President Donald Trump lamented that an Obamacare repeal may take until 2018 in an interview with Bill O’Reilly on Super Bowl Sunday.
Author: Sean Moran
WSJ: Trump Will Sign Executive Order to Roll Back Dodd-Frank
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday unraveling the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform. The move comes as part of a comprehensive plan to rescind regulations set in the wake of the financial crisis.
Exclusive: Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn Says, ‘Eliminate Net Neutrality to Preserve an Open Internet’
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn told Breitbart News exclusively that she hopes for the elimination of net neutrality with a Republican Congress and administration.
Secret Recording: Republicans Struggle to Find Pathway to Obamacare Repeal
Secret recordings of closed meetings at the Republican retreat in Philadelphia this week were sent to the Washington Post from an anonymous source. All the quotes from the article were confirmed by the lawmakers or their offices.
Trump Hopes to Slash EPA Staff, Carbon Footprint by 50%
President Trump hopes to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 15,000 person staff by at least half, says Myron Ebell, Trump’s former head of the EPA transition team. According to the Washington Examiner: “Let’s aim for half and see how it works out, and then maybe we’ll want to go further,” Myron Ebell said now that he has returned to his position as director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Other reports say Ebell wants the staffing level to be on par with that 45 years ago when the EPA was started during the administration of former Republican President Richard Nixon. That would mean as few as 5,000 employees would remain. “President Trump said during the campaign that he would like to abolish the EPA, or ‘leave a little bit,’” Ebell said. “I think the administration is likely to start proposing cuts to the 15,000 staff, because the fact is that a huge amount of the work of the EPA is actually done by state agencies. It’s not clear why so many employees are needed at the federal level.” Trump has nominated Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s attorney general to serve as his EPA Director. Pruitt
GOP Leaders Delay Obamacare Repeal, Negotiate Replacement
\GOP leaders in Congress are delaying plans to kill off Obamacare until they develop an alternative and popular healthcare support program.
Senate Panel Plans ‘Emergency’ Obamacare Repeal, Replace Hearing
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) has promised a step-by-step process to replace Obamacare, but says it can’t be very fast.