Social Security Expansion Bill Gets Bipartisan Support

A bill that would expand Social Security benefits for nearly three million recipients has received bipartisan support, allowing it to be pushed through to the next stage of the legislative process. On Thursday, lawmakers successfully used a discharge petition—a method of taking a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a […]

Obamacare’s Survival Is Now Assured, but It Still Has One Big Problem

Some Democrats are eager to build on their Affordable Care Act victories in the Supreme Court by filling a gaping hole created along the way: the lack of Medicaid coverage for millions of low-income Americans in 12 states. But so far, Republican leaders in those states are refusing to use the health law to expand […]