On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) stated that when healthcare reform is done with one party, it turns into a “gotcha” game, which is what happened with Obamacare and the Republican healthcare bills. She also said Obamacare has many problems. McCaskill said, “The most important thing we can do is to do something in a bipartisan way. Because what we’ve learned is, when you do it with just one party, it becomes political. It becomes a gotcha exercise. That’s what happened with the Affordable Care Act. That’s what happened when the Republicans tried to do it just with Republican votes. So what we’ve got to do is come together, and meet in the middle. There are things we can do to make health care better. And we all — I mean, there’s lots of problems with Obamacare. But they’re fixable, they really are fixable. And some of it means maybe we go and acknowledge that some of the things we did were not the right way to look at this. I’m there. In fact, just last night and last week, I’m involved in a lot of bipartisan meetings to try to get that done.” She
Month: August 2017
Donald Trump Signs Russia Sanctions
President Donald Trump has signed the bill passed by Congress to put more sanctions on Russia, according to a White House official. The bill was signed privately at the White House on Wednesday as the ceremony closed to the press, but according to official a statement is forthcoming. The sanctions bill passed in the Senate by an overwhelmingly supportive vote of 98-2 last week. The House voted 419-3 in support of the bill. The bill also includes sanctions on Iran and North Korea. The new sanctions were seen as a response to Russia’s attempt to interfere in the 2016 presidential election as well as President Vladimir Putin’s aggressive actions in Syria and Ukraine. Trump signed the legislation despite reservations that it would block attempts to negotiate with Russia during his administration. “The action by the Congress to put these sanctions in place and the way they did, neither the president nor I were very happy about that,” Trump’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters at the State Department on Tuesday. In a signing statement, Trump expressed his reservations that it encroached on presidential authority, harmed U.S. businesses, and limited the administration’s ability to work with allies to negotiate with Russia,
Mercedes-Benz Drops Foreign Construction Workers from American Auto Plant
German car giant Mercedes-Benz dropped the importation of foreign workers to build their Vance, Alabama-based auto plant following a report on how Americans are often left behind by multinational corporations.
Breitbart News Ranks #13 in Worldwide Facebook Rankings
Despite massive competition, Breitbart News was ranked #13 in the world amongst Publishers on Facebook in the latest rankings from NewsWhip, beating The Guardian, CBS, and The Hill.
Venezuelan Bishops Pray to Virgin Mary to Free the Country from the ‘Claws of Communism’
The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) has publicly invoked the intercession of the Virgin Mary to free the nation “from the claws of communism,” in a clear reference to the regime of President Nicolás Maduro.
‘Three Musketeers’ Terror Group Convicted of Plotting Lee Rigby-Style Attack
A group who dubbed themselves the Three Musketeers have been found guilty of planning terror attacks on police and military targets in the UK.
California, Senate Republicans Join Forces in Bid to Bail out Obamacare
California and New York will lead 16 states, including D.C., into a lawsuit to preserve subsidies to health insurance companies on the Obamacare exchanges, after a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday.
LISTEN- Kushner: Israel Right In Temple Mount Crisis, Amman Embassy Attack
TEL AVIV – Jared Kushner let slip in a private, off-the-record conversation with congressional interns on Monday that he was not sure the Trump administration was able to add anything “unique” towards solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Prince Philip, 96, Carries Out Final Solo Royal Engagement
LONDON (AP) – For over 65 years, he has been the unwavering presence alongside Britain’s longest-serving monarch, the consummate consort and royal representative. On Wednesday Prince Philip will make his 22,219th – and final – solo public engagement. He will be meeting Royal Marines who have completed a 1,664-mile (2,678-kilometer) trek to raise money for charity. After that, the Duke of Edinburgh will still appear at Queen Elizabeth II’s side – from time to time – as the 91-year-old monarch soldiers on. In the meantime, the man known for his quips and gaffes has already been joking about his big retirement day. “I’m discovering what it’s like to be on your last legs,” the 96-year-old Philip told celebrity chef Prue Leith at a recent palace event. Philip is patron, president or a member of over 780 organizations, with which he will continue to be associated – but he won’t play an active role by attending engagements. The queen supported the decision, which was greeted with an international press flurry when it was announced in May. The occasion marks a major landmark for the man born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in Corfu on June 10, 1921, to Princess Alice
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Slams ‘Extremist’ Jews Who ‘Stormed’ Temple Mount On Fast of Av
TEL AVIV – Jordan’s foreign minister on Tuesday slammed Israel for the record-breaking 1,300 Jewish “extremists” who “stormed” the Temple Mount for the Tisha B’Av fast commemorating the destruction of both Jewish temples that once stood there.