Spread the loveTweet Chuck Smith, the chief executive of the gay rights group Equality Texas, said Mr. Abbott’s decision would harm already vulnerable transgender people. “This is a 100 percent…
Spread the loveTweet It is an industry that was already spending nearly double what other business sectors in the United States economy allocate on lobbying, and those sums continue to…
Spread the loveTweet “Everyone is very happy,” said Woody Wang, president of Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy. “We don’t want to see the legislature dither on this.” Photo Daphne Chiang,…
Spread the loveTweet The Republican health bill, which passed the House last week and faces changes in the Senate, would weaken or eliminate those protections. Continue reading the main story…
Spread the loveTweet “This process will not be quick or simple or easy,” Mr. McConnell said Monday. Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, suggested that the Senate would spend…
Spread the loveTweet The health care law, said Thomas Miller, a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, has underscored how new entitlements inevitably become part of what he called…
Spread the loveTweet The outsize economic role of the American health care industry heightens the risks posed by the Republicans’ effort in Washington to repeal the Affordable Care Act, enacted…
Spread the loveTweet During the debate over the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the budget office played a central role. Many Democratic lawmakers would not vote for the bill without…
Spread the loveTweet So the real question is: Is $138 billion enough to fund high-risk pools? Answering the question precisely is difficult because the bill doesn’t explain exactly how these…
Spread the loveTweet Majority Republicans then have a ready excuse for not taking actions pushed by the White House that senators of both parties might deem unwise: The Democrats will…
