Rep. Tom Cole (R-ok) appeared on Morning Joe Wednesday to talk gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, in which a gunman used an arsenal of rifles to kill 58 concertgoers and wound more than 500 others. Joe Scarborough first asked Cole about the “bump stocks” that were reportedly used to modify […]...
- 10/4/2017
- by Aidan McLaughlin
- Mediaite - TV
House Republicans voted on Thursday to repeal Obamacare, making good on a seven-year campaign promise that could reshape health care in the United States and dramatically reduce the number of Americans with health insurance.
If the Republican bill passes in the Senate, it will reorganize insurance markets and affect coverage for many millions of Americans.
“Seven years of Obamacare is enough,” House Speaker Paul Ryan wrote on Twitter Thursday morning.
The vote comes nearly six weeks after House Republicans had to pull an earlier version due to disagreements between moderates and conservatives in their caucus. The bill has since been amended twice,...
If the Republican bill passes in the Senate, it will reorganize insurance markets and affect coverage for many millions of Americans.
“Seven years of Obamacare is enough,” House Speaker Paul Ryan wrote on Twitter Thursday morning.
The vote comes nearly six weeks after House Republicans had to pull an earlier version due to disagreements between moderates and conservatives in their caucus. The bill has since been amended twice,...
- 5/4/2017
- by Sam Frizell
- PEOPLE.com
Back when Vice President Mike Pence was the governor of Indiana, the D.C.-based lobbying group America’s Public Television Stations named him a “Champion of Public Broadcasting.”
Now they’d probably like their trophy back.
Public broadcasters are preparing for the fight of their lives. Donald Trump’s proposed budget, as feared, completely eliminates funding for public broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for Humanities. It’s a part of an unusually cruel proposal that, beyond the arts, also cuts social services like Meals on Wheels.
It’s no surprise that Trump and Republicans are gunning for public broadcasting. Conservatives have targeted the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for decades, even though its annual appropriation is around just $445 million. Its elimination would have virtually no impact on the nation’s deficit, particularly if Donald Trump succeeds in his proposal to increase military spending by $54 billion.
Now they’d probably like their trophy back.
Public broadcasters are preparing for the fight of their lives. Donald Trump’s proposed budget, as feared, completely eliminates funding for public broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for Humanities. It’s a part of an unusually cruel proposal that, beyond the arts, also cuts social services like Meals on Wheels.
It’s no surprise that Trump and Republicans are gunning for public broadcasting. Conservatives have targeted the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for decades, even though its annual appropriation is around just $445 million. Its elimination would have virtually no impact on the nation’s deficit, particularly if Donald Trump succeeds in his proposal to increase military spending by $54 billion.
- 3/16/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
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