Subsidies

Shortly after the House Financial Services Committee passed a slate of reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program over the summer -- four of which passed unanimously -- a couple dozen House Republicans suddenly bucked. In mid-July, 26 members signed a letter to House leadership to "respectfully express concerns with the current package of flood insurance bills that have recently passed the House Financial Services Committee." (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Coastal conservatives battle Republican leadership on flood insurance reform

Emily Jashinsky · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Nearly half of 71,000 Kentuckians who bought health insurance on the federal exchange were benefiting from the cost-sharing subsidies Trump just ended. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Canceling healthcare subsidies will hurt Americans in pro-Trump states the most: Report

Josh Siegel · October 15, 2017 5:27 pm

"What are they doing? Are they just passing these things and people are praising what the president did because of politics?" Kasich asked. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

John Kasich rips Republicans for backing Trump’s anti-Obamacare push: ‘What are they doing?’

Kyle Feldscher · October 15, 2017 3:25 pm

"What the president is doing is affecting the ability of vulnerable people to receive healthcare right now," Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Susan Collins: Trump’s decision to end Obamacare subsidies will harm Americans

Josh Siegel · October 15, 2017 3:25 pm

"He's really setting the entire healthcare system on fire because the president is upset that the United States Congress won't pass a repeal bill that is supported by 17 percent of the American public." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Chris Murphy calls Trump’s decision to end insurance subsidies ‘healthcare arson’

Kyle Feldscher · October 15, 2017 2:20 pm

"The payments are unconstitutional, according to a court, and his first responsibility is to uphold that," Cassidy said. "We absolutely have to think about that family around the kitchen table, which is why I think Congress should pass them." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bill Cassidy: Trump made the right call ending subsidies to insurance companies

Kyle Feldscher · October 15, 2017 2:13 pm

President Trumps urges Democrats to "get smart" on Obamacare after ending insurance subsidies. "Money pouring into Insurance Companies profits, under the guise of ObamaCare, is over. They have made a fortune. Dems must get smart & deal!" (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trumps urges Democrats to ‘get smart’ on Obamacare after cutting off insurer payments

Katie Leach · October 14, 2017 2:54 am

Since 1986, team owners skirted the "private business use test" which made income for sports stadium construction tax exempt. (iStock by Getty Images)

A bipartisan effort in Congress to end federal stadium subsidies

Brian Hess · October 12, 2017 4:01 am

One reason why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused so much damage is that people keep building and rebuilding in areas where floods are likely. They keep doing it, Matt Welch noted this week in the Los Angeles Times, because they are often being subsidized by the federal National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Fixing flood insurance — now’s the time

Washington Examiner · September 25, 2017 4:01 am

Rep. Bobby Scott and other Democratic lawmakers introduced child care legislation Thursday that would provide federal subsidies to low-income families, a proposal that will compete with the Trump White House's efforts to enact similar policies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats introduce early childcare bill

Sean Higgins · September 14, 2017 7:55 pm

Subsidies for Bar Harbor, an airport that meets the technical specifications of a rural airport, give ammunition to fiscal hawks in the Trump administration, who have called for grounding the whole $175 million-dollar boondoggle.

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The country club at 20,000 ft: How the federal government subsidizes flights to Bar Harbor

Philip Wegmann · September 11, 2017 4:01 am

Atlanta opened its gleaming new Mercedes-Benz Stadium to a raucous college football crowd on Saturday night, as Alabama defeated Florida State 24-7 to kickoff the season. The facility will primarily be the home of the National Football League's Falcons, who play their first regular-season game there against the Green Bay Packers on September 18. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Falcons’ new home is just the latest of handouts to the NFL

Johnny Kampis · September 8, 2017 4:01 am