Politics · 115th Congress
Lobbyists Don’t Get Business Boom With Trump
Congress imposed a ban on earmarks in 2011.
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Politics · 115th Congress
Annual Capitol Insiders Survey: The Trump Effect
Republicans then changed the rules, permitting a simple majority of voting senators to confirm.
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Tax Overhaul Challenges Unified Republican Government
But the major divisions between the two chambers and the White House could impede progress on President Donald Trump and Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s top domestic policy priority.
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Supreme Court Affirms Ban on ‘Soft Money’ in Campaigns
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the so-called soft money ban on state and local parties, prompting opponents of the restriction to turn their pleas for repeal to Congress.
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Lawmakers Greet Mueller Appointment With Relief
Key committees in both chambers on Wednesday pressed the administration for documentation on communication between President Donald Trump and Comey, who has been asked to testify before Congress.
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Congressional Review Act Gets a Workout
It’s a record President Donald Trump and his administration are proud to tout as he and the Republican-led Congress have eliminated rules involving internet privacy, funding of groups like Planned
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For Freedom Caucus, No Place Like Home
President Donald Trump taunted the caucus on Twitter, threatening to work against Meadows and others in 2018 if they didn’t get on board.
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Feinstein: End EB-5 Visa Program to Avoid Kushner Conflict
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday Congress should end a contentious “citizenship-for-sale” visa program in order to eliminate a potential conflict of interest for Jared Kushner
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House Schedules Vote on Health Care Bill
Before the Thursday vote on passage of the bill, those two amendments will be debated late Wednesday night by the Rules Committee, McCarthy said.
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With End in Sight for Omnibus, Dissonance Takes Over
On a day Congress could have spent singing the praises of a bipartisan agreement to wrap up the long-overdue fiscal 2017 spending process, seemingly everyone — from Capitol Hill to the White House — found
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Trump Wants September Shutdown to Kill Legislative Filibuster
Trump tweeted “We….either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51%. Our country needs a good ‘shutdown’ in September to fix mess!.”
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GOP Senators Tell Pence They Aren’t Changing Filibuster
Alexander cited bipartisan negotiations he led last Congress on reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and on medical research funding as examples of where the Senate’s role worked
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Even GOP Whip Team Undecided on Health Care
While the official whip count has not been shared with him, he said his three decades of experience in Congress helped him read the pulse of the conference.
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Omnibus Agreement Details $1 Trillion in FY 2017 Spending
Congress will need to clear the spending package before current appropriations under a continuing resolution expire at midnight on Friday.
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White House: Final Health Care Deal Unlikely This Week
Then comes time for all members to have ample opportunity to read the bill and a Rules Committee meeting to set the terms of floor action.
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Syria, Trump and Congress’ Ever-Eroding War Powers
Syria aftermath The day after the U.S. missile strike on Syria, members of Congress emerged from a closed-door, classified briefing about the Trump administration’s actions with little to report
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Rising Stars 2017: Administration Staffers
Some of the names are familiar, others have recently burst on the scene. They include members of Congress, congressional and administration staffers, and advocates.
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Will He or Won’t He? Hatch Keeps Utah in Suspense
But one unexpected development has been as a major factor in Hatch’s possible change of heart: Donald Trump in the White House.
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Freedom Caucus Member’s Book Slams Money-Obsessed Politicians
“Paul is much more focused on policy than power,” Buck said Thursday in an interview, hours after discussing the book and life in Congress at a Heritage Foundation event.
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Senate Intelligence Leaders Stress Bipartisanship in Russia Probe
Before reporters began peppering the leaders of the Senate panel with questions, the chairman laid down some ground rules.