Author: Stephanie Moffat

McCain Returning To Arizona, Will Start Cancer treatment Monday Godspeed, Senator!  After a dramatic and emotional return to the Senate this week, John McCain is returning to Arizona this weekend where he will start treatment for brain cancer. According to CNN, the Arizona Republican will return to his home state to start treatment on Monday. McCain lived up to his maverick reputation when he cast the decisive vote to kill the Republican Obamacare repeal efforts in the early morning hours Friday. During a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, “I’m going home for a while to treat my illness....

With Trump White House In Chaos, North Korea Tests Another Missile BREAKING North Korea has launched a ballistic missile by North Korea. Japanese media is reporting that the missile landed on or near Japanese territory. There are unconfirmed reports that the missile hit land, rather than the ocean. The Washington Post reports, “Japanese authorities also reported detecting the launch, with the missile appearing to land within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the public broadcaster NHK said.” Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an emergency meeting of senior officials. The missile launch is the latest in a series of provocative military...

Senator Hirono Gives Passionate 11th Hour Speech About Cancer Battle (Video) [watch the video below] Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii delivered a passionate, personal speech pleading for her colleagues to show compassion for the millions who will lose health care if the GOP bills is passed. In her 11th hour effort, Hirono discussed her battle with cancer. Hirono was visibly emotional during her speech. She talked about her family’s struggles when she was growing up. Hirono also said that growing up, her biggest fear was her mother would get sick and that her family couldn’t afford to pay for...

House Republicans Pass Funding For Trump’s Border Wall Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a spending bill on Thursday that includes $1.6 billion of funding for Donald Trump’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The funding for the border wall is expected to face stiffer opposition in the Senate where Democrats have more power. “Every single dime the President requested to start building a wall on our southern border he’s going to get,” said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. The House bill was passed on a 230-196 procedural vote that denied angry Democrats an up-or-down vote....

Health Groups Slam Skinny Repeal Saying It Would Be ‘Devastating Blow’ To System Skinny repeal gets a big fat no from health organizations. It looks like the nation’s health and patient advocacy organizations don’t like the so-called skinny repeal of Obamacare.   The Health care groups came out against the Senate GOP’s latest plan to pass a scaled down version of their Obamacare repeal bill. The groups, which include The American Medical Association, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, blasted the idea saying it would cause insurance premiums to spike dramatically. The skinny...