Author: Stephanie Moffat

Former Speaker John Boehner: Obamacare Repeal ‘Not Going To Happen’ Politico reports that former House Speaker John Boehner predicted on Thursday that a full repeal and replace of Obamacare is “not going to happen.” “[Congressional Republicans are] going to fix Obamacare – I shouldn’t call it repeal-and-replace, because it’s not going to happen,” he said. Boehner, who was speaking at a Orlando health care conference, thinks a quick repeal and replace is just “happy talk” and most likely there will only be modest changes to President Obama’s legacy legislation. “Most of the framework of the Affordable Care Act …...

Republican Senator: We Will Ask Mike Flynn To Testify Before Senate Intel Committee Senator Susan Collins of Maine said on Wednesday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn should testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee about his communications with Russian officials. Collins who is a member of the Intelligence Committee said, “I am going to request, and many of the members will, that we call Mike Flynn to testify.” “We’re not going to exclude anyone from our review, and it will be thorough, accurate, bipartisan and in-depth,” Collins went on to say. Flynn resigned after it was revealed that...

WATCH: Seth Meyers Slams Trump’s Cruel And Unnecessary Immigration Plan On Wednesday’s episode of Late Night, Seth Meyers used his “A Closer Look” segment to slam Donald Trump’s cruel and unnecessary immigration plan. Meyers noted that there has been a net loss of illegal immigrants over the last several years, saying “there’s hardly an immigration crime wave in this country.” “That’s right, America has turned into a bad movie and people are walking out,” Meyers joked. But Trump disputes that fact, suggesting that “nobody knows” how many undocumented immigrants there are in the country. Meyers also poked fun of the fact...

WATCH: Republican Senator Tom Cotton’s Town Hall Erupts Over Obamacare   Voter to @SenTomCotton: My husband is dying. We can’t afford health insurance. What kind of insurance do you have? https://t.co/iYFiZtwJ1F — CNN (@CNN) February 22, 2017 Senator Tom Cotton was met by a giant crowd of angry constituents at a town hall event in Arkansas Wednesday. The senator faced an angry crowd that was clearly there to show their opposition to repealing Obamacare. The crowd also demanded an investigation into Trump’s Russia scandal. One woman asked everyone in the audience who had been affected by Obamacare to stand...

Donald Trump Just Took Away Protections For Transgender Students The Trump administration on Wednesday announced that they are removing Obama-era protections for transgender students. The Department of Justice and the Department of Education issued guidance Wednesday that removes the Obama policies that required public schools to allow children to use bathrooms and facilities that correspond with their gender identity. The Trump administration is attempting to claim that this is a state’s rights issue. However, the Obama Justice and Education departments asserted that in fact the issue is a Title IX right of all students. The Trump administration said Wednesday...