Politics · 115th Congress
Lobbyists Don’t Get Business Boom With Trump
Congress imposed a ban on earmarks in 2011.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: If Trump Wanted ‘Fast and Easy,’ He’s in the Wrong Job
It even took Trump two years to renovate the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. Surely he can give health care and tax reform at least that long.
Policy · 115th Congress
House Appropriators Float 12-Bill Omnibus Before Recess
President Donald Trump unveiled his full budget proposal on Tuesday, and neither chamber has written a budget resolution yet that would set topline spending levels for the next fiscal year and give appropriators
Politics · 115th Congress
Annual Capitol Insiders Survey: The Trump Effect
Republicans then changed the rules, permitting a simple majority of voting senators to confirm.
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Politics · 115th Congress
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
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Politics · 115th Congress
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
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Politics · 115th Congress
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
Politics · 115th Congress
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!.”
Politics · 115th Congress
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
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: An Opening for Reform
Trump ran on draining the swamp. So did Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Policy · 115th Congress
Five Questions Key to Passage of the GOP’s Tax Overhaul
President Donald Trump put the pressure on congressional Republicans last week to fall in line or advance an alternative on a tax overhaul by releasing a list of his tax principles.
Politics · 115th Congress
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.
Politics · 115th Congress
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