28 2017 // The Democratic Republic of Congo’s insurance regulator is preparing to open up an industry for the first time that could be worth as much as $500 million a year to investors. The newly created Insurance Regulatory...
Senate Republicans Eye ‘Skinny’ Repeal of Obamacare
Jul 27 2017 // U.S. Senate Republicans begin their final push on Thursday to unravel Obamacare, seeking to wrap up their seven-year offensive against former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law that extended...
Republican-Led House Votes to Block Rule Allowing Consumer Class Actions
Jul 26 2017 // The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to erase a new rule that lets bank and credit-card customers band together in lawsuits, as the agency that drafted the measure, the Consumer Financial...
Senate Begins Debate, Kills McConnell Health Bill, Schedules ‘Vote-a-Rama’
Jul 25 2017 // Senate Republicans have embarked on an unpredictable and potentially chaotic floor debate aimed at repealing Obamacare amid significant doubts that they can muster 50 votes to pass any kind of health bill. GOP leaders will...
