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Republican leaders are already signaling a compromise on plans to erase a nearly $2 trillion break for state and local taxes, backing down in the face of fierce criticism from Democrats and some blue-state Republicans whose constituents would suffer. It marks the first retreat on the tax reform framework that Republican leaders released last week, but a compromise could quell the furor among party holdouts whose support will be critical to a final deal.
An anti-abortion congressman asked a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair to get an abortion when he thought she might be pregnant, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it obtained text messages between Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania and Shannon Edwards.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya during a 2016 trip to Moscow, a previously undisclosed tAate-A -tAate that sheds additional light on the extent to which Moscow-based political operatives sought to influence American officials in the run-up to last year's presidential election. with a pro-Russian Crimean news service, Veselnitskaya said she met with Rohrabacher - a California Republican and arguably the most prominent advocate in Congress for closer relations between Washington and Moscow - in April 2016 to discuss issues surrounding the Magnitsky Act, the punitive American sanctions measure responding to Russian human rights abuses that she has lobbied against.
Former chairman and CEO of Equifax Richard F. Smith, scratches his head as he testifies before the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) less Former chairman and CEO of Equifax Richard F. Smith, scratches his head as he testifies before the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill in ... more Former chairman and CEO of Equifax Richard F. Smith pauses as he testifies before the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017.
The SIU testified today at a hearing conducted by the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. The oral statement of SIU Political and Legislative Director Brian Schoeneman appears below.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is in Alabama to campaign for Democrat Doug Jones in the race to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat. It's been two decades since a Democrat held an Alabama Senate seat, but some national Democrats see hope.
The Kansas Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling Monday instructing Kansas lawmakers to adopt a more reasonable strategy for increased funding of K-12 public school districts and to prove its plan complies with the state constitution. The Supreme Court declared lawmakers' current funding plan unconstitutional and gave the Kansas Legislature until next year to once and for all solve persistent problems with allocation of state aid to public education.
Insurance coverage for more than 390,000 Texas children and pregnant women is in jeopardy after Congress failed to renew authorization for a federal program. Congressional authorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides low-cost health insurance for children from low- and middle-income families, expires Sept.
Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed to influence their political behavior, say people familiar with the investigation into foreign meddling in the U.S. election. The tactic resembles what American businesses and political campaigns have been doing in recent years to deliver messages to potentially interested people online.
Trump administration allows more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons. Trump administration allows more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons.
Wisconsin Republicans have two credible and likely well-funded candidates vying to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin. But strategists are keeping their eyes on at least one other possible competitor.
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Arizona radio talk show host and Power Line friend Seth Leibsohn has decided to run for Congress in Arizona's 9th district. The Democratic incumbent, Krysten Sinema, is stepping down to run against Jeff Flake for the Senate, so it is an open seat.
In this July 18, 2017 file photo, Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, third from left, lead justices to their seats to hear arguments on a school funding case before the Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka, Kan. The Court ruled Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, that legislators did not increase spending on the state's public schools enough this year, hinting in its opinion that lawmakers fell hundreds of millions of dollars short a year of providing a suitable education for every child.
Republicans praised Pai ahead of the vote as someone who promoted market-based, pro-growth policy decisions who improved openness and transparency in the FCC. Trump named Pai as chairman of the FCC in January, and renominated him to a new five-year term in March.
Casey Wooten and Alex Rogers join Adam Wollner to discuss congressional Republicans moving on to tax reform after failing to repeal Obamacare. Josh Kraushaar also stops by to break down what Roy Moore's victory in the Alabama GOP Senate primary and Sen. Bob Corker's retirement mean for the direction of the Republican Party.
The CIA is advising caution on "jumping to conclusions" after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the Las Vegas shooting. Agency spokesman Jonathan Liu says U.S. intelligence agencies are aware of the claim of responsibility.
After months of speculation a group of Republican leaders referred to as the "Big Six" this week released a nine-page summary of tax reform objectives titled the "Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code." The framework includes broad descriptions of objectives and does not contain detailed or specific proposals.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner sold out conservatives in this state on September 28 when he signed the controversial HB 40, which guarantees that abortion will remain available and legal in the state of Illinois.
Intellectual Property practitioners from across the world will join together with their peers in the creative and legal communities at the American Intellectual Property Law Association's 2017 Annual Meeting. AIPLA's Annual Meeting, which gathers thought-leaders from all areas of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law, expects hundreds of attendees to descend upon Washington, DC this fall.