Republicans Conceal Cost Of Repealing Affordable Care Act

Many are hoping that the same organized outrage that lead to the Republicans’ backtrack on the ethics rule change can also pressure lawmakers to rethink other unpopular—and outlandish—policies

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Cliff Owen)

(ANALYSIS) --- Republican leaders racing to tear down as many as 20 million (pdf) individuals' healthcare without providing a replacement, it turns out, also don't want the American people to know how much the repeal will cost. The very same rules package (pdf) in which the GOP had attempted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics also

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19 Members Of Congress Call On Obama To Halt Dakota Access Pipeline

Water protectors with the Standing Rock Sioux gained new support as nineteen members of Congress called on the Obama Administration to withdraw permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Derrick Broze
By Derrick Broze
A sign at the Sacred Stone protest camp in Canon Ball, North Dakota. The camp was created to house protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The opponents of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline have recently gained a slew of new supporters in members of Congress, archaeologists, and scientists. On Thursday nineteen members of Congress sent a letter to the Obama Administration calling on the President to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. The letter was

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Obama’s War On ISIS Sets Dangerous Precedent For Next President’s Pursuit Of Wars

The current war on ISIS depends on a decade-old congressional authorization for attacks on al-Qaida in Iraq, yet al-Qaida and ISIS are enemies fighting against each other in Syria.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
President Barack Obama salutes as he walks down the stairs from Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Aug. 23, 2016.

WASHINGTON --- An active-duty U.S. Army captain is suing the Obama administration for waging what he argues is an illegal war in the Middle East, and the government is urging the court to reject the case without even hearing it. Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, the president of the United States has 60 days to get the approval of Congress

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New Study Revels Members Of Congress Receive Preferential Treatment From Big Banks

Members of Congress who ostensibly oversee Wall Street ‘allegedly received preferential treatments from lenders’

Deirdre Fulton
By Deirdre Fulton
Rit Picone of Newpaltz, N.Y., carries an American flag upside down as a symbol of protest as demonstrators aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, to decry the influence of corporate money in politics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A new study identifies “a direct channel through which financial institutions contribute to the net worth of members of the U.S. Congress”—especially those ostensibly tasked with overseeing those very Wall Street entities. The paper from London Business School professors Ahmed Tahoun and Florin Vasvari, which is based on a “unique dataset”

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Red Cross Misled Congress, Refused To ‘Level With The People’ On Haiti Money

“One of the reasons they don’t want to answer the questions is it’s very embarrassing,” says Sen. Charles Grassley, who just finished a yearlong investigation of the Red Cross.

Justin Elliot
By Justin Elliot
A patient stands as he adjusts his intravenous line at the Red Cross funded State University of Haiti Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Friday, July 9, 2010.

A blistering Senate report on the American Red Cross raises fundamental questions about the integrity of the country’s most storied charity and its stewardship of donors’ dollars. The report, which was released today by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and contains nearly 300 pages of supporting documents, found: After the 2010 Haiti

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Republicans Continue Efforts To Derail Iran Deal, Target White House Pro-Deal PR Campaign

“I think there are some people who have some explaining to do when it comes to the wildly false accusations that they made about the Iran deal. And it’s not the administration. It’s Republicans who are demonstrably wrong when it comes to the Iran deal.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz is hard at work dissecting the White House's bid for peace with Iran. (Photo: House GOP/flickr)

WASHINGTON — The White House locked horns on Thursday with a House committee chairman over whether a senior aide should testify before Congress about his role in crafting President Barack Obama's public relations campaign in favor of the Iran nuclear deal. White House spokesman Josh Earnest did not rule out the possibility that deputy national

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