Watbill Funding Trump’s Border Wall Includes Common-Sense Immigration Reforms

Budget appropriators in the House of Representatives approved a Department of Homeland Security funding bill Thursday. In addition to $5 billion for the president's border wall , the Appropriations Committee advanced the bill with several amendments, including three authored by Republicans, that would improve the legal immigration system.

President Trump threatens shutdown over wall, immigration

President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to push the government into a shutdown ahead of the coming spending deadline in September if Congress does not fund his border wall and change the nation's immigration laws. "I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc.

Rally with Trump comes at a crucial time for Barletta

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The Senate is in session this week. The House is in recess.

The Senate reconvenes today at 3:00 pm to consider the nomination of Britt Grant to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to her nomination to the Eleventh Circuit, Grant served as solicitor general of Georgia and on the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Senators seek answers about migrant family separations

The Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding answers from federal immigration officials about the Trump administration's separation of migrant children from their families and its struggle to reunite them. But a hearing scheduled for Tuesday on the topic may have a wider focus after the committee's bipartisan leaders asked federal investigators to probe reports of sexual and other abuse of immigrants at government detention facilities.

US firms seeking Trump’s steel tariff waiver face a backlash Source: AP

U.S. companies seeking to be exempted from President Donald Trump's tariff on imported steel are accusing American steel manufacturers of spreading inaccurate and misleading information, and they fear it may torpedo their requests. Robert Miller, president and CEO of NLMK USA, said objections raised by U.S. Steel and Nucor to his bid for a waiver are "literal untruths."

Trump threatens government shutdown over immigration policy

Washington, July 30 - US President Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the government if the Democratic Party does not cooperate on border security issues. I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch and Release etc.

Trump Threatens Shutdown Over Border Wall

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would consider shutting down the government if Democrats refuse to vote for his immigration proposals, including a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Republicans, trying to protect their majority in Congress, are playing down the chance of a shutdown as the November election nears.

Koch group condemns ‘divisiveness’ and ‘lack of leadership’ in…

Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Charles Koch, shown in 2015, told donors gathered in Colorado Springs, Colo., that "we're just getting started" and "I assure you, I am not getting weak in the knees."

Trump says he would ‘shut down’ government over immigration but top GOP rep demurs

President Trump said he would be willing to shut down the government over immigration but a Republican representative leading his party's election efforts to keep control of the House demurred. Trump tweeted Sunday morning, "I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall!" Shortly after the president's tweet, the chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee told ABC News "This Week" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz the GOP-led Congress would keep the government open.

Koch network threatens to hold GOP to account

Frustrated with Republican lawmakers and recent policy developments out of Washington, the juggernaut Koch network appears poised to rethink or scale back its involvement in GOP politics in what would be a surprising shift as the midterm elections near. In a rare question-and-answer session with reporters Sunday, the network's billionaire founder Charles Koch expressed "regret" over his network's past support for some candidates, who he believes have not done enough in office to defend its libertarian principles and policy priorities.

EDITORIAL: Dona t believe your eyes? Perrya s trying to make sure you…

York County's own congressman, Republican Scott Perry, is one of 11 Freedom Caucus members and Trump enablers who introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last week just as more of the president's lies were coming to light. EDITORIAL: Don't believe your eyes? Perry's trying to make sure you can't even see York County's own congressman, Republican Scott Perry, is one of 11 Freedom Caucus members and Trump enablers who introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last week just as more of the president's lies were coming to light.

Capitol Insider: ‘Voter shaming’ hits special election for Ohio congressional seat

Shortly before the 2016 New Hampshire primary, a group backing John Kasich for president mailed controversial campaign fliers to Granite State voters bearing the ominous message "What if your friends, your neighbors, and your community knew whether you voted?" While the Kasich team's role in the "voter shaming" effort was not revealed until well after the primary, the mailers caused an immediate stir in New Hampshire and raised claims of voter intimidation and privacy violations. Last week, many voters in Ohio's 12th Congressional District received similar mailers from the Republican National Committee on behalf of state Sen. Troy Balderson, R-Zanesville, ahead of next week's special election.

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 27, 2018, en route to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Friday, ... (more)

Senate looms as big test for changes to US fishing laws

Fishermen and environmentalists are at odds over a suite of changes to American fishing laws that was approved by the House of Representatives, and the proposal faces a new hurdle in the Senate. The House passed changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, a 42-year-old set of rules designed to protect American fisheries from overharvest, on July 11, largely along party lines.

Russians still trying to interfere in US elections every ‘way they can’: Republican senator

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