Coming With Knives

Vice President-elect Mike Pence, left, is welcomed before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, by, from second from left, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., House Majority Leader Ke... Vice President-elect Mike Pence, left, is welcomed before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, by, from second from left, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. following a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

“We’re trying to make sure we’re weeding out those with upward mobility. It’s very crucial that this has some teeth to it, because what you don’t want is for the money to be rationed out among a larger amount of people.” Republican Study Committee Chair Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) on his faction’s efforts to impose a work requirement on Medicaid as part of the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare.

As today’s feature piece by Tierney Sneed suggests, much of what Republicans are calling Obamacare repeal is actually turning out to be an effort to gut Medicaid.

Latest Editors' Blog
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Associate Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: