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Three Republican congressmen introduced a resolution Friday calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to recuse himself from the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Republican Reps.
President Donald Trump says he hopes to sign a bill to overhaul the United States tax code by the end of the year. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act plan introduced this week by House Republicans cuts the number of tax brackets from seven to four; cuts the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent; and phases out the estate tax.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is encouraging members of Congress to complete sexual harassment training and require such training for their staffs. Ryan calls reports of sexual harassment by public figures "deeply disturbing" and said Congress "can and should lead by example" to combat harassment.
Rep. Steve Chabot's campaign has paid his son-in-law's company more than $150,000 for website design and other services over the last six years. WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Chabot's campaign has paid his son-in-law's company more than $150,000 for website design and other Internet services since 2011.
DES PLAINES, Ill. The Emergency Nurses Association applauds the House of Representatives for passing the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act yesterday.
I wasn't terribly surprised when we reported a few weeks ago that Mississippi Senate candidate Roy Moore is tied to the 'League of the South', the pro-Southern secession/slavery apologism group that wants to lead the South in a second rebellion against the federal government in order to found a 'white Christian republic.' But I confess I was a bit surprised that Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who is currently the leading Republican candidate to succeed Sen. Bob Corker, does too.
President Donald Trump holds an example of what a new tax form may look like during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Washington, with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, right. less President Donald Trump holds an example of what a new tax form may look like during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in ... more WASHINGTON - The House Republican tax bill is meant to send trillions in corporate profits overseas pouring back home and, in the process, give the U.S. economy a healthy boost.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election jumped forward this week with a 12-count indictment against two former campaign advisers to President Donald Trump and a guilty plea from another adviser. Several congressional committees are also investigating the meddling, and whether there is any link to Trump's campaign.
Mayoral candidate Joyce Craig said Mayor Ted Gatsas should have made sure officials disclosed the 2015 rape of a West High School student, while Gatsas called comments on the issue the "lowest... Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan unveil legislation to overhaul the tax code on Capitol Hill ... (more)
After a day of partisan bickering over whether the Republicans' sweeping tax plan would truly help the middle class, a key House panel on Monday approved late changes. Lawmakers restored the tax exemption for employees receiving child care benefits from their companies, but also put new requirements on a tax credit used by working people of modest means.
With fanfare and a White House kickoff, House Republicans unfurled a broad tax-overhaul plan Thursday that would touch virtually all Americans and the economy's every corner, mingling sharply lower rates for corporations and reduced personal taxes for many with fewer deductions for home-buyers and families with steep medical bills. The measure, which would be the most extensive rewrite of the nation's tax code in three decades, is the product of a party that faces increasing pressure to produce a marquee legislative victory of some sort before next year's elections.
The Trump administration announced Thursday it will hold a public hearing in West Virginia on its plan to nullify an Obama-era plan to limit planet-warming carbon emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency will take comments on its proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan in Charleston, the state capital, on Nov. 28 and 29. "The EPA is headed to the heart of coal country to hear from those most impacted by the CPP and get their comments on the proposed repeal rule," No other public hearings have yet been scheduled.
A man sitting on a bench at Neptune Park on St. Simons Island in 1992 was perfectly framed by two palm trees as a shrimp boat passed. A man sitting on a bench at Neptune Park on St. Simons Island in 1992 was perfectly framed by two palm trees as a shrimp boat passed.
Don Lemon has put a stop to President Donald Trump's surrogates spouting debunked stories and conspiracy theories on his show. CNN has begun their ad campaign explaining that someone can call an apple a banana as much as they want, but that doesn't mean it will suddenly become one.
Gov. Nathan Deal spoke Thursday at the 2017 Georgia Governor's Tourism Conference on Jekyll Island. He said more than 450,000 jobs across the state were somehow tied to tourism in 2016.
Senate Democrats have called on Jeff Sessions to clarify just how much he knew about attempts by the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, following revelations that the attorney general was previously in a meeting with former Trump campaign aide-turned special counsel cooperator George Papadopoulos. Sen. Al Franken demanded that Sessions clarify his past statements and Sen. Patrick Leahy has asked the attorney general to once again appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee following the indictments this week of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his longtime associate Rick Gates as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
House Republicans have stressed that the tax plan they unveiled Thursday is tailored to benefit America's middle class. Just how much it would remains uncertain based on the details that have been provided so far.
U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam praised the new Republican tax plan -- estimated to cost trillions over a decade and be the biggest change to the tax code in years -- as tax relief for middle-income families and an opportunity for businesses to expand. Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, chairs the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy and was one of the authors of the plan.