The U.S. House is expected to vote Thursday on repealing and replacing much of the Affordable Care Act.
Author: Tod Hardin
Tod Hardin
Tod Hardin was a founding staff member of DCReport and now serves as our managing editor. For the past decade he has also written for and served as the special features editor over at our sister publication, Cultural Daily. His writing has also appeared in various publications around the country, and through hundreds of blog articles written for such organizations as Plastic Oceans International, California North Coast Tourism Council, Social Forestry Foundation and others. In addition, he is also an award-winning filmmaker, with credits that include producing and writing a variety of short documentary films, in addition to directing the highly acclaimed feature-length documentary AGAINST THE CURRENT.
Democrats don’t have the votes to stop Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, but they don’t appear to have a strategy for a coordinated fight against Trump’s court pick, (Photo by Matt H. Wade)
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