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Category Archives: Republican
Top Senate Republican says he doesn’t see “a comprehensive health care plan this year”
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, joins Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. Sen. Richard Burr said Thursday he doesn't think the Senate will produce a "comprehensive" plan to repeal and replace Obamacare by the end of this year.
Letter: U.S. importance is surely diminished
Sen. John McCain, in a speech to Australia's United States Study Centre on Tuesday, stated that, "The United States remains the most important country on Earth." We must assume he was asserting his own view, rather than another of those "self-evident truths" that our Americans neighbours like to invoke.
Congress must focus on reducing drug costs
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Senate to hear from Comey; Dems raise new Session questions
In this file photo, then-FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Comey, ousted last month amid a federal investigation into connections between Russia and the Trump campaign, is set to testify before Congress next week in a highly anticipated hearing that could shed new light on his private conversations with the president in the weeks before the firing.
Opioid treatment saves lives
In this March 8, 2017 photo, Ashley Gardner, 34, takes a dose of methadone at Counseling Solutions of Chatsworth, Ga. Gardner, a 34-year-old woman, said her addiction started in the seventh grade when she wanted to numb the pain after she was sexually assaulted.
Tell us your story and help preserve tax-exempt municipal bonds
With some Members of Congress talking about removing the tax exemption for municipal bonds as part of larger tax reform measures, the public power community must ensure that lawmakers understand all the benefits that flow from tax-exempt municipal bonds. In 2017, the American Public Power Association has ramped up advocacy efforts to maintain the tax exemption for municipal bonds.
Ohio GOP holds Toledo fund-raiser
The Ohio Republican Party raised money in Lucas County Thursday evening with a fund- raiser at the Inverness Club attended by national Republican Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel and Ohio Republican Chairman Jane Timken. The private event at the exclusive West Toledo club drew some 120 people at ticket prices ranging from $250 to $10,000.
Phil Valentine: McConnell needs to get his act togetherPotomac Fever…
"I don't know how we get to 50," he said, referring to the votes needed to pass repeal and replace. You don't know how you get to 50? Then what in the heck are you doing in charge of the Senate? Potomac Fever is an insidious malady.
House and Senate disagree on much, but agree on using computer model
This graph was derived from a Legislative Finance Division computer model used to analyze different long-term state budget plans. It appeared in a House Finance Committee document in April.
New ‘Blue Lives Matter’ laws raise concerns among activists
Following a spike in deadly attacks on police, more than a dozen states have responded this year with "Blue Lives Matter" laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers, raising concern among some civil rights activists of a potential setback in police-community relations. The new measures build upon existing statutes allowing harsher sentences for people who kill or assault police.
Trump’s budget cuts West Coast quake warning system funding
President Donald Trump's budget proposal would cut federal funding for an earthquake early warning system for California, Oregon and Washington state, a development that seismology experts and some local leaders say would be the end of the project. The system being developed in conjunction with various universities is intended at providing critical seconds of warning when an earthquake has started and potentially dangerous shaking is imminent, allowing time for people to take cover and to slow or halt such things as critical industrial processes and transportation systems.
Boehner: Trump’s term ‘disaster,’ aside from foreign affairs
Former House Speaker John Boehner says that aside from international affairs and foreign policy, President Donald Trump's time in office has so far been a "complete disaster." Speaking at an energy conference Thursday in Houston, Boehner praised Trump for his approach abroad and his aggressiveness in fighting Islamic State militants, according to the energy publication Rigzone.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks at a news conference on…
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 25, 2017.
One Lafayette student’s stint on Capitol Hill
In a flash, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan walked by and touched the arm of Lafayette native Brittany Dupree. That was one moment for the congressional intern One Lafayette student's stint on Capitol Hill In a flash, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan walked by and touched the arm of Lafayette native Brittany Dupree.
Trump’s New ‘Voter Fraud Panel’ Headed By Leading Nativist
Earlier this year U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed millions illegally voted for his rival. There is no eveidence to back that claim.
Oversight chair seeks more FBI documents in Russia probe
The chairman of the U.S. House oversight committee asked the FBI on Thursday to turn over more documents about former FBI director James Comey's interactions with the White House and Justice Department, including materials dating back nearly four years to the Obama administration. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that the FBI is investigating meetings that President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had in December with Russian officials.
House speaker calls Erdogan visit violence ‘indefensible’
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that the violence against peaceful protesters by bodyguards for Turkey's president was "completely indefensible," as members of Congress pressed the Trump administration for a more forceful U.S. response. Ryan, R-Wis., said in a statement that Turkey is an important ally and NATO member, but its leaders must "fully condemn and apologize for this brutal behavior against innocent civilians exercising their First Amendment rights" last week outside the Turkish ambassador's residence.
House panel chairman says FBI declines to meet request for Comey-linked documents
FILE PHOTO: James Comey arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on ''Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'' on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2017. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declined to give the House Oversight Committee documents it had requested regarding communications between former FBI chief James Comey and President Donald Trump, the head of the panel said on Thursday.
The winds swirling around AG Jeff Sessions
Sen. Jeff Sessions is sworn in to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to become U.S. attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10, 2017. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Kevin Lamarque Today in Chicago, The Tribune blistered the former U.S. senator from Alabama with an editorial in which the editors said, "We share Sessions' low tolerance for drug traffickers and his concern for the violence they inflame.