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Rubio and the First Daughter will huddle at the Capitol Tuesday morning with other lawmakers to help push forward a more pro-family tax reform package. Ivanka Trump, a mother of three, has been a strong advocate for policies to help parents.
Among the attendees at Saturday's annual Sidney Chism political picnic were Terry Lynch, County Commissioners Eddie Jones and Van Turner, Karl Schledwitz, Commissioners Willie Brooks and Melvin Burgess, and Assessor candidate Shawn Lynch. Shelby County Assessor Cheyenne Johnson , a Democrat, will not be running for reelection and instead will be supporting the candidacy of Shawn Lynch , a legal adviser in her office and the son of well-known local businessman and civic figure Terry Lynch .
Facing a do-or-die moment to pass health care reform through the Senate, President Donald Trump will have lunch with 13 consequential Republican senators on Tuesday to push repealing Obamacare, according to a White House official. In recent weeks, Trump has stressed the need for Republicans to come together to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law.
The Ontario-based manufacturer of Maglite brand flashlights is supporting a federal bill that would supersede state law preventing the company from using the phrase “Made in the USA.” California law prevents manufacturers from selling products that use the phrase “ Made in the USA ” on the product or in its marketing when any of its components are made outside of the United States. Mag Instrument Inc. used the phrase on its Maglite products in the past, but a lawsuit 10 years ago led the company to stop using it.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee speaks to the Utah House of Representatives at the Utah State Capitol, Feb. 21, 2017, in Salt Lake City. If former FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee next week is anything like memo leaked after his firing, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is "going to have a whole lot of other questions for him," he told ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcast.
As President Donald Trump considers a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey, lawmakers are urging the president to steer clear of appointing any politicians. The advice came Sunday amid more criticism over Trump's dismissal of Comey during an FBI probe of Russia's meddling with last year's election and any ties to the Trump campaign.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a stern warning Sunday about the state of the US government after President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey last week, saying he thinks US institutions are "under assault." "I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally - and that's the big news here is the Russian interference in our election system - and I think as well our institutions are under assault internally," Clapper said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Medicaid doesn't get a lot of attention in the debate over Trumpcare, but it's likely that more people would be affected by Medicaid changes than by any other single part of the bill. However, the Wall Street Journal reports that Senate conservatives still aren't satisfied: Some conservative Senate Republicans, such as [Mike] Lee, want to immediately start phasing back federal money for expansion enrollees, a process that would take 10 years....Conservatives also hope to use a different formula to calculate federal Medicaid funding that would mean less money for states.
Conservative Senate Republicans are weighing faster and steeper cuts to Medicaid that could drop millions of people from coverage and mark the biggest changes to the program in its 52-year history. The plan being pushed by lawmakers such as Mike Lee is likely to face resistance from centrist GOP senators who are already concerned a health-overhaul bill passed by House Republicans would leave too many people uninsured.
In an exclusive interview with NBC's Lester Holt, President Donald Trump claims that he was going to fire former FBI director James Comey regardless of recommendations to do so, claiming responsibility for an action that sparked instant outrage with most Democratic and some Republican lawmakers. Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe says the Russia probe is still ongoing.
Conservative senators are pushing to diminish insurance coverage requirements imposed by President Barack Obama's health care law as Senate Republicans try fashioning legislation overhauling the nation's health care system.
Consider, if you will, Merrick Garland - a one-time distinguished Supreme Court nominee now fated to endlessly be the set-up in a joke whose punchline never arrives. Garland, of course, is best known for being the central figure in one of the Republican-controlled Senate's grandest indignities, the history of which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been desperate to revise .
Susan Collins Collins on all-male healthcare working group: 'The leaders obviously chose the people they want' Collins: 'The Senate is starting from scratch' on healthcare Sunday shows preview: Republicans tout healthcare vote MORE on Sunday brushed off a question about why she is not part of an all-male group of senators working on the Republican bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare. "Well, the leaders obviously chose the people they want," Collins said in a Sunday interview on ABC's "This Week."
The version that narrowly passed the House on Thursday didn't win over many in the Senate, where lawmakers insist they'll come up with their own version. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke to President Donald Trump after the House vote and is now working with roughly a dozen other senators - all male - to write a new bill.
The Republican effort to reshape the nation's health-care system stands on the verge of clearing one major hurdle - and immediately running into an even taller one. If the House passes a GOP plan to repeal and replace key parts of the Affordable Care Act in a vote expected Thursday, the legislation will move over to the Senate, where Republican leaders will have their hands full with political and procedural challenges complicating the chances for final passage.
Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill Monday to nullify the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. "Few areas of our economy have been as dynamic and innovative as the internet," Lee said in a statement.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, meets with reporters and members of the editorial board at the Deseret News and KSL in Salt Lake City, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Lee wants President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking any humanitarian military action.
A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. An attempt by U.S. authorities to identify an anonymous critic of President Donald Trump on Twitter has set off alarm bells among Democratic and Republican lawmakers and civil liberties advocates fearful of a crackdown on dissent.
The U.S. missile strikes Thursday on a Syrian air base were conducted without formal congressional approval. Some questions and answers about how and why presidents can conduct military action without permission from the 535 representatives of the American people.
For strategic reasons, I have signed onto liberal newsletter eblasts, so that I can know what the enemy is doing in my state. After Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the American Health Care Act , every Democratic lawmaker, candidate, and special interest group exulted in their victory: Because Obamacare remains intact, healthcare remains in morbid free-fall.