U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led 28 U.S. senators in a letter to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, urging him to reinstate resources that protect LGBTQ people from housing discrimination. These resources, designed to help housing providers comply
— by Stephen Wolf and edited by David Nir. Daily Kos Elections Voting Rights Roundup email In May, Donald Trump created a “Voting Integrity Commission” that we knew was purely a pretext to promote voter suppression nationwide. Now this panel has launched its
— by Anjeanette Damon News has broken that Anthem will stop offering health plans under the Affordable Care Act in nearly all of Nevada’s rural counties, specifically blaming the uncertainty caused by the Republican health care plan in the U.S. Senate. Roughly 8,000 rural Nevadans will
Longer-Term Effects of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 on Medicaid Spending Document 208.91 KB In CBO’s assessment, Medicaid spending under the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would be 26 percent lower in 2026 than it would be under the
Trump may have won the electoral college, but he lost the popular vote by a historic margin. That fact apparently insults his fragile ego to the effect that he’s now amplified his claims of voter fraud and formed a commission that will
Calling all Nevadans! Here’s your chance to have your say in how government operates in Nevada. The Governor will be appointing volunteers to serve on dozens of Nevada boards and commissions. The state is looking for folks who are interested in serving
— as Posted at the Website of the Congressional Budget Office on June 26, 2017 View the full CBO Report Here The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed an estimate of the direct
Sen. Al Franken discusses how dangerous Trumpcare actually is: The GOP’s AHCA, if enacted, will strip people of their protections, not so much in the language as written striking those protections directly, but through the granting of “waivers.” Various states, specifically
— by Barack Obama, POTUS-44 Our politics are divided. They have been for a long time. And while I know that division makes it difficult to listen to Americans with whom we disagree, that’s what we need to do today. I recognize
—byy Ann Crawford-Roberts, Nichole Roxas, Ichiro Kawachi, Sam Berger, and Emily Gee One Republican member of Congress, defending the GOP health care plan—the American Health Care Act (AHCA)—suggested that concerns that the loss of health care coverage leads to death are overblown.
