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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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In this photo taken Oct. 6, 2015, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The Obama administration says it’s strengthening privacy protections for consumers on the government’s health insurance website ahead of a new sign-up season starting Nov. 1. In a blog Friday, HealthCare.gov CEO Kevin Counihan says the web page will have a new ‘privacy manager’ that lets consumers opt out of embedded connections to third-party advertising, analytics and social media sites. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare premiums to increase 7.5 percent on midrange plans

Consumers seeking 2016 coverage on the federal Obamacare exchange will see an average premium increase of 7.5 percent on vital mid-tier plans, the administration said Monday in an enrollment-season preview that shows a bigger bump in prices than last year, as insurers get a feel for the new marketplace. Published October 26, 2015

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Another Obamacare suit wends its way to Supreme Court

Obamacare opponents are asking the Supreme Court, once again, to invalidate the massive health overhaul, pushing an appeal that says Congress violated the Constitution's "origination clause" requiring the House to kickstart revenue-raising bills. Published October 26, 2015

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Republican hard-liners circumvent GOP leadership on Ex-Im bank

Many of the same centrist Republicans who complained about conservatives stabbing the GOP in the back on congressional procedures are behind the effort to circumvent their own leaders and force a vote on the divisive Export-Import Bank. Published October 25, 2015

The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington on Oct. 6, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

HHS unveils HealthCare.gov 3.0

The administration on Friday said consumers will find a sleeker, easier-to-use HealthCare.gov when Obamacare's third round of sign-ups begins Nov. 1. Published October 23, 2015

In this Oct. 7, 2015, photo, outgoing House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens at right as House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a new conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner wants out. He really does. But the Ohio House Republican is staying put, for now _ and that could improve the chances for a debt limit increase by early next month to avoid a market-shattering government default and possibly a bipartisan budget deal to head off a government shutdown in December. Conservative hardliners have already forced Boehner to announce he’s leaving and then caused further chaos by blocking the ascension of McCarthy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House votes to gut Obamacare through budget process

The House voted Friday to scrap Obamacare's most unpopular mandates and taxes, putting in motion a plan to dismantle the law through the budget process despite Democratic derision and conservative-driven complaints the bill doesn't go far enough. Published October 23, 2015

Rep. Paul Ryan had been reluctant to give up his role as head of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee and precious weekends with his family, so he demanded support from every wing of the party by Friday. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan officially announces House speaker bid

Congressman Paul Ryan confirmed Thursday he will run for the speaker's gavel, capping a tumultuous week in which every faction of House GOP warmed to the reluctant candidate. Published October 22, 2015

Bonnie Bowman, a supporter of Gov. Gary Herbert's Medicaid plan, joins others at a rally to urge the House to debate the issue, Thursday, March 5, 2015, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Lawmakers in Utah's House of Representatives rejected Gov. Gary Herbert's Medicaid plan Wednesday night and instead pushed forward their own alternative proposal to help some of the state's poor get health insurance. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obamacare still exposed to fraud, double-dipping with Medicaid: GAO

It's still far too easy for undeserving Obamacare enrollees to get taxpayer subsidies on the law's exchanges, and some customers are getting both Medicaid and tax credits under the law, government auditors said Thursday in written testimony to Congress. Published October 22, 2015

Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., speaks at a news conference following a House GOP meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 20, 2015, file photo. Ryan may or may not become the next speaker of the House. He’s already become an unlikely spokesman for balancing family life with work. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Paul Ryan set to wrap up key endorsements

Each wing of the House GOP has backed congressman Paul Ryan to become the next speaker, putting the young party star on a glide path toward filling Congress's top constitutional post so long as he fully commits to the race. Published October 22, 2015

Several members of the House Freedom Caucus had raised concerns about Rep. Paul Ryan. But after meeting behind closed doors Wednesday night the lawmakers emerged to say they would support him in his speaker bid. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan wins House Freedom Caucus support in speaker bid

Rep. Paul Ryan won over most of the members of a key conservative caucus Wednesday night as he tried to stitch together enough support to become the next House speaker, amid ongoing concerns about his list of demands and worries that his need to be drafted into the job does not bode well for someone filling Congress' top constitutional post. Published October 21, 2015

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Free-market group to Republican Export-Import Bank opponents: Thank you

A conservative group is thanking House Republicans who spurned a bid by centrist GOP members and nearly all Democrats to force a vote to revive the Export-Import Bank, an obscure credit agency that is slowly dying off amid conservative complains it handed out "corporate welfare" for far too long. Published October 21, 2015

Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., speaks at a news conference following a House Republican meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ryan told GOP lawmakers that he will run for speaker, but only if they embrace him by week's end as their consensus candidate, an ambitious bid to impose unity on a disordered and divided House. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Paul Ryan’s demands include ‘non-starter’

An influential Republican conservative said at least one of Rep. Paul Ryan's demands for becoming House speaker is a "non-starter" as the GOP gathered Wednesday morning to figure out if enough members can unite behind the young star. Published October 21, 2015