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</p> But beyond the numbers, if you really want to see the difference it makes to have women from both parties at the table when legislation is drafted, look no further than the bill introduced last week
</p> Instead, the bill would keep the government open through Feb. 16, extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program for six years, and delay some Obamacare taxes that also help pay for the health insurance
</p> Would that the rest of the country and the world could do the same. </p>No bill of love In the case of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard J.
In the movie, Bill Murray wakes up every morning at 6 a.m. as the clock radio blares Sonny and Cher singing “I Got You Babe.”
</p> Watch: Trump’s 2018 Legislative Agenda is Already Slipping</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Covering his bases?
</p> Watch: Hastings Responds to Trump Shutdown Tweet — Put it ‘Under His Pillow’</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Less is more?
</p> Rather than run on their remarkably positive record, their message to voters was, to paraphrase the ad campaign, “Don’t reward Bill Clinton for his bad behavior. Vote Republican.”
</p> Watch: Welcome Back, Now Hurry: Congress’ Top Priorities for January</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Meanwhile, the Senate Banking Committee is moving a bill to fine-tune some provisions of the Dodd-Frank
The 2017 tax bill enactment has left some of us who follow the federal budget wondering whether we are headed the way of Kansas.
But the recently-passed Republican tax reform bill has the potential to move the party’s negative numbers if the personal economic outcomes live up to the bill’s promises.
</p> OK, back to reality.</p> Hovering over the winter legislative showdowns is the question of how the Democrats will use their considerable leverage in Congress.
</p>Who loses, who wins Democrats see a bill that disproportionately helps corporations and the wealthy, with no guarantee the benefits will trickle down.
</p> Q: But isn’t $930 tax saving enough to win a voter’s gratitude?</p> A: That is the biggest political question hovering over the tax bill.
</p> So, who’s right?</p> Time will tell. If the economy takes off after the tax bill goes into effect next year and voters see bigger paychecks and more jobs, Republicans will win the argument.
Bill Nelson of Florida will be the only two Democrats to represent states in a deep red swath of the Deep South from Texas to North Carolina.
</p> <p style="text-align: center;">***</p> Politics are rarely that predictable.
</p> Watch: So Special: 4 More Special Elections on the Way, So Far</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Alabama was so reliably Republican that the networks (to save money) did not even bother to conduct an exit
</p> We heard these stakeholders loud and clear.
possible “wish list,” largely focused on using the debt limit to reinstall fiscal discipline in Congress (after possibly adding more than $1 trillion to the country’s $20 trillion debt burden with their tax bill
</p> Just dip into year-end shenanigans: a controversial tax bill passed quickly in the Senate, a looming government shutdown dependent on a budget that will need a nod from at least some Democrats, the