Tag: "Obamacare" health reforms

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:33 UTC

  US Congress begins work on major tax reform compromise bill

  

  United States House and Senate lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday to begin working on a major tax cut compromise bill -- just two days after GOP senators narrowly approved their chamber’s plan on a 51-to-49 vote. The House, which has a larger Republican majority, approved its version last month.

• Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

  Obamacare bipartisan support turns into Trump's first major legislative defeat

  

  In the aftermath of his first major legislative defeat, President Donald Trump is standing by his team, preaching confidence in House Speaker Paul Ryan, and remains convinced of Obamacare's eventual downfall.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:29 UTC

  US Congress supports budget peace for the rest of the fiscal year

  

  Washington's battles over government funding ended with a whimper today as the US Senate approved a 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill that quells for nearly nine months the threat of another federal agency shutdown.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 23:54 UTC

  US congress negotiating spending bill to avoid another shutdown of government

  

  Negotiators in the US Congress unveiled a 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill that aims to prevent another government shutdown while boosting funding levels slightly for military and domestic programs - but not for “Obamacare” health reforms.