Republican Sens. John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins joined Democrats to keep Obamacare, at least for now. The “skinny repeal” bill managed to get only 49 votes, with every Democrat and the three Republicans voting against the scaled-down version of the repeal and replace bill. Just before 2 a.m. Friday, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he’s hurt by President Donald Trump’s recent criticism, but he’s confident he made the right decision recusing himself from the Russia investigation. In an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that aired Thursday night, Sessions vowed to continue his work as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. “I’m confident […]
In its fiscal year 2018 budget, the Trump administration “proposes ceasing new business operations and initiating the wind-down of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation starting in 2018 to reduce unnecessary federal interventions that distort the free market.” A report this month by Heritage Foundation analysts explains in detail why this is an excellent idea. And […]
How strong are America’s communities? Sadly, we know from decades of research, including work by the Social Capital Project, that they are growing weaker. Men and women are having fewer children in total, and they are also having fewer children within wedlock. Between 1970 and 2015, births to single mothers rose from 11 percent of […]
Immigration hawks and law enforcement—two key elements of the coalition that helped elect Donald Trump as president—rushed to the defense of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, as Trump continued his public criticism of an early political ally. “We will see what happens. Time will tell,” @POTUS says. Trump could face grave political consequences if […]
Perhaps too often, Americans take the findings of independent government agencies—whether executive or congressional—as fact. The Congressional Budget Office, which has impacted the health care debate, has consistently said that repealing Obamacare would lead to around 22 to 23 million Americans losing their insurance by 2026. This has been a frequent talking point for those […]
Families who experienced horror stories under Obamacare gathered at the White House Monday and warned Republicans of political consequences if they did not vote to repeal and replace the law. “I am very fine with sitting at home in 2018 and not voting if that is the only way to get their attention, I’m more […]
(CNSNew.com) – In his new book, Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government, Sen. Mike Lee tells the stories of a set of American heroes who took courageous—and politically incorrect–stands in defense of liberty in the founding era and whose stories have been forgotten today. Lee argues that history is written […]
Editor’s note: It’s hard to think of a topic that drives more comments from The Daily Signal’s audience than the fate of Obamacare. With a Senate vote possible this week on some sort of health care reform, here’s a roundup of your views.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Forgive me, but isn’t all of this just […]
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, Mediterranean Sea—During the early days of World War II, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a memorable comment about British pilots’ defense of their homeland from Nazi Germany. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,” Churchill said in an […]
