Why I and Other Lawmakers Should Live Under Obamacare

The Daily Signal
Sept. 7, 2017

Good morning from Washington, where the talk ricochets from the so-called Dreamers to tax reform to Obamacare. We've got news on the first two from Rachel del Guidice and Fred Lucas, and commentary on the third from Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., who is down with Congress being subjected to the health care law. Del Guidice also profiles the Alaska Republican who voted to save Obamacare. Plus: Tiffany Bates on Democrat senators' animosity toward a judicial nominee's religion, and Jarrett Stepman on a "law center" that twists the truth about Confederate statues.

Commentary

Why I and Other Lawmakers Should Live Under Obamacare

The current arrangement has protected Congress from the high cost of Obamacare while millions of Americans continue to struggle under the financial burdens of the law, writes Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.

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Commentary

2 Democrat Senators Show Hostility to Religion in Questions for Judicial Nominee

"Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?" is an unusual and inappropriate question for a senator to ask a judicial nominee.

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News

Trump Stumps for Simplifying Tax Code in North Dakota

"A staggering 94 percent of families need professional help to do their taxes," says President Trump. He says under his plan 95 percent of taxpayers could file on a single page.

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News

Trump Correct to Put 'Dreamers' in the Hands of Congress, GOP Lawmakers Say

"With DACA being gone, it gets rid of the magnet of drawing people over here, thinking they are going to come in and get amnesty," says Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla.

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News

Lisa Murkowski's Senate Vote Preserving Obamacare Riles Alaska Conservatives

"The reason, in my opinion, that she voted for [Obamacare] is that she's not a Republican, she's not a conservative, she's a liberal, pragmatic Democrat," says the chairman of the Alaska Republican Party.

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News

House Republicans Unhappy That Trump Siding With Democrats on Debt Ceiling

President Trump's decision to side with Democrats in their push to attach a three-month debt ceiling increase to must-pass hurricane relief funding is not sitting well with House Republicans.

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Commentary

Southern Poverty Law Center Distorts the Legacy of Confederate Statues

A widely cited study claims that most of the Confederate statues were constructed specifically in the period under "Jim Crow" laws that targeted black Americans, or in opposition to civil rights. Here are the facts.

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