House Republicans unveil their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with Democrats vowing a fight and some conservatives complaining the plan amounts to “Obamacare Lite”.  On “Resistance Tuesday”, Bay Area activists march in Oakland to oppose Donald Trump’s promotion of the oil industry and coal.  Mayor Ed Lee agrees to fund four … Continued


The Republican Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee rejects a request from the panel’s nine Democrats to have Attorney General Jeff Sessions return to testify about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador. Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul roams the Capitol dramatizing his demand for a draft of the Republican repeal and replace measure for the … Continued


Democratic Congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi call on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign following the revelation  that Sessions met twice with the Russian Ambassador while serving as a top advisor to the Trump presidential campaign — a fact he didn’t disclose under questioning during his Senate confirmation hearing. Jeff Sessions says he’ll … Continued


Congressional Republicans with collective relief after President Trump successfully passes muster in his speech last night to a joint session of Congress. Trump’s plans for a whopping cut in the E.P.A. budget will cost about 3,000 federal workers their jobs. At the State Capitol, an immigration judge says the lack of legal representation for refugees … Continued