House Republicans, health care bill
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The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump this term.
Nearly two dozen House Republicans joined Democrats Thursday to pass a bill that would restore collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, an attempt to overturn an executive order that President Donald Trump issued earlier this year.
The House is poised to vote Wednesday on a $900 billion defense policy bill as both chambers race to pass it before the end of the year.
The House bill is part of an effort by organized labor and congressional allies to stop Trump’s orders legislatively in case the lawsuits fail. Federal unions and the AFL-CIO labor federation worked to build support on both sides of the aisle leading up to the House vote.
Nearly a dozen Republicans -- many from swing districts -- have signed onto dueling bipartisan discharge petitions to extend and reform the subsidies in the hopes of bypassing leadership and triggering a vote on the House floor.
House Republicans advanced the NDAA to a chamber-wide vote on Tuesday evening, but conservatives are still threatening to rebel against the measure.
Lehigh Valley Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie has joined an effort to force a House vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, bucking GOP leadership. Any plan may be dead in the Senate.
The House on Thursday dismissed an effort to impeach President Donald Trump brought by Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, the second time this year that the Democrat
House Republican leaders will allow an amendment vote to extend ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, a move designed to appease moderate Republicans who have been warning about the electoral impacts of
The move came hours after the House speaker gave GOP lawmakers a list of options to address health care costs that did not include extending the tax credits.