Author: Stephanie Moffat

Disqualified Trump Hire, Monica Crowley Now Foreign Agent For Pro-Russian Ukrainian Oligarch Monica Crowley was named by Donald Trump to a high-level national security position in his administration but a plagiarism scandal prevented that from happening. Now Crowley has a job lobbying on behalf of a pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch. Anyone, surprised? Monica Crowley registered with the Justice Department’s National Security Division as a foreign agent for a Ukrainian steel magnate who has advocated more favorable positions towards Russia. Crowley’s work “will include inviting government officials and other policy makers to attend conferences and meetings, such as the annual Munich Security...

Chuck Schumer: Republican Health Plan ‘In Trouble’ On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the Republican Obamacare replacement plan is collapsing. “The bill’s in trouble,” Schumer said during a press briefing. “It’s in trouble in the House; it’s in even more trouble in the Senate; and we Democrats are unified in opposition.” Schumer’s comments come a day after the Congressional Budget Office report showed that 24 million people will lose health insurance under the Republican plan. With 14 million people losing coverage in just 1 year by 2018. “There are, I think, more than 10 Republican senators, some...

Pelosi Demands Speaker Ryan Remove Steve King From Leadership For Racist Comments House Minority Leader on Tuesday demanded that House Speaker Paul Ryan remove Steve King from Republican leadership after his racist comments over the weekend. Pelosi said, “When Republican Congressman Steve King made his latest disgusting and racist statements, I called on Speaker Ryan and the Republican leadership to immediately strip his Chairmanship of the Constitution Subcommittee.” Republicans are facing questions about King’s comments that civilizations can’t be restored “with someone else’s babies.” “Since then, Congressman Steve King has doubled down on his statements, so I am doubling down on...

Republican Senator Confirms ‘There Is No Three-Phase Process’ Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Tuesday shot down the claim from the White House and Paul Ryan that there is a secret “three-phase” health plan. “There is no three-phase process. There is no three-step plan. That is just political talk. It’s just politicians engaging in spin,” Cotton told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Health and Human Service Secretary Tom Price said on  NBC’s “Today,” that Republicans have a “three-part plan.” Price tried to argue that the CBO report showing 24 million people losing insurance under the Republican plan is not complete...

Schumer: ‘Only Winners In This CBO Report Are Health Insurance Executives And Wealthiest Americans’   Chuck Schumer: “The only winners in this CBO report are health insurance executives and the wealthiest Americans.” pic.twitter.com/gYb5TYD18u — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 14, 2017 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted the Trump-Republican health plan after the Congressional Budget Office report showed that 24 million people will lose their health care by 2026. Schumer said that the “only winners in this CBO report are health insurance executives and the wealthiest Americans.” “Everyone else gets a cold shoulder,” Schumer continued. Chuck Schumer also pointed out...