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Senate tax bill less populist, more supply-side than House version
The Senate version of the GOP tax bill included some noticeable changes from the House, making it a bit less populist than ...
How Much Would It Cost You in Taxes If We Had Universal Healthcare in America?
Universal healthcare guarantees every citizen of a given country access to healthcare without regard to their ability to pay.
Some Republicans balk at Medicaid cuts
Presented by Alliance for Aging Research{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Medicaid cuts alarm some GOP ...
Democrats press Pfizer, J&J and others over low tax bills and lobbying as Senate debates Trump's plan
The lawmakers accuse Pfizer, Merck, J&J, AbbVie and Amgen of paying little to nothing in federal taxes despite generating ...
Bernie Sanders, seven other senators urge Democrats to break with billionaire donors
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and seven Democratic colleagues are calling on the Democratic Party to ban “dark money” and ...
Sanders backs progressive challenger to Thanedar
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has declared his support for a progressive primary challenger to Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), his first primary endorsement against an incumbent for the upcoming ...
As GOP pushes spending cuts, many say Medicaid and food stamps are underfunded: poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and ...
Louisiana is poised to hike its sports betting tax to help colleges pay their athletes
Louisiana soon could raise taxes on sports betting to help finance the athletic departments at many of its public universities ...
It’s not Bernie Sanders’s Vermont anymore
A wave of new Republican state lawmakers joins a popular GOP governor to dilute liberals' longtime political dominance.