Republicans

The individual mandate hasn't compelled nearly as many people to enroll as analysts once expected. Roughly 24 million people were expected to buy insurance through Obamacare's exchanges by 2017. In reality, barely 10 million were enrolled as of this March. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

There’s no reason for Congress not to repeal the individual mandate in tax reform

Sally Pipes -

November 15, 2017 10:26 pm

Repealing the Obamacare individual mandate as part of tax reform appeases conservative senators, but its other lawmakers -- like Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. -- that need appeasing. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

Putting individual mandate repeal in the tax reform bill only complicates the GOP’s efforts

James Wallner -

November 15, 2017 10:00 pm

Economy

Ron Johnson first GOP senator to say he’ll oppose tax reform bill

Joseph Lawler -

November 15, 2017 9:17 pm

Magazine

Kelli Ward Leads Martha McSally in Arizona Poll

David Byler -

November 15, 2017 6:53 pm

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is losing support from party leaders on Capitol Hill, but not necessarily back in the Cotton State, where it'll matter most come Election Day. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

News

Alabama Republicans, fearing Roy Moore’s base, decline to push him out of Senate race

David M. Drucker -

November 15, 2017 5:01 am

An altered tax reform bill was released Tuesday by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Tax reform legislation carries high political stakes for President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress, who view passage as critical to the GOP's success at the 2018 polls. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

New Senate tax bill phases out most individual tax cuts in 2025

Joseph Lawler -

November 15, 2017 3:57 am

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Tuesday showed off boxes of petitions supporting the Republican tax reform bill that is set for a vote later this week. In spite of those boxes, there are still some leaders in the Republican Party who are wary about the legislative package, or opposed to it altogether. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

Top New York fundraiser quits state GOP job over tax reform opposition

Diana Stancy Correll -

November 15, 2017 3:34 am

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore now faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls. He has, however, not

Columnists

A Senate seat is not worth Roy Moore

Timothy P. Carney -

November 15, 2017 3:17 am

Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., brokered a bipartisan deal that would fund Obamacare insurer payments for two years in exchange for more flexibility for states to waive the law's regulations. But Senate Republicans crafting tax reform legislation have put that deal in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Healthcare

Democrats mum on abandoning Alexander-Murray if GOP guts Obamacare individual mandate

Kimberly Leonard -

November 15, 2017 1:08 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has said he opposes a bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare in return for repealing the law's individual mandate that everyone buy insurance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare

Obamacare stabilization deal draws opposition from some House Republicans

Robert King -

November 14, 2017 11:52 pm

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