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Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr. covers politics and the White House for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia on Jan. 26, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mike Pence touts House GOP health care plan

Vice President Mike Pence made clear Tuesday that a House GOP plan is the "framework" for moving ahead with President Trump's promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. Published March 7, 2017

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks to health insurance company executives, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP leaders tout health plan, citing Trump endorsement

President Trump's health secretary on Tuesday applauded a House GOP plan to begin repealing and replacing Obamacare's federal mandates with set of tax credits and market incentives to get people covered, saying it aligns with the administration's goal of "rescuing" people from the struggling law. Published March 7, 2017

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, however, said lawmakers were fulfilling a pledge to save American from a collapsing law that President Obama and Democratic majorities muscled to passage in 2010 without any Republican support.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican Health care plan details repeal of Obamacare mandate, taxes

House Republicans released a long-awaited plan Monday to reduce the federal footprint in health care by repealing Obamacare's unpopular mandates, replacing its subsidies with a new form of tax credits and gradually overhauling the Medicaid insurance program for the poor. Published March 6, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence told Wisconsans that the Affordable Care Act could start to be dismantled "in a matter of days." Joining him Friday were Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan. (Associated Press)

Obamacare dismantlement plan getting finishing touches by Republicans

Republicans are racing to put the finishing touches on a health care plan that may need sweetening to avert an ugly clash with conservatives who have blasted the effort as secretive and substandard, as House leaders enter a three-week sink-or-swim stretch for unifying around a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. Published March 5, 2017

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, walks to a room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Rand Paul: Told to ‘take it or leave it’ on Obamacare strategy

Sen. Rand Paul on Friday said conservatives are being told to "take it or leave it" when it comes to the emerging House GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, setting up a major clash with leaders hoping to mark up legislation as soon as next week. Published March 3, 2017

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah return to their offices on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017, after votes to confirm two of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was confirmed as secretary of the Department of House and Urban Development on a vote of 58-41. A few hours later, the Senate backed former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be energy secretary, 62-37. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare repeal bill gets locked away by Republicans

The Capitol Hill debate over health care shifted Thursday from what's in an Obamacare repeal bill to how it's being crafted, as Democrats and at least one Republican senator accused House Republicans of squirreling away the latest version of their plan because it falls short of party promises or amounts to "Obamacare lite." Published March 2, 2017

Conservatives are far from united on a long-promised "repeal-and-replace" plan for Obamacare under President Trump, and citizens have flooded town halls to decry any Republican plans that leave them without coverage. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump Obamacare plan does not unite GOP factions

President Trump's prime-time appeal to scrap Obamacare energized Republicans but did little to bridge the divide between GOP factions jockeying for position in the push to repeal and replace the law before moving on to tax reform and other fights. Published March 1, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, following a meeting with President Donald Trump inside. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Paul Ryan downplays divisions over health plan

Conservatives openly rebelled Tuesday over Republican leaders' Obamacare plans, saying voters don't want Congress to replace President Obama's costly entitlement program with a massive GOP version. Published February 28, 2017

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brad said Republicans are working hard on a plan to improve the nation's health care system, and "I'm confident the House will move forward with legislation to do just that in March." (Associated Press)

Republicans face Obamacare popularity, time crunch for repeal plan

Congressional Republicans who spent seven years promising to repeal Obamacare now face a do-or-die stretch on Capitol Hill, hoping to build unity and take the first steps to repeal the health care law before they break for Easter. Published February 26, 2017

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. voters split over NAFTA’s impact: Gallup poll

President Trump has called NAFTA the "worst trade deal in history," but a poll released Friday says U.S. voters are deeply divided on whether it's been good for the nation. Published February 24, 2017

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Murkowski, a Republican and Alaska's senior U.S. senator, spoke to reporters after delivering her annual address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Lisa Murkowski won’t vote to scrap Medicaid expansion if Alaska wants it

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she will not vote to repeal Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid so long as state lawmakers in Alaska want to keep it, a bold stance that underscores the challenge before GOP leaders who want to dismantle the 2010 health law and phase out its vast expansion of government insurance for the poor. Published February 23, 2017