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“Repeal and delay” means big trouble for your health care

July 20, 2017 By Shaun O’Brien

McConnell says he wants to pass the same legislation Congress did in 2015, which former president Barack Obama vetoed.

Speaker Ryan kills Barbara Lee’s plan to have Congress debate U.S. wars

July 20, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

"The Constitution requires us to exercise our responsibility in matters of war and peace, and we’ve been missing in action."

Trumpcare dies in the Senate, the people fight on

July 18, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

““We’ll do everything we can to keep the pressure on. Our fight is not over yet."

For 16 years she persisted: Lee’s win on endless war matters

July 18, 2017 By Teresa Albano

Congress handed the president a “blank check” to wage an endless war on terror; for 16 years, Rep. Barbara Lee argued that Congress needs to cancel it.

This week in history: The Presidential Succession Act signed in 1947

July 17, 2017 By Special to People’s World

The implications of this Act are today the subject of great concern in light of ongoing investigations of the sitting president.