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McCain said in the radio interview that the Trump administration should immediately engage with China following the reports that the North Korean military now has a miniaturized nuclear device that
“It should be concerning to citizens that the cornerstone, the keystone of our democracy may not have the capacity to do its job as effectively as we need it to,” she said.
Meanwhile, CQ Roll Call has learned that behind the scenes, some Senate Republicans have been discussing various options for raising the debt limit in recent weeks, without coming to a public conclusion
But the realities of the Senate suggest the president and his team should tread lightly on the topic.
The history of Congress is full of achievements that never could have happened without collaborations among congressmen and senators who almost always disagreed with each other, but found a way to work
Trump tweeted Monday that the 2010 health care law is “hurting people,” and insurance companies and lawmakers should share in that pain.
“If they’re going to draft a bill in the backroom and expect me to jump on board without giving input, I’m not wired that way,” Tester said. “You’ve got to have a process of regular order.”
Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker, R-N.C., suggested there should be some kind of consequences.
Of course, the GOP boss was suddenly without any motive to do his longtime frenemy a favor, after his stunning and decisive vote against the health care bill.
The decision to proceed without the BAT leaves two big questions: How will the overhaul plan discourage U.S. companies from moving operations offshore in search of lower taxes and how will tax writers
That statement suggests that Ryan is trying to prevent his members from having to take another difficult vote on a health care overhaul without assurances the Senate can pass the plan.
The Senate should “reject efforts to amend the bill into a ‘skinny repeal,’ which is expected to accelerate health plans leaving the individual market, increase premiums, and result in fewer Americans
Kansas Republican Jerry Moran, who was one of the senators who came out against the broader Senate health care bill, told Roll Call he is concerned about entering a conference without a real Senate
Senate rules requiring 60 votes to approve spending and other major pieces of legislation should be jettisoned, Brooks said.
p> “What it means is whatever political party comes up on the short end of an election is going to immediately file a challenge because, ‘It’s not fair, we didn’t get the number of seats we think we should
“He should not have recused himself” from the Justice Department’s Russia election investigation “almost immediately after he took office.”
Just over two years after revelations of serious safety issues shook the NIH, internal disagreements over the federal standards that should govern how research is conducted at the agency threaten
Even without criminal penalties, violators could face $250,000 or more in civil fines. The anti-boycott act is a rare bipartisan effort in 2017, with GOP Sen.
Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement they were “willing to accommodate” Manafort’s requests to cooperate with the committee’s investigation without appearing
Without the estimate from the nonpartisan budget office, amendments are unlikely to be allowed to pass with only 50 votes and a tie-breaking vote from Pence.