Editor’s Note: Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the U.S. House Committee on Rules regarding Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s bill to establish a single-payer Medicare for All health care system in the United States, dying healthcare activist Ady Barkan released the following prepared remarks. Owing to the advanced progression of his ALS, Barkan will deliver this testimony using a…
Representative Jackie Walorski voted to repeal the estate tax during a House roll call on Wednesday. As we reported yesterday, the estate tax repeal vote occurred on Tax Day when millions of Americans filed their income taxes. The estate tax is a tax on the estate of deceased taxpayers. An estate would need to be…
Representative Jackie Walorski has won re-election to a second term. The freshman Republican incumbent was favored over Democrat Joe Bock throughout the campaign. She has taken a 58-40 lead with 76 percent of precincts reporting. All of the vote in the district’s largest Democratic county — St. Joseph County — have been counted. Walorski first…
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to sue President Barack Obama. The vote comes in the middle of an election year where base voters are expected to drive turnout in the historically low-turnout midterm elections. The vote was 225 to 201 in favor of the lawsuit. Five Republicans voted against it. No Democrats…
