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This tweet brilliantly illustrates a major problem with Obamacare
Washington Examiner reporter Sarah Westwood Wednesday captured and tweeted an image during Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s daily briefing in which he compared the Obamacare legislation passed into law in 2009 to the so-called Obamacare repeal bill being negotiated. “Side by side healthcare bills (GOP versus Obamacare) on the props table in the briefing room today,”…
Read MoreWashington Examiner: Most illegal immigrants in U.S. are from Mexico
Illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America comprise the majority of illegal immigrants in the U.S., according to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. The Washington Examiner has the story: The new report said that no other region came close to Latin America for delivering illegal immigrants into the U.S. “Mexico and Central…
Read MoreTrump budget director Mick Mulvaney prepping entitlement-reform options
Congressman-turned-Budget-Director Mick Mulvaney is confident his proposed changes to entitlement programs – e.g., social security and Medicare – will help the president achieve his campaign goal of cutting spending and reducing the national debt. The Washington Examiner has the details: “As soon as the 2018 spending budget is done at the end of next week.…
Read MoreIRS locates targeting documents … two years after the fact
The Internal Revenue Service two years after conservative watchdog Judicial Watch submitted a Freedom of Information Act request reported to a D.C. judge it has found nearly 7,000 documents pertinent to the agency’s targeting of tea-party groups but at this time refuses to make the documents public. “At this time, the Service is unable to…
Read MoreSenate confirms Dr. Ben Carson as next HUD secretary
Retired neurosurgeon and former GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson garnered bipartisan support Thursday as half a dozen senators crossed party line to help Republicans confirm him as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. USA Today has the details: Carson has never held public office and has no housing policy experience. But Republicans have praised…
Read MoreLaw-enforcement official: Less accountability for illegal aliens than for citizens
A local law-enforcement official at the forefront of enforcing our criminal and immigration laws says non-U.S. citizens who don’t comply are held to a different and lower standard compared to lawful residents. The Washington Examiner has the story: In a Senate hearing focused on the impact of crimes by illegal immigrants on Americans as far…
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