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VIDEO: President Pivots Toward Democrats on Tax Bill — But It’s a Longshot [jwp-video n=”1″] Asked if the president is endorsing the Graham-Cassidy bill, Short replied: “The president continues
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; That tweet came a day after Ryan had pushed back on Trump’s since-taken back threat to shut down the government unless he gets
A Grijalva amendment that would have cut the Interior Department’s Office of the Secretary funding by $1 million and increase the EPA’s budget by the same amount was also rejected, along with another that
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; …never allow the Republicans to pass even great legislation. 8 Dems control – will rarely get 60
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1;
A slow start At the top of the list of problems is serial underfunding by lawmakers compared to what the Census Bureau says it needs to adequately prepare for the next census starting April 1, 2020
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; “I love the president’s passion on this.
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; [Podcast: How the GOP Congress Could Help ‘Dreamers’ Now] The tweet comes a day after Pelosi met with Trump at the White
President Donald Trump appeared to throw a lifeline Tuesday night to nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants, just hours after signaling his administration planned to deport them.
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; The real surprise came as Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement rescinding DACA, when Sessions made one of the
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Before the leaders headed to the executive mansion, they floated proposals for dealing with some of those issues and clinically
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Some of his top aides have for months urged Trump to nix deportation relief and work permits for around 800,000 people enrolled
Fall House Forecast [jwp-video n=”1″] House Republicans understand the omnibus has no chance of passing the Senate, where some Democratic support is needed to clear the 60-vote threshold.
[jwp-video n=”1″] If any one of those jobs doesn’t get done, the consequences will be as grim for the country as the mutual recriminations between Trump and Hill Republicans will be clamorous
Fall Senate Forecast [jwp-video n=”1″] Other priorities The first major legislative business is expected to be the fiscal 2018 defense policy bill, which is set to arrive on the floor against
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; After the church service and his refusal to rule out a preemptive attack, Trump announced on Twitter that his plans to meet
Bennett and Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] With several pressing deadlines on the horizon as Congress returns after Labor Day, Roll Call’s White House reporter John T.
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2017 var rcrdTwitter = 1; It’s unclear what the president meant by the term “extortion money.”
Schumer said Democrats have three principles they believe should guide a tax code rewrite: that it cut “not one penny” in taxes for the top 1 percent and not burden the middle class; that it move
One idea that has been floated is attaching a Harvey relief package to a stopgap spending measure next month that likely will be needed to avert a government shutdown at midnight on Oct. 1.