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House GOP to Stick With Partisan Strategy on Taxes
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Tuesday that the strategy is not working on health care.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Tuesday that the strategy is not working on health care.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, however, struck a different tone. “The door to bipartisanship is open right now,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
If the Senate does draft a budget, it’s unlikely to mirror the House plan.
The measure’s advocates describe it as a “baby step,” but if the Senate also adopts the proposal, it would nonetheless amount to the biggest step Congress has taken since the aftermath of the 9/11
That doesn’t mean Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or other Republican leaders will disavow the president or initiate impeachment proceedings anytime soon.
By CHRIS HALE, BILL CLARK and TOM WILLIAMS California Democrat Jimmy Gomez became the newest member of the House on Tuesday after being officially sworn in by Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
During a GOP conference meeting Friday, House leaders (minus Speaker Paul D.
With Senate staffers getting a shorter August recess this year, the Senate Wellness Fair might be coming at a good time.
House leaders remain in discussions about the schedule, Speaker Paul D.
Senate Armed Services Committee member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called Trump’s G-20 one-on-one with Putin “disastrous,” and and has warned Trump has a “blind spot” when it comes to Russia.
In 2007, Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House. Every state but Mississippi and Vermont has been represented by a woman.
The chairmen of the House and Senate tax-writing committees on Tuesday declined to commit to releasing their unified tax overhaul plan by the end of the month after a key White House official a day earlier
By now, you’ve probably heard that Speaker Paul Ryan is taking heat because a female reporter was kicked out of the area adjacent to the House floor — the Speaker’s Lobby — when her outfit didn’t
Chaffetz Goes to Washington While rising rapidly to a term as chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and during a few weeks running for speaker in 2015, he became a prominent champion
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)MAY 18: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., holds his weekly news conference in the Capitol.
A widening fracas over offsets leaves House Republican leaders with tough choices as they try to settle on the scope of tax cuts and revenue-raising items in a package they are negotiating with their Senate
A pair of enforcement bills targeting “sanctuary” cities and undocumented immigrants with prior deportations easily passed the House on Thursday, but they face an uphill climb in the Senate.
Ralph Norman, R-S.C., waits for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., to conduct his ceremonial swearing in at the Capitol on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.
But one key lawmaker is frustrated by the demands from Senate Democrats that he says has slowed down the process.