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Tom Price takes Donald Trump’s word: He will move on if GOP health care bill dies

The head of the Department of Health said Friday he believes President Trump will follow through on his plan to move on to other issues if the GOP's health care bill dies in the House.

March 24, 2017

Chris Collins ‘counting on’ his GOP colleagues to pass Obamacare repeal

Rep. Chris Collins of New York said Friday he is "counting on" his colleagues in the House to join him in passing the GOP's health care plan, saying they have the choice of voting to get rid of Obamacare or to keep it intact.

March 24, 2017

Pro-Obamacare group knocks GOP repeal bill in ads ahead of scheduled vote

Pro-Obamacare groups are calling on Congress to shoot down the House GOP health care bill as part of a last-minute public relations push to kill the bill.

March 24, 2017

Tea Party Express urges lawmakers to pass health care bill

A national tea party group is supporting the health care bill that President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan are urging lawmaker to pass on Capitol Hill.

March 24, 2017

Obamacare repeal fate rests in hands of North Carolinians

Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican and member of his party's leadership team, laid down a marker Thursday afternoon, telling conservatives to accept or kill the GOP's Obamacare repeal bill.

March 23, 2017

House Democrats find unlikely allies in House Freedom Caucus to sink GOP healthcare bill

Lacking the troops to block the GOP's health care bill on their own, Democrats are looking for help this week from their ideological opponents on the right, knowing the best chance for sinking the Obamacare repeal lies with Republican rebels.

March 22, 2017

Conservatives, moderates tough to sway on Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill

Rep. Lou Barletta was one of President Trump's early supporters, but even a personal plea by the president Tuesday wasn't enough to sway the Pennsylvania Republican, who says he's a "no" vote on Republicans' Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill.

March 21, 2017

Obamacare replacement battle hinging on what to call new bill

For conservatives, it's Ryancare. For Senate Democrats, it's Trumpcare. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, had been trying — without much luck — to get folks to call it the "pay more for less" bill.

March 19, 2017

Donald Trump woos his former opponents in bid to repeal and replace Obamacare

President Trump's campaign enemies are looming large as he tries to win passage of a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare and finds himself needing to woo many of the very same people he ran against — and defeated — for the Republican nomination last year.

March 16, 2017

Nancy Pelosi says, with Hillary Clinton victory, she would have retired from Congress

Nancy Pelosi says President Trump is the reason she's sticking around. She'd be "gone by now" if Hillary Clinton had won in November, the House minority leader told reporters last week.

March 14, 2017

Republicans on campaign trail shun Obamacare replacement

The Republican Obamacare replacement bill is proving to be absolute poison on the campaign trail, where party candidates range from noncommittal to downright hostile.

March 12, 2017

Nancy Pelosi: House Democrats unified in opposition to GOP health care bill

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday she does not envision a single House Democrat breaking ranks to vote in favor of the Obamacare replacement bill that GOP leaders are pushing on Capitol Hill.

March 10, 2017

Donald Trump’s coattails: Special elections to reflect affirmation or backlash

President Trump's coattails will be put to the test in a string of special elections this year, where Republicans clamor for his support and Democrats seek to turn anti-Trump energy into upsets on red territory.

March 9, 2017

Liberal groups sponsor ‘resistance training’ against Donald Trump

Hoping to convert liberals' despair at President Trump into action, progressive groups are beginning to host resistance training seminars, saying the anger the president's opponents feel can be channeled into a concrete movement.

March 8, 2017

Charles Schumer calls on DOJ watchdog to investigate Trump-Russia probe

The top Democrat in the Senate is calling on the Department of Justice's watchdog to launch a review of whether the Trump administration has tried to block the probe into its ties to Russia.

March 6, 2017

House GOP rolls out $577.9 billion defense spending bill

The House Appropriations Committee dropped a defense spending bill Thursday that aims to keep the military running through September, the end of the current fiscal year.

March 2, 2017

Ben Carson confirmed by Senate as HUD secretary

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Ben Carson as head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he will oversee federal public housing programs.

March 2, 2017

Mac Thornberry says Trump military budget proposal falls short

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday President Trump's budget proposal for rebuilding the military falls short, joining a growing number of lawmakers who have panned the plan.

March 1, 2017

Joe Manchin, West Virginia, content as rogue Democrat, warming up to Donald Trump

Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia is signaling that he is more interested in cozying up to President Trump than he is in catering to the progressive base of the Democratic Party that is demanding all-out resistance to the commander in chief.

March 1, 2017

Melissa Mark-Viverito, NYC council speaker, raises prospect of sanctuary city summit

The speaker of the New York City Council said Tuesday she is hoping to bring together leaders of sanctuary cities to discuss ways to combat President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

February 28, 2017