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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.
But those people cautioned that Trump often talks about making staff changes without following through.
It has now left Republicans without a foundation for a viable alternative.
give him a sort of white knight status among millions of Americans who believe in the rule of law and value an independent judicial system, which means the person in charge of the Justice Department should
Pelosi said the underlying bill is not the problem, but argued that a bill authorizing intelligence spending should be considered under regular order.
Senate appropriators’ forthcoming Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2018, which will contain tens of billions of dollars less than the House’s measure, should be taken seriously, but not literally.
That’s why Tax March concluded it is “important to offer White House staff a way to obtain gateway legal advice without going broke, particularly if they are worried about the legal jeopardy their
in Congress has historically meant the leadership does not make members cast “tough” votes for no lasting reason — especially when defeat seems guaranteed, so going on the record can do harm back home without
Inhofe would likely be in line to pick up some of McCain’s work overseeing floor debate on the defense bill, should the Senate go forward without him in the chamber.
Those magical weeks in New Hampshire and South Carolina — witnessing the birth of the Straight Talk Express — should not be lost amid the torrent of well-deserved appreciations as McCain battles