Politics · 115th Congress
7 Ways Trump’s Arizona Speech Complicates Congress’ Fall Agenda
Here are seven ways in just that one speech that Trump said things that don’t bode well for his ability to work with Congress: 1.
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Politics · 115th Congress
Congress Set for Horse-Trading Over Must-Pass Bills in September
larger overhaul of the flood insurance program could get bogged down amid disagreements over a GOP proposal to allow more private insurers to provide coverage options and a Democratic proposal to add $1
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Question for Congress, What Did You Do During the Trump Reign of Error?
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Republican regrets The GOP has to be lamenting their Faustian bargain with the bilious billionaire who took over their party.
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump: Senate Republicans ‘Look Like Fools’
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; The majority leader made his stance clear in April. A McConnell spokesman on Saturday said his views have not changed.
Politics · 115th Congress
Mo Brooks: ‘If I Were Mitch McConnell, I Would Resign’
, I would resign and let somebody else see if they can provide the kind of leadership necessary.” pic.twitter.com/2Zj9xHUlqn — FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) July 28, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1;
Politics · 115th Congress
Brooks Touts Steady Stance on Guns Despite Being Shot at
— Brett Horton (@bretthhorton) July 24, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; A spokesperson for Scalise criticized the ad, telling Alex Moe of NBC News “I guess some people have their own ideas
Politics · 115th Congress
James Hodgkinson Had Been Frequent Critic of GOP
SenatorDurbin to support @SenJeffMerkley‘s filibuster of @realDonaldTrump‘s right-wing #SCOTUS nominee. h/t @BoldProgressive — James Hodgkinson (@JTHInspections) April 5, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1;
Policy · 115th Congress
Senate Rules Might Still Trip Health Care Bill
Deficit reduction issues The instructions for the current process, detailed in the fiscal 2017 budget resolution passed by Congress at the start of the year, mandates that both HELP and Finance achieve $1
Politics · 115th Congress
No Summer Job? Hill Turns to Make-Work Budgeting
David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: How Appropriations is Supposed to Work [jwp-video n=”1″] Instead, the roiling internal discord over the spending level has produced opening bids as far as $100
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: If Trump Wanted ‘Fast and Easy,’ He’s in the Wrong Job
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Not a monarchy Unlike monarchies, where the whims of kings dictated a country’s course, or pure democracies, which the Founders
Politics · 115th Congress
Annual Capitol Insiders Survey: The Trump Effect
Nearly 1 out of 5 said they’d vote for Clinton.
Politics · 115th Congress
With End in Sight for Omnibus, Dissonance Takes Over
comments in the morning that the omnibus was a win for conservatives, even as that flank of the party was signaling its displeasure with the catch-all wrap-up bill for the fiscal year that started on Oct. 1.
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Wants September Shutdown to Kill Legislative Filibuster
Trump made the stunning call a day after his White House and congressional GOP leaders struggled to counter Democratic claims of victory over a $1 trillion fiscal 2017 spending measure that is expected
Politics · 115th Congress
Analysis: Defensive White House Insists ‘We Are Competent’
He was describing the message sent to the American people by a $1 trillion spending pact President Donald Trump and his team say they worked out with congressional Republicans and Democrats.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump Is Paying Back Corporations by Wiping Out Regulations
The GOP’s corporate donors want to kill these and other protections, and they spent more than $1 billion to get their way in Congress, a recent Public Citizen report showed.
Opinion: Would Trump Nuke Congressional Budget Rules?
That is, unless the president can somehow convince Mexico to pay for a $1 trillion investment in upgrading America's infrastructure, including those now famous median dividers on the Van Wyck.
Video · 115th Congress
On Nuclear Option, McConnell in 2017 Sounds a Lot Like Reid in 2013
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deployed the “nuclear option” on Supreme Court nominees Thursday morning, his rhetoric may have sounded
Politics · 115th Congress
Tense Senate Confirms Gorsuch to Supreme Court
Updated 1:41 p.m. | The Senate confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch as the next Supreme Court justice on Friday on a mostly party-line vote, 54-45.
Video · 115th Congress
Going ‘Nuclear’: Watch the Senate Change its Rules for Supreme Court Nominees
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] To ensure clearance of the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in face of a Democratic filibuster, the Senate voted on Thursday to
Video · 115th Congress
Here’s What Merkley’s Overnight Senate Speech Was About
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] Democratic Sen.