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House oversight committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz has postponed his hearing scheduled for Wednesday, the Utah congressman announced Monday, after reaching former FBI Director James Comey, whom Chaffetz wanted to testify. "Spoke with Comey.
Another senior Republican lawmaker, Fred Upton of Michigan, questioned inclusion of money for Trump's border wall, remarking: "I thought Mexico was going to pay for the wall, why is this in our budget?" House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin dismissed such criticism as typical rhetoric and praised the budget because it balances over 10 years. Independent economists say the budget relies on unrealistic projections of economic growth, but Ryan sidestepped that question, saying faster growth would "help so many of our problems."
President Donald Trump would dramatically reduce the U.S. government's role in society with $3.6 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years in a budget plan that shrinks the safety net for the poor, recent college graduates and farmers. Trump's proposal, to be released Tuesday, claims to balance the budget within a decade.
The top two leaders of the Senate intelligence committee are leaving the door open to holding Michael Flynn in contempt of Congress after President Trump's former national security adviser said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than comply with a subpoena. Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said the panel was reviewing a range of options to compel Flynn to disclose records about his meetings with Russian officials, including holding Flynn in contempt.
In the pantheon of least favorite turtles, there is one who is far and away the most hated - far below surfer-turtle Crush from "Finding Nemo," the turtle from "Discworld" who holds up the planet, and all four Teenage Mutant Ninjas. That would be, of course, Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr "is not ruling out holding Michael Flynn in contempt of Congress as President Trump's former national security adviser continues to stonewall Congress," Politico reports. Burr said his committee has "plenty" of options to respond: "You'll just have to wait and watch.
A forensic analyst at the Lake County Crime Laboratory handles a sample of an opioid in powder form. [Nick Castele / ideastream] Opioids are flowing into Ohio in a way that would be familiar to anyone who's shopped online.
Rep. Luke Messer, R-Indiana, has been appointed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on a bipartisan Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs. The task force plans to work to restore the proper balance of power between federal, state and local governments.
The most expensive congressional race in U.S. history has again dispelled the myth that conservatives are the aggressors in the moral wars that plague our politics. As Kyle Wingfield of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution recently pointed out , in the race to replace Tom Price in Georgia's 6th congressional district, it was only a matter of time before Jon Ossoff went after Karen Handel for her brief experience at the Susan G. Komen organization.
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski last week in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing examined how pro-growth tax reform would strengthen the Indiana economy, boost job creation, and help Hoosier families keep more of their hard-earned money. "I am grateful to represent Indiana's 2nd District, one of the largest manufacturing districts in the country," Congresswoman Walorski said.
President Trump is proposing major cuts to health care, food assistance and other safety-net programs for the poor to balance the budget in 10 years while increasing spending for the military and other priorities. But even if Congress goes along with the budget the president will send to Capitol Hill on Tuesday - which is unlikely - it requires rosy economic assumptions to work.
Though the official release is planned for Tuesday, leaked versions of the 2018 budget proposal show dramatic funding cuts for environmental programs - even those supported by the president's own party. The budget, which still needs congressional approval, would cut the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by 35 percent .
That's according to a report from the global anti-poverty organization Oxfam, which specifically calls for Australia to stop propping up the coal industry - especially the $300 million in subsidies it's offered up for a proposed mine in Queensland. "Against the backdrop of an imperiled Great Barrier Reef and extreme weather disasters, Australia's carbon pollution is continuing to climb - the tragic consequence of more than a decade of climate policy paralysis and short-term political opportunism," Helen Szoke , CEO of Oxfam Australia, says.
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn , who was fired in February for misleading Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. In photo, Pence, left, and Flynn shake hands before the start of the President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joint news conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Feb. 10, 2017.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz says he will postpone a hearing scheduled for Wednesday after speaking with former FBI Director James Comey. Chaffetz said in a tweet Monday that Comey "wants to speak with Special Counsel prior to public testimony."
Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn appears to have lied to federal investigators last year about who paid for his 2015 trip to Moscow, during a Defense Department inquiry into the renewal of his top secret security clearance, a leading Capitol Hill Democrat said Monday. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he intended to turn his information about Flynn over to Robert Mueller, named last week as a Department of Justice special counsel charged with investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.
Small business owner Ron Nelsen, center, is told to leave after interrupting U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., during a luncheon to discuss infrastructure projects at the Suncoast casino-hotel on Friday, May 12, 2017 in Las Vegas. @Erik_Verduzco They disrupt his speeches and town halls screaming grievances.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, center, arrives for a news conference with President Donald Trump and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 18, 2017, in Washington. . From left, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cory A. Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., walk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2017, to ... .
The House Democratic campaign arm announced a second round of targets for the 2018 midterm elections on Monday in a sign of confidence they can gain from the House GOP's healthcare bill and President Trump's stumbles. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unveiled 20 new targets on Monday, bringing the total number of districts in their crosshairs to 79. All but two of the latest targets voted for the House GOP's legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act earlier this month.