Author: Stephanie Moffat

At Least 6.3 Million With Pre-Existing Conditions At Risk Under GOP Health Plan A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that at least 6.3 million people with pre-existing conditions would be at risk of losing health care under the bill that Republicans passed out of the House in April. The Kaiser study noted that those 6.3 million Americans would face higher premiums for insurance under the Republican plan. The Republican bill would undo Obamacare’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions, leaving millions vulnerable to higher prices and potentially losing care. The Congressional Budget Office estimated based on...

Jon Ossoff Leads Republican By 7 Points In New Poll New Poll Has Good News For Democrats.  According to a new poll, Democrat Jon Ossoff is leading Republican Karen Handel by 7 points in the race for Georgia’s 6th District House seat. Fifty-one percent of likely and actual voters in Georgia say they would vote for Ossoff if the election were held today while forty-four percent say they would vote for Handel, while 6 percent are undecided, according to a SurveyUSA survey that was released Monday. The runoff election is being held on June 20 after Ossoff won the...

MSNBC Wins Cable News Race As Fox News Falls To Third Place In Prime Time For the first time in 17 years, Fox News finished in third place in prime-time viewership among the key 18 to 54 ratings demo. And Fox News misfortune seems to be MSNBC’s good fortune as MSNBC finished first in the key 25-54 demographic and in total viewers against Fox and CNN last week for the first time in its 21-year existence, according to Nielsen Research. And overall, MSNBC finished second in all of basic cable. TNT, which aired NBA playoff games, was the most...

Senate Intel Committee Just Responded To Flynn For Taking The Fifth Senators Burr and Warner, the ranking members of the Senate Intelligence Committee responded to Michael Flynn’s notification that he is invoking the Fifth Amendment. In a statement, Burr and Warner said: “We will vigorously pursue Gen. Flynn’s testimony and his production of any and all pertinent materials.” Burr, Warner on Flynn invoking 5A: “We will vigorously pursue Gen. Flynn’s testimony and his production of any and all pertinent materials.” pic.twitter.com/CzkS8gUAs2 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 22, 2017 On Monday Flynn refused to comply with the Senate’s subpoena for...

Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Just Dropped Again Donald Trump’s already dismal job approval rating just got even lower. According to the new Gallup daily tracking poll, Donald Trump’s job approval has dropped to 37 percent. At the same time, a whopping 56 percent of Americans don’t approve of the job Donald Trump is doing. Trump has a net negative job approval rating of -19 points. Trump’s job approval rating continues to hover within a point or two of his all-time record low approval rating of 35 percent approval from March. The Gallup poll follows a number of other polls...