Dec 19 New trade deal presents landmark loss for Big Pharma By Paul Wiseman, Kevin Freking, Associated Press, Linda A. Johnson, Associated PRess To satisfy House Democrats, the Trump administration removed a provision that would have given the makers of ultra-expensive biologic drugs 10 years of protection from less-expensive knockoffs. Continue reading
Dec 19 Senate advances $1.4 trillion spending deal ahead of the holidays By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press It blends spending increases for both sides — reelection fodder for lawmakers throughout the Capitol — with tax and benefit add-ons that will add roughly $400 billion to the deficit over 10 years. Continue reading
Dec 19 Democratic-led House poised to pass USMCA trade deal By Kevin Freking, Associated Press One day after impeaching President Donald Trump, the House looks poised to overwhelmingly pass one of his signature priorities: a rewrite of the free trade agreement he blames for shipping U.S. manufacturing jobs to Mexico. Continue reading
Dec 19 Michael Bloomberg unveils latest health care plan among 2020 Democratic candidates By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The former New York mayor and Democratic presidential candidate embraced a new government-run “public option" to compete with private insurance and called for Medicare to negotiate drug prices, using an approach similar to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent legislation. Continue reading
Dec 19 Trump ally Rep. Mark Meadows won’t seek reelection By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press “My work with President Trump and his administration is only beginning," Rep. Mark Meadows said in a statement. Continue reading
Dec 19 Trump’s quip about late lawmaker at rally was ‘cruelty,’ Pelosi says By Zeke Miller, Associated Press During a raucous impeachment-day rally in Michigan, President Donald Trump suggested the late Rep. John Dingell was in hell. Continue reading
Dec 19 WATCH: McConnell blasts House impeachment, pledges Senate action By Mary Clare Jalonick, Laurie Kellman, Zeke Miller, Associated Press A trial in the Republican-controlled Senate would almost certainly result in Trump being acquitted of the charges. Continue reading
Dec 19 WATCH: Pelosi insists on Senate impeachment trial details before sending charges Pelosi was upbeat the morning after the historic vote that made Trump only the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. Continue reading
Dec 18 Trump blasts Democrats at rally as Congress votes to impeach him By Darlene Superville, Ken Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump is capping a historic day for the nation by taking his case to a swing state that narrowly voted for him in the 2016 election. Continue reading
Dec 18 Trump impeached, House Democrats say ‘no one is above the law’ After a day of debate, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump. The two articles of impeachment charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The charges now head to trial in the Senate, where… Continue reading