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THE GOP HEALTH PLAN includes $50 billion in subsidies over four years to stabilize insurance exchanges. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ ANDREW HARRER

Senate health plan draft relies on subsidies GOP has faulted

Government 06/22/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republicans’ proposal to replace Obamacare would provide an additional $50 billion over four years to stabilize insurance exchanges, relying on a...

GOP leaders plan to release their new health care bill Thursday morning. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ ANDREW HARRER

Senate Republicans brace for release of health bill Thursday

Government 06/21/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republicans are beginning to learn the details of the health care bill they may be asked to vote on next...

MEDICAL DEVICES HANG on a wall at a Community Clinic Inc. health center in Greenbelt, Md. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Senate GOP writing Obamacare repeal behind closed doors

Government 06/13/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republican leaders drafting a measure to revamp U.S. health-care policy appear to be following the same path as their House...

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, center, applauds during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday. House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission to repeal and partially replace Obamacare under intense pressure from Trump to produce legislative accomplishments. / BLOOMBERG / ANDREW HARRER

Senate moves Obamacare repeal to slow lane after House squeaker

Economic Activity 05/05/2017

WASHINGTON - Passage of the House’s health-care bill gives the Obamacare repeal effort new life after months of wrangling, but key GOP senators are already...

Democrats hope their unity can foil GOP drive to undo Obamacare

Economic Activity 01/19/2017

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats aiming to thwart the undoing of Obamacare are using a strategy that served them well before: They’re standing back and...

Democrats end marathon sit-in as Ryan rejects calls for gun vote

Government 06/23/2016

WASHINGTON - Democrats closed out a marathon sit-in on the U.S. House floor Thursday afternoon after 25 hours of emotionally charged speeches demanding action...

FOLLOWING THE SUSPENSION of the U.S. debt limit by the House of Representatives in a Tuesday vote, the measure will pass to the Democrat-led Senate. Texas Republican Ted Cruz has said he will insist on requiring at least 60 votes to advance the measure instead of a simple majority. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

House suspends debt limit until March 2015

Government 02/12/2014

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to suspend the U.S. debt limit until March 2015, giving a win to President Barack...

GOP role as business party in conflict with Tea Party

Capital Goods 04/03/2012

WASHINGTON - Business groups counting on Republican gains in Congress to deliver their legislative agenda are voicing frustration over obstacles within a party usually...