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Budget Cuts Would Sting in Trump Country
But he did say that his GOP colleagues should discuss the policy with constituents and officials from rural hospitals.
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But he did say that his GOP colleagues should discuss the policy with constituents and officials from rural hospitals.
current House term, and at the finale of an unusually balky resignation process, he offered this as his final legislative proposal: The pay and benefits package for every senator and House member should
“If we look at that and reforming that for the future — and it should be reformed — it saves billions of dollars. I think that’s an easy one.
If he doesn’t, leaving Republicans without Wagner or Hawley, it could be a colossal miscalculation in a prime takeover target.
The fact that Christie is a hypocrite should surprise no one, nor should his response — he refused to apologize for “putting my family first.” Huh?
“I think we should repeal it in its entirety.” Cruz’s comments came during a televised debate with Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who also said he wanted to repeal the law.
“It’s hard to walk away from the gas chambers and ovens without a very sober feeling of commitment — unwavering commitment — to make damn sure that the United States of America is protected from
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The Republican-led Congress isn’t dumb enough to follow his frustrated call for lawmakers to help him repeal the law without a replacement plan attached.
Some Republicans have even floated the idea of temporary tax cuts without any offsets like those enacted under President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2003.
Republican senators left Washington on Thursday for an Independence Day recess that will stretch until July 10 without taking up a leadership-crafted overhaul bill due to lack of support.
But within the next few months those extraordinary measures will run out, and without another extension, the country would face its first default in modern budget times.
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., jumped in to say he’s seen “a lot of this” and said witnesses before the committee should only decline to answer questions if they have a legal reason, such as asserting executive
Both Obama and President Donald Trump engaged in military action the Senate should have first debated and authorized, but never did.
McConnell should not be counted out.
“No budget, no tax reform, and that’s why there should be a sense of urgency to get this done quick,” Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker said, suggesting that still remains a priority
Any Republican anticipating a tough race in either 2018 or 2020 should be rooting hard for legislative ineptitude.
Without a Democrat in the White House to be at the center of the GOP’s ire, Pelosi has already been used in political ads in at least two of this year’s four special elections for Republican-held
The Connecticut Democrat conceded that both sides had used the “nuclear option” to change precedents to eliminate the need for supermajorities on nominations, but legislation should be a different
“This order, properly construed, should really allow for only the narrowest implementation of any part of the ban,” said Omar Jadwat, director of the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights