After attending three straight Republican national conventions, House Majority Leader Brad Jones does not plan to visit Cleveland next week for the 2016 convention, and he's not alone among GOP lawmakers.
Only three of the 34 House Republicans plan to attend the convention and none of the Senate's six Republicans plan to be there, aides told the News Service when asked about attendance plans. Rep. Geoff Diehl of Whitman, who has been actively supporting Donald Trump's campaign, plans to attend, as well as Reps. Paul Frost of Auburn and Keiko Orrall of Lakeville, who will take over for Chanel Prunier as one of the state's two Republican National Committee members after the convention.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In another nod to primary rival Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton is proposing to increase federal money for community health centers and outlining steps to expand access to health care across the nation.
Clinton's campaign says the proposal is part of her plan to provide universal health care coverage in the United States. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also is reaffirming her support for a public-option insurance plan and for expanding Medicare by letting people age 55 year and older opt in.
