House Approves Bill That Dismantles Parts of Obamacare, Defunds Planned Parenthood

The House approved a budget reconciliation bill Friday that would repeal portions of Obamacare and cut federal funds to Planned Parenthood for one year. The legislation, called the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, was passed in a 240-189 vote. One Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, voted in favor of the bill, and seven Republicans voted against it. […]

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Export-Import Bank Once Again Takes Center Stage in Congress

Congress is gearing up for another battle over the Export-Import Bank nearly four months after the agency’s charter expired. The House of Representatives is preparing to vote Monday on a bill that would revive the bank. As opponents of Ex-Im prepare a counteroffensive to keep it shuttered, the bank’s supporters had their say in a hearing on Capitol Hill […]

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6 Key Exchanges From Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Testimony

In much-anticipated hearing, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Thursday before a panel of lawmakers tasked with investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time of the attacks and resigned five months after, testified before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in an 11-hour hearing […]

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6 Out of 10 Americans Oppose Partial Obamacare Repeal That Leaves Taxes In Place

Republicans have voted to repeal Obamacare dozens of times. This week the House will try again using a budgetary tactic called reconciliation to repeal parts of the law. Reconciliation is the filibuster-proof tool Democrats used to pass the President Barack Obama’s signature health care law in March of 2010. Earlier this year, Republicans signaled they […]

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Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removed from university, call him ‘racist rapist’

Some students at the University of Missouri have called on administrators to remove a statue of founding father Thomas Jefferson, suggesting in a petition and during a recent protest that the campus sculpture is offensive, oppressive, and celebrates a “racist rapist.” “Thomas Jefferson’s statue sends a clear nonverbal message that his values and beliefs are […]

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Californians on Insane Water Policy: ‘Whatever’

SACRAMENTO—If California flew a state flag that truly represented its popular culture, it’s possible we’d have not the Bear Flag, but a guy shrugging his shoulders and the word “Quicquid”—Latin for the state’s unofficial motto, “Whatever.” California residents have reacted to the state’s increasingly draconian water cutbacks with the well-known “whatever” spirit. They’ve significantly exceeded […]

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Anti-immigration SVP wins Swiss election in swing to right

By Joshua Franklin ZURICH – The anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party (SVP) won the biggest share of the vote in Sunday’s national parliamentary election, projections showed, keeping pressure on Bern to introduce quotas on people moving from the European Union. Success for the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), coupled with gains made by the pro-business Liberal Party […]

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Indiana Man Says IRS Fined Him $2,344 for Violating Obamacare’s Individual Mandate

An Indiana man’s IRS bill went viral after he posted a photograph to his Facebook page of a $2,344 fine he claimed was from the federal government for not purchasing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Benjamin Miller said his insurance skyrocketed after President Barack Obama’s health care law took effect so he decided […]

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How a Pro-Choice Democrat Responded When Asked ‘Were Your Children Human Beings’ Before Birth?

“Were your children human beings before they were born?” A yes or no question. Democratic National Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz would not give a straight answer when asked the question by an MRC TV reporter. The Florida representative has been a pro-choice advocate in Congress, vocally standing for women’s reproductive choice and bashing what she […]

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