Schumer drops objection to Obama tax plan  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y) — who had pushed hard for letting tax cuts lapse for millionaires at year's end - has agreed to back President Barack Obama's plan to impose hikes on families earning more than $250,000, quashing what might have been an election-year Democratic food fight.

GOP To Make 31st Attempt To Repeal Obamacare Act … The House Rules Committee takes up a bill Monday called the “Repeal of Obamacare Act.”  And just like it says, the bill would wipe away the president's Affordable Care Act.  A vote of the full House is planned for Wednesday.

Perry: TX Won't Implement Key Elements of Health Reform … Texas will not expand Medicaid or establish a health insurance exchange, two major tenets of the federal health reform that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld last month, Gov. Rick Perry said in an early morning announcement.

Lobbying Group Holds ‘White Trash Reception’ On Capitol Hill  —  Washington may seem dead in the Summer, but there is one event happening on Capitol Hill next week that will cause at least a bit of a stir.  The health care lobbying group Strategic Health Care will be holding a “White Trash Reception” on July 19th: