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2018 Republican Agenda Not What Lawmakers Envisioned
</p> But intraparty dynamics are also at play.
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</p> But intraparty dynamics are also at play.
</p> GOP leaders appear as stuck on negotiations over a fiscal 2018 spending bill as they were before the government shutdown last month.
</p> Watch: Trump Touts Party Unity, Year One Accomplishments in Speech to GOP Retreat</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> House Republicans, more than half of whom favor a bill by House Judiciary Chairman Robert
</p> The previous night, President Donald Trump stayed on track during his first State of the Union address in the House chamber. </p> Here’s the entire week in photos:</p>From left, Reps.
</p> Speaker Paul D.
</p> “I know that the Senate is planning to bring an immigration bill to the floor in the coming weeks, and I am asking today that the framework we submitted be the bill that the Senate votes on,” the
</p> Congress has yet to pass a long-term spending bill for fiscal year 2018, relying on a series of short-term continuing resolutions to keep the government open.
</p> Watch: Schumer, Pelosi Slam GOP Tax Bill</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> A markup of the tax legislation in the Senate Finance Committee became little more than a public spectacle as Republican-only negotiations
NOT ONE DEM VOTED FOR OUR TAX CUT BILL! Need more Republicans in ‘18.” </p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Heading to beautiful West Virginia to be with great members of the Republican Party.
</p> “I know that the Senate is planning to bring an immigration bill to the floor in the coming weeks, and I am asking today that the framework we submitted be the bill that the Senate votes on.”
But funding within the bill — possibly upwards of a quarter of the total money — are also expected to be directed specifically to those regions that can’t bring in enough outside capital to pay for certain
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)Starting Gate He’s Fre! Frelinghuysen was, until recently, a relatively obscure member.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The rush to the exits continues seemingly unabated. Earlier this week, it was Rep.
</p> Community health centers receive about 70 percent of their federal funds from mandatory spending that the third stopgap bill, enacted in December, would only provide through March, which Schumer said
</p> [Critics Point to Problems With Sexual Harassment Bill]</p> The website grew from an evening meeting in January at a nondescript Washington, D.C., office building.
</p> </p> Trump touted the tax bill passed by Congress in December, mentioning it more than other domestic issues such as police, education or even plans for an infrastructure overhaul.
</p> But time is short.</p> “We’re just waiting on [Senate Minority Leader Charles E.
</p> Here’s the entire day in photos:</p>The statue of Thomas Edison stands in the foreground as technicians set up lighting in Statuary Hall in preparation for President Donald Trumps’ first State of
</p> Most Democrats are expected to oppose the bill, saying it is a GOP ploy to increase security spending at the expense of domestic priorities. </p> Only two Democrats, Reps.
</p> “It’s the economy, stupid,” he said that day, borrowing a line coined by former Bill Clinton aide James Carville.