Congress presses ahead on dismantling health care law
By ANDREW TAYLOR Congress is poised to complete its initial step toward dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Republicans divided over how to replace it face pressure from…
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Obama, Pence to Capitol as health care overhaul fight begins
By ALAN FRAM Donald Trump warned congressional Republicans on Wednesday against letting Democrats dodge blame for problems with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, even as the GOP-led Congress takes…
North Carolina lawmakers meeting to consider HB2 repeal
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JONATHAN DREW North Carolina’s legislature is reconvening to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which…
Political risks come with control of Washington for GOP
By ERICA WERNER For Republicans, there will be no one left to blame. As they prepare to take control of the White House and both chambers of Congress next year,…
Speaker Paul Ryan tells GOP colleagues: ‘We must deliver’
By ERICA WERNER House Speaker Paul Ryan told Republican lawmakers Monday that it’s time to “hit the ground running as we join forces with the new Trump administration.” “We need…
In split, Ryan stumping for House GOP but not for Trump
By ALAN FRAM For Paul Ryan, October is now all about protecting the Republican majority of the House — and his own job as speaker. The Wisconsin Republican can’t ignore…
Giving up on Trump? Ryan focusing on saving GOP majority
By JULIE PACE, ERICA WERNER and STEVE PEOPLES House Speaker Paul Ryan, the nation’s top elected Republican, effectively abandoned Donald Trump Monday, telling anxious fellow lawmakers he will not campaign…
House conservatives offer resolution to impeach IRS chief
By ALAN FRAM House conservatives on Tuesday formally introduced a long-shot, election-year resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. Two lawmakers, backed by several of their colleagues, offered the measure…