“Did a Big Pharma CEO write these talking points for you on the back of a campaign check?” one critic asked Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn. Polling data released this week shows that nearly 90% of Republican voters support allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies. But congressional Republicans—many of whom receive substantial funding from […]
“The first Republican debate was nothing but a race to the bottom,” said the head of Data for Progress. “Major candidates succeeded in turning off Independent voters and failed to offer voters a positive vision.” Polling results released Friday in the wake of the first 2024 Republican presidential debate this week show that majorities of […]
MILWAUKEE — Eight Republicans who want to be president of the United States shared a stage Wednesday night in Wisconsin for their party’s first debate ahead of next year’s election. The two-hour televised debate, the first held by Republicans in this election cycle, featured spirited exchanges about what one of the moderators called “the elephant who […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that “if the House decides to go in a partisan direction it will lead to a Republican-caused shutdown.” With Congress on August recess, the far-right House Freedom Caucus on Monday issued expected but unlikely-to-be-met demands for a stopgap funding bill that would avert an October government shutdown. Members of […]