Politics Jul 30 White House to Senate: Pass health bill now or else The White House stepped up demands Sunday that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law. By Hope Yen, Associated Press
Politics May 04 Analysis: 5 issues that could derail the GOP health care bill in the Senate After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, the House passed its GOP replacement for the Affordable Care Act on Thursday by a razor-thin margin. It now heads to the Senate, where it will face more internal strife and five big hurdles that… By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News
Health Dec 02 Health law’s experiment that tests new ways to pay for care could offer tool for GOP ideas Economists and policymakers think the U.S. may be overpaying for many medical services, and the health law has a program to test that. But with the ACA up for potential repeal, what happens to that testing now? One of the… By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News
Politics Jul 11 Watch In Symbolic Vote, House Republicans Move to Repeal Health Care Law In Symbolic Vote, House Republicans Move to Repeal Health Care Law…
Jun 28 Watch While Dems Celebrate Health Care Decision, GOP Leaders Threaten Repeal While Dems Celebrate Health Care Decision, GOP Leaders Threaten Repeal… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP’s Repeal Effort, Obama’s Overtures to Business, China Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks sort through the week's top political news, including President Obama's outreach to big business and China's president, plus the Republican-led vote in the House to repeal last year's health… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch House Republicans Pass Health Reform Repeal as Democrats Defend Law House Republicans fulfilled a campaign promise Wednesday, passing what was largely viewed as a symbolic repeal of the health care reform law. The measure is not likely to clear the Senate. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the day's events, then… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Despite Long Odds, GOP-Led House Takes Aim at Health Reform Repeal The GOP-led House of Representatives restarted debate Tuesday over repealing last year's health reform bill, but the measure is not expected to clear the Senate. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the day's developments, and Judy Woodruff gets more from Republican… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Shields and Brooks on the New Congress, Obama’s Staff Revamp The 112th Congress has convened and President Obama has started making big changes to his senior staff. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks assess these and other top political headlines. Continue watching