Mar 09 Watch 3:47 House GOP drives health care bill through committees while key Republicans raise objections By PBS News Hour While two House committees worked through the night to pass the GOP health care bill in party line votes, party leaders aimed for the big picture. Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi decried the lack of analysis yet by the CBO, and… Continue watching
Mar 07 WATCH: ‘We made a promise’ to repeal and replace Obamacare, Paul Ryan says By News Desk House Speaker Paul Ryan is expected to address the new GOP health care legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Mar 02 WATCH: Speaker Ryan says Sessions should recuse himself if targeted By Associated Press Speaker of the House Paul Ryan may join a growing number of Congressional lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat, who are scrutinizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions' conversations with the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak after he denied such interaction during his confirmation… Continue reading
Feb 26 5 takeaways from the leaked Republican bill to repeal Obamacare By Dylan Scott, STAT A formal draft of the House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act leaked out on Friday. Continue reading
Feb 26 Congress returns, with health care, Supreme Court on agenda By Erica Werner, Associated Press Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump's presidency. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 17:03 Paul Ryan on working with Trump, Russia sanctions and GOP goals By PBS News Hour Speaker of the House Paul Ryan sits down with Judy Woodruff for an extended interview. They discuss Ryan’s relationship with President Trump, why he would never support a Muslim ban, finding common purpose with Steve Bannon, why he thinks restarting… Continue watching
Feb 08 Paul Ryan doubts Trump’s efforts to improve Russia relations will work By Daniel Bush House Speaker Paul Ryan told PBS NewsHour in an interview Wednesday that he did not think Donald Trump's efforts to bring the U.S. closer to Russia would succeed. In the broad-ranging interview, Ryan also addressed the president's immigration ban, and… Continue reading
Jan 26 Trump to GOP lawmakers: ‘Our chance to achieve great change’ By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans to help him enact "great and lasting change" during a party retreat Thursday, but offered the lawmakers few details about his views on key issues including tax reform and health care. Continue reading
Jan 26 Paul Ryan: Congress will pay billions for border wall By Erica Werner, Associated Press It's not clear whether the $12 to $15 billion price tag would be added to the deficit, or whether Congress would offset the cost some other way. Continue reading
Jan 12 Congress to take first step toward dismantling Obamacare By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press But Republicans are not close to agreement among themselves on what any replacement for the health care law would look like. Continue reading