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Speaker Ryan: Anthem Obamacare withdrawal in Wisc., Indiana forcing people to ‘scramble’ to find new plans, doctors
Anthem announced yesterday that it would be leaving the Obamacare exchanges for Indiana and Wisconsin in 2018. The health insurance plan provider will still provide plans off the exchange for a select few counties in both states; however, purchasers will not be able to use tax subsidies for their coverages.
The Washington Examiner has the full story:
Anthem said in a statement it made its decision because "the individual market remains volatile."
It blamed uncertainty ahead over whether it would receive insurance payments from the federal government, as well as whether the government would enforce the Obamacare law that requires people to have ...
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich: Surrender or fight
Longtime political pundit and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich says our country is approaching a fork in the road and that Americans shouldn’t fall for the version of President Trump the mainstream media and government bureaucrats who lined Hillary Clinton’s campaign coffers want you to believe.
Fox News has the commentary:
As the media continues to serve as a megaphone for the nameless federal employees who have axes to grind, remember that 95 percent of 2016 campaign donations from federal employees went to Hillary Clinton. At the State Department, 99 percent of employees who gave supported Clinton, and that figure is 97 percent at ...
House Speaker Ryan: Republicans ‘close’ to Obamacare-repeal compromise
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) this week says establishment Republicans and members of the House Freedom Caucus are one step closer to a deal on a new Obama-repeal bill.
The Washington Examiner has the details:
Lawmakers are "negotiating finishing touches" on a compromise, Ryan told the London think tank Policy Exchange during an overseas trip Wednesday.
"We have a system that is in dire need of reform," Ryan said, referring to Obamacare.
Since lawmakers adjourned for recess nearly two weeks ago, talks have been continuing among conservatives and centrists to let states opt out of some Obamacare insurer mandates. Conservatives ...
Speaker of the House Ryan, Sen. Enzi announce introduction of resolution aimed at defunding Obamacare
Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate today announced the first step toward repealing and replacing Obamacare – a concurrent resolution that authorizes four committees to “fast-track” the repeal process and “achieve at least $1 billion in deficit reduction” from fiscal years 2017 through 2026.
“Today, we take the first steps to repair the nation’ broken healthcare system, removing Washington from the equation and putting control back where it belongs: with patients, their families, and their doctors,” Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) says in a statement.
This on the heels of GOP assurances rolling back President Obama’s ...
Speaker Ryan: ‘The president is not permitted to write law – only Congress is’
The House of Representatives this week votes on a resolution that will determine whether Congress files with the Supreme Court a brief opposing President Obama’s stayed executive order that would grant work permits to 5 million illegal immigrants.
Politico has the story:
Speaker Paul Ryan announced Tuesday that the House will vote on a resolution to allow the chamber to file a brief in a Supreme Court case that tests the validity of President Barack Obama's immigration executive order.
Ryan (R-Wis.) told a closed meeting of House Republicans that the chamber will attempt to file a brief in U.S. v. Texas, which tests whether Obama's plan to ...
Speaker Ryan: ‘The problem with divided government is you can’t get everything you want’
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in a recent interview with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly said enacting legislation is an uphill battle as Congress doesn’t have the necessary votes to override President Obama’s veto pen and that he is navigating his way through budget legislation leftover from former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
“The problem with divided government is you can’t get everything you want – No. 1. Number two, I inherited this mess from the earlier Congress; everybody kind of knows that this budget bill was done basically before I became speaker four months ago.
The Daily Signal has the details:
Though Republicans control both ...
Tea Party Patriots President Jenny Beth Martin to Speak from CPAC’s Main Stage on Friday, March 4
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin today accepted a speaking slot at the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on the morning of Friday, March 4.
“I am very grateful for and excited about the opportunity to speak to the grassroots conservatives who make CPAC such a special event. Tea Party Patriots is proud to be a co-sponsor of CPAC, which is one of the highlights of the political calendar every year. This fall, the American people will decide if our next president will preserve our personal and economic freedom and put us on a path to a debt free future, or if ...
Speaker of the House: President Obama’s budget ‘progressive manual for growing the federal government’
President Obama Tuesday sent his final budget to members of Congress, some of whom used choice words to describe the proposal.
Fox News has the details:
It didn’t take Republicans long to respond to President Obama’s record $4.1 trillion budget proposal – labeling it “a progressive manual for growing the federal government at the expense of hardworking Americans," as House Speaker Paul Ryan put it.
The fiscal 2017 budget plan, Obama’s eighth and final spending blueprint, is being met with a dead-on-arrival mentality on Capitol Hill after it was released late Tuesday morning.
As the president proposes a raft of new taxes, though, ...
Republican senator calling on Speaker Ryan to take up tax reform in 2016
Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley (R-Iowa), a member and former chair of the Senate finance committee, is lobbying for a simpler, flatter tax code and hopes reform will come as early as this year with help from now-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
Iowa Public Radio has more info:
"If we were going to have a simple reform, we would have one tax rate, with an exemption for low and middle income people," he says. One figure for that cut-off, which he says is often used, is $36,000, after which workers would be subject to a flat tax.
Grassley says although it would lower the tax rate for many people, ultimately the government would collect more ...
Jenny Beth Martin: Bold conservative leadership needs to be at the top of the agenda, Mr. Speaker
Tea Party Patriots President and Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin in her latest column for The Washington Times urges Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to pursue a bold, conservative agenda that includes repealing Obamacare, pushing for tax reform and reining in congressional spending.
Here is her blueprint for Congress:
First up, the two issues that fall short of the 77 percent threshold (but each of which, nevertheless, garners 60 percent support among all likely voters, and far greater support among Republicans and Independents): Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and across-the-board tax reform that creates a system that’s simpler, fairer and ...