The Gavel

This morning, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Paula Faris and Meghan McCain on ABC’s The View to discuss Democrats’ commitment to passing the DREAM Act now.  Leader Pelosi reiterated her confidence that President Trump would… Continue

From day one, the Trump Administration has cynically worked to sabotage Americans’ health care for their partisan political ends, even after the American people overwhelmingly rejected Trumpcare.  With President Trump’s executive actions – his latest spiteful efforts to sabotage Americans’ health care,… Continue

This week, Senators Lamar Alexander [R-TN] and Patty Murray [D-WA] announced a bipartisan agreement to stabilize insurance marketplaces, lower health costs for hard-working families and ensure patient protections.

Wall Street Investor and Then-Treasury Secretary Nominee Steven Mnuchin in NOVEMBER 2016: “…there will be no absolute tax cut for the upper class.”

President Trump and Congressional Republicans have been touting for weeks that the Ryan-McConnell tax plan is a ‘middle class miracle.’  Well, the American people are not buying it. A new CNN poll shows a majority of Americans oppose the GOP tax framework… Continue

“[It’s] the thing we have to get over.” – Speaker Ryan on opposition to GOP plan to eliminate the state and local tax deduction (SALT)

Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin admitted the GOP proposal to repeal the Estate Tax would ‘disproportionately help rich people.’ Here’s what that would look like: CAP: For the Cost of Repealing the Estate Tax, Congress Could Buy Everyone in America… Continue

BREAKING NEWS: Pennsylvanians to pay 30 percent MORE for health insurance because of President Trump & GOP Congress. PA Insurance Commissioner says after Trump’s decision to end CSR payments, rates for individual and small group health insurance going up 30%: “It is… Continue

The American people have rejected Trumpcare again and again, but President Trump won’t be persuaded to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and ensure millions of Americans continue to have access to quality, affordable coverage.  With a quick flourish of his pen, President Trump is doubling down on his efforts to sabotage the ACA – singlehandedly hiking health premiums with his executive actions less than 3 weeks before open enrollment starts on November 1. 

This morning, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos to discuss President Trump’s shameful decision to cut off Cost-Sharing Reduction payments, which would spike premiums by at least 20 percent for working families.  She called on the White House to follow the bipartisan efforts of Senators Patty Murray and Lamar Alexander to improve health care by strengthening the Affordable Care Act.