Former NFL Player Steve Gleason to Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Former New Orleans Saints player and ALS awareness advocate Steve Gleason is set to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, a report says.

Former New Orleans Saints player and ALS awareness advocate Steve Gleason is set to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, a report says.

Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) said Thursday that a “couple” Senate Democrats might vote to acquit President Trump during the Senate impeachment trial.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, slammed Congress for failing to enact conservative healthcare reforms as well as for exploding the deficit in the spending bill.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News during an exclusive interview Wednesday that, like an untrained puppy, Democrats could not contain themselves on impeachment and that the Senate will have to restore confidence in the American republic.

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and ranking member Greg Walden (R-OR) launched an investigation on Monday into private equity companies’ role in surprise medical bills.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced Wednesday that his and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) Paid Family Leave bill continues to gain steam in the U.S. Senate.

Nearly two-thirds of swing-state voters favor lowering healthcare costs over providing universal health care, according to a poll released Thursday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) promised this week to repeal Obamacare if President Donald Trump and Republicans win the House back in the 2020 election.

The Donald Trump administration continues to mull whether to roll out its long-awaited Republican healthcare plan as an alternative to the Democrats’ Medicare for All and public option proposals.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday requesting the FBI include a new subsection to its list of extremist ideologies with Antifa included.

Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) unveiled Tuesday Congress’ first bipartisan paid family leave proposal, which could serve as the basis through which Congress passes a federal solution to help young parents start new families.

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is considering labeling the far-left activist group Antifa a terrorist organization.

Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced a resolution Thursday that would label Antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.”

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Tuesday that the healthcare industry should have fixed surprise medical bills on their own. Braun said “nobody likes surprise medical bills.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) met Tuesday with White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump on a paid family leave proposal that “empowers families” and helps businesses “succeed.”

California spent roughly $365 million last year to cover over 100,000 illegal immigrant children through its Medi-Cal program, according to a report released Tuesday.

Conservatives on and off of Capitol Hill continue to clash over how to address surprise medical bills, a prominent issue in healthcare reform.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News Sunday that he will soon unveil his and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) paid family leave program.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive Breitbart News Sunday interview that Republicans want to give more power to patients, whereas Democrats want the government to have more control over Americans’ health care.

A group of Republican lawmakers is urging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler to stand with the men and women who earn livelihoods working in America’s small refineries across the country and to block Democrats’ efforts to lobby the agency to stop issuing Small Refinery Exemptions (SRE’s).

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and other Senate Republicans proposed Sunday to block leftist states from forcing Americans to subsidize programs that expand benefits to illegal immigrants.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Wednesday that he continues to draft a “replacement for Obamacare,” joining many other Republicans who have tried to fulfill President Donald Trump’s promise to make the Republican Party the party of health care.

Michigan Chrysler mechanic Chris Vitale said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has “won legions of fans” because he has shown that he will “fight for us.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News during a press conference Tuesday that President Donald Trump has been the “ultimate force” behind Republicans embracing “kitchen-table” issues such as drug pricing, paid family leave, and the opioid epidemic.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced Wednesday that he has gained over 21 co-sponsors on his legislation that would end surprise medical bills, in a rare showing of bipartisan action on health care.

President Donald Trump plans to tackle price transparency as well as regional health insurance and hospital monopolies as part of a broader strategy on revitalizing American health care.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Thursday that she and other senators, along with White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, remain “very serious” about passing legislation for paid family leave.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) tapped Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to form a bipartisan working group on paid family leave.

Scott Flanders, the CEO of eHealth, said recently that Medicare for All would “collapse” Medicare and the overall healthcare system.

Seventy-three percent of Americans and 60 percent of Republicans approve of a paid family leave proposal, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Americans trust Democrats more than Republicans by more than double digits to handle health care, according to a poll released this week.

Sixty percent of Republicans back a block-grant Obamacare repeal proposal that would allow states the flexibility to design their own programs, according to a poll released this week.

Less than one-third of Americans said that implementing a Medicare for All healthcare plan amounts to a “top priority,” according to a poll released Wednesday.

Sen. Bill Cassidy revealed that he continues to work on his own proposal based on the successful CHIP program and would allow states to design their own healthcare plans.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News Thursday in an exclusive interview that Republicans should embrace paid family leave because it helps the family and small businesses.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) spoke with Breitbart News regarding a paid family leave bill from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and herself, charging that “We are the party of families,” and there remains an “outcry” from young families for paid family leave.

“Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate and win back the House,” Trump wrote. “It will be truly great HealthCare that will work for America.”

“I have asked John Barrasso, Bill Cassidy, who is a terrific health care person, Rick Scott, and others to form a really great plan,” Trump said.

Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation Tuesday that would expand Americans’ access to paid family leave and help families better balance work and family.

Several Republicans senators and White House officials met on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to develop a pathway forward on a paid family leave plan, a top priority of President Donald Trump and an opportunity for a bipartisan populist victory for both sides in politics.
