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Rally in Support of the Affordable Care Act, at The White House, Washington, DC.
Health Care, Politics

MI congressional Republicans have long backed Trump’s call to ‘terminate’ Obamacare

November 28, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump broke his 2016 campaign promise to quickly replace the Affordable Care Act with something ‘terrific’ that provided coverage to every American.

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Urban Forestry
Politics, U.S. House

131 House Republicans vote to eliminate workplace safety agency funding

November 15, 2023
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Most of the House GOP caucus backed an amendment Tuesday to defund OSHA.

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., listens during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on "Standing Up Against Corporate Greed: How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families" on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
National, Politics

Congressional Republicans get violent in testy day on Capitol Hill

November 15, 2023
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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy allegedly elbowed a fellow Republican lawmaker in the back, and a GOP senator threatened to physically fight a witness at a hearing.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., gestures to a supporter outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Greene had just introduced a resolution to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
Politics, U.S. House

201 House Republicans nearly impeached Mayorkas on baseless charges

November 15, 2023
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The impeachment resolution by Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faulted the Homeland Security Secretary for charging terrorists at the border and seizing fentanyl.

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Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., shakes hands with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Politics, U.S. House

Republicans focus on defunding Biden officials’ salaries instead of funding government

November 13, 2023
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Republicans voted to eliminate Vice President Kamala Harris' salary and reduce other officials’ salaries to $1.

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Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks with journalists in the spin room after the third 2024 Republican presidential primary debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Fla., Nov. 8, 2023. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)
Politics, Repro Rights

Republicans double down on 15-week abortion ban despite Tuesday’s election defeats

November 9, 2023
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Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel claims there is consensus around the unpopular policy

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A new energy vehicle ''cellular battery'' is displayed at an auto exhibition in Yichang, Hubei province, China, October 29, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via AP)
Economy, Politics

Republican lawmakers try to block project expected to bring thousands of jobs to Michigan

November 9, 2023
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More than $614 billion in private investments for Michigan has been announced since President Joe Biden took office.

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, right, hands out sample ballots along with Virginia State Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant R-Henrico, as they greet voters at a polling station Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023, in Glenn Allen, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
National, Repro Rights

Republicans said Virginia voters would find a 15-week abortion ban reasonable. Nope.

November 8, 2023
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Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and his team hoped to frame Democrats who back reproductive rights as the real extremists.

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Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH), center, speaks with Representative Scott Perry (R-PA), left, and Representative Chip Roy (R-TX), right, before a second round of voting for Speaker of the House begins, in the House Chamber, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Politics

Republicans vote to strip housing subsidies from Americans living with HIV/AIDS

November 8, 2023
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Experts say an increase in homelessness among people living with HIV and AIDS would create a public health crisis.

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Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids, mingles with supporters in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Republican former congressman Peter Meijer has announced he'll run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan in 2024. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)
Politics, U.S. Senate

Republican former Rep. Peter Meijer brings right-wing record to Michigan US Senate race

November 6, 2023
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In his one term in Congress, Meijer backed bills to ban abortions, loosen gun safety laws, and extend President Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the very rich.

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