Five months into his freshman year in Congress, Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) has learned how to elbow his way into key negotiations with decision-makers. Bresnahan, who flipped a blue seat in November by beating incumbent Rep.

Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste,

Senate Republicans say they intend to change the House-passed bill, and some pointed to changes to Medicaid as a possible red line.

Unable to defend their health-care cuts on the merits, congressional Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.