Capitol Hill police arrested 56 people, CNN reported, including two dozen outside the office of Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican. In 2014, Washington representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers wrote on her website that she “voted to repeal President Obama’s radical healthcare bill because it increases premiums for working families”. Now the reference is gone and Rodgers instead touts her work to get an extension for children’s healthcare funding. Public opinion on the once-unpopular law has grown more favorable under the Trump administration, with favorability hitting an all-time high in March. Don’t forget to sign up for the Guardian’s new-look newsletter The Politics Minute, by Ben himself.
Source: The Guardian September 22, 2018 12:56 UTC