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Everyone expects Congress to change the Affordable Care Act. But no one know exactly how. The uncertainty has one group of people especially concerned - the homeless. Many of these people received health coverage for the first time under Obamacare. They're worried it will disappear.

Saw this in the paper yesterday. Only $10 dollar SS gifts this year. I guess the budget cuts have to start somewhere! Kudos, Senate?

Interesting article, the pressure from website blackouts seemed to have sent a message to many representatives in Congress. Wait and see what the votes look like next week.

Republicans give in to plan just in time; but will it last?

Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans will require the White House to provide a detailed plan for arming and training Syrian rebels to fight ISIS in exchange for giving it the OK to carry out the mission.

When Congress passed the PATRIOT Act in 2001, it did not intend to authorize the indiscriminate collection of personal information about every American. But that is what Congress will be doing if it renews the law next month without changes aimed at protecting our privacy from an increasingly intrusive national security state.

Leaders in Congress reached a tentative deal last week on a measure that would give Obama the authority to fast-track trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership through Congress without amendments, but that hasn't stopped Congressional Democrats from voicing their skepticism. "On all of the major issues in the negotiations, the negotiating objectives are obsolete or woefully inadequate," Rep.

Obama is still trying to regulate gun control. Getting pass congress is hard. He is shocked that after the Sandy Hook's shooting congress does not agree with him.

Washington (CNN) -- This Congress is going out just the way it began: in complete disarray. Fourteen months after tea party conservatives ignored Republican leaders and forced a two-week government shutdown, another one came close to happening -- this time because liberals were blowing off President Barack Obama's pleas to support a government funding measure.

Last week Georgia's legislature overwhelmingly approved a bill that allows people suffering from certain medical conditions, including epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, to treat their symptoms with cannabis oil that is low in THC but high in cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychoactive compound with considerable medical promise.

Obama is announcing "executive orders" which have the same power as a law, but there are many Republicans who believed that the President should not be able to take actions in this way without getting a law passed through Congress. What do you think?

I believe that this might be a good safety measure but it takes our freedoms further away.

This is a step in the right direction for proper gun regulation but I believe that the president of the United States shouldn't be able to enact this as a law without congress because if he can that is too much power for one person.

"The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the House hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Robert S. Mueller III's unredacted report, hours after President Trump asserted executive privilege to shield the full report and underlying evidence from public view."

"Imagine instead that the House draws inspiration from a parallel clash in the 1920s, during the scandal-ridden administration of Warren G. Harding. As the Teapot Dome affair unfolded, members of Congress suspected that Attorney General Harry Daugherty was personally corrupt and was shielding other members of the administration from justice."

"Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump Wednesday morning, the first member of Congress to officially request leveling charges against the President from the House floor."

"The president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, took a notable stand. He said not only will his company lobby for a legislative solution but also that Microsoft is calling on Congress to make immigration the top priority, before tax reform. And he is calling on other business leaders to follow suit."

"The FCC's vote on net neutrality is scheduled for this Thursday, December 14th. There is still time to tell them why they should reconsider. Go here to share your story of how the repeal of net neutrality rules would personally affect you. And go to www.battleforthenet.com to tell your member of Congress why he or she should call on Chairman Pai to reconsider his plan."