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She reached a decision after participating in a demonstration outside Yoder’s office in Overland Park, Kansas, to protest his vote for the bill.</p> “And I held up a sign that said, ‘Stand up!
Capitol,” Van Hollen said in a February statement announcing the bill.
</p> “I heard this loud ‘Blam,’” Brooks said. “I thought it was a car backfiring or something.” </p> The gunman, later identified as James T.
</p> “I want the game to go on. We cannot cower in the corner,” said Ohio Rep. Bill Johnson, who is on the Republican team but had left practice before the shooting occurred.
</p> “He said, ‘American people deserve time to read this and every member of Congress ought to commit to reading the bill.’
Senate — with Russia hearings, Attorney General Sessions testifying, and what appears to be the secretive drafting of a health care bill,” Klobuchar said. “We have to preserve freedom of the press.”
</p> McSally may also be recognizing that a more nationalized midterm environment could harm Republicans running for re-election next year.
</p> The 6th District has been a top target for Democrats this decade.
</p> But perhaps more striking were the ideas the Freedom Caucus members made clear they were not pushing — a revenue neutral bill and the inclusion of the border adjustment tax, both linchpins of leadership
Nearly half of the presidential-year voters surveyed expressed concern about Republicans supporting the GOP health care bill; only 35 percent had concerns about Republicans opposing an independent investigation
</p> GOP leaders such as Speaker Paul D.
phaseout of the Medicaid expansion than the House-passed bill set out.
</p> Time will tell. For now, here’s the week in photos:</p>Sens.
</p> The chamber’s counterpart legislation to the House-passed bill to repeal and replace the 2010 health law could include up to $30 billion in funding to help the shaky individual insurance exchange
</p> Provisions The bill would repeal many key parts of Dodd-Frank: </p> The Volcker rule that bars federally insured commercial banks from trading with depositors money; The mechanism, known as the
“I just want them to pass a bill. … I’m really not expecting massive changes because of the reconciliation rules.”
In one of the most highly watched congressional hearings since the days of Watergate and the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, former FBI Director James B.
</p> The most laughter probably erupted during what was really a rather serious exchange between Comey and Maine Sen. Angus King.
</p> That’s changed, as “Medicare for All” has especially energized the Democratic base, against objections from party leadership.</p> The affinities aren’t lost on Sanders.
</p> “We’re going to try,” McCain said when asked whether he planned to offer the Russia sanctions measure as an amendment to the Iran bill.