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– Today, the Republican Study Committee released The RSC Health Care Plan: A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care. Click here to download the full report. Spearheaded by RSC Chairman Mike Johnson (LA-04), RSC Health Care Task Force Chairman Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS-01), and members of the RSC Health Care Task Force, the RSC Health Care Plan would protect… Read more »

The Republican Study Committee released a healthcare plan Tuesday to replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, two years after the GOP was unable to agree on a health care plan during the first year of President Trump's administration. The plan also represents an effort to compete with Democrats' messaging on "Medicare-for-All" and… Read more »

House conservatives on Tuesday released the first part of their latest health care plan, wading headfirst into the fraught political fight on overhauling the nation’s health system. Members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) said they understand that health care has been a third rail for the GOP in recent years, but they are hoping this plan, combined with a… Read more »

RSC WANTS TRUMP’S ‘PARTY OF HEALTHCARE’ TITLE: The conservative Republican Study Committee has released a healthcare plan, charging into a fraught political battle over how to overhaul America’s health insurance system. The details of the plan, outlined Tuesday in a 60-page document titled “A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care,” are… Read more »

The Daily Signal It’s been two years since Republicans fell one vote short of repealing and replacing Obamacare. Since then, Democrats have moved further to the left and pushed for a single-payer system, while Republicans have developed free-market alternatives. In today’s special edition of The Daily Signal Podcast, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., shares about a new plan put forward by the… Read more »

CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded Caddo Parish Fire District #1 with a total of $235,876.19 through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) on Monday, Sept. 16. AFG awards first-responder organizations every year with grants that can go toward emergency response equipment, personal protective equipment,… Read more »

Members of the Kisatchie Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution officially kicked off “Constitution Week 2019” at the Beauregard Museum on Tuesday at the official bell ringing ceremony. Judge Martha O’Neal joined in on the festivities officially ringing the bell and marking the beginning of “Constitution Week.” The public gathered at the… Read more »

With the House of Representatives returning to work this week, there’s likely no more pressing issue than the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. While illegal border crossings have gone down since President Donald Trump reached an agreement with Mexico in early June, this has still been a historic year for border apprehensions. U.S. Border Patrol has already detained 760,370… Read more »

A Democratic congressman from California said he thinks that witnesses being instructed to recite “so help me god” during oaths is “preposterous.” Rep. Jared Huffman made the remarks while appearing on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Freethought Matters show. Huffman sits on the House Natural Resources Committee, which tried to remove… Read more »

(KTAL/KMSS) – Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson is applauding the work of the Trump administration on its effort to close what he calls asylum loopholes. This comes after the U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security issued a third country asylum rule to enhance the integrity of the asylum process. The ‘third country asylum rule‘ closes a loophole within the… Read more »