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Obamacare isn’t repealed. Here are the receipts.
President Donald Trump declared Obamacare dead Wednesday after Congress passed its deeply unpopular $1.5 trillion tax overhaul bill. "Obamacare has been repealed in this bill," he told reporters .
Opinion: After taxes, Trump is suddenly expendable
President Donald Trump on Wednesday reveled in Congress' passage of a massive $1.5 trillion tax reform bill, claiming that, once he signed it into law, it would propel economic growth. WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Republican lawmakers, celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House on December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Trump commutes fraud sentence of kosher meatpacker
President Donald Trump, in a first exercise of his power to commute criminal sentences, cut short the 27-year prison term of a kosher meatpacking executive who was convicted eight years ago of bank fraud, the White House said on Wednesday. The commutation granted to Sholom Rubashkin, 57, marked only the second time that Trump has invoked his clemency authority as president, following the blanket pardon he granted earlier this year to Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona.
10 key takeaways from the Republican tax billPresident Donald Trump…
President Donald Trump will sign a major overhaul of the tax code after the House passed a final iteration of the bill Wednesday. It is his first major legislative achievement and has significant implications for individuals and businesses across America.
The Virginia House of Delegates in a 2014 file photo.
For 20-odd hours, Virginia Democrats were giddy with the news that a recount had delivered Shelly Simonds a seat in the House of Delegates with a victory margin of a single vote. The Democratic win would mean a 50-50 party split in the House of Delegates, ending 17 years of Republican control and forcing a rare power-sharing agreement.
Congress deals pair of blows to ‘Obamacare’
Two Republican senators abandoned their fight Wednesday for legislation this year to help contain premium costs by resuming federal subsidies to insurers, as Congress dealt a pair of blows to President Barack Obama's health care law. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander ran into opposition from both parties to inserting the language into a must-pass bill preventing a weekend federal shutdown.
Ap Fact Check: Trump’s truth-warp on taxes; Dems drift, too
President Donald Trump speaks during a bill passage event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, to acknowledge the final passage of tax cut legislation by Congress. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill passage event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, to acknowledge the final passage of tax cut legislation by Congress.
DOJ drops appeal to prevent two minor immigrants from having abortion
Jane Roe was being housed in a federally-funded shelter due to lack of authorization and was initially refused her abortion services through the Office of Refugee Resettlement [official website]. At some point between Monday and Tuesday, Jane Roe was transferred to US Customs and Immigration Enforcement , which is controlled by the Department of Homeland Security [official websites].
Manchin says tax plan is “not a responsible way;” Capito, Mooney disagree
For the first in more than 30 years, major changes to the U.S. tax code are on track to become law as early as the New Year. A final vote in the U.S. House on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Copyright Exception May Overrule Ability To Jailbreak 3D Printers
At the end of October, the US Patent and Trademark Office renewed a rule allowing anyone to 'jailbreak' a 3D printer to use unapproved filament. For those of you following along from countries that haven't sent a man to the moon, a printer that requires proprietary filament is DRM, and exceptions to the legal enforceability DRM exist, provided these exceptions do not violate US copyright law.
House and Senate approve Trump’s massive tax overhaul, but last-minute glitch delays final passage
The House and Senate approved the most significant overhaul of the tax code in three decades, but Republicans will have to clear one more legislative hurdle before they can claim their first major legislative win and deliver the $1.5 trillion package to President Trump before Christmas, as he requested. The GOP's sweeping tax measure hit a glitch late Tuesday afternoon in the Senate when the parliamentarian ruled that three minor provisions included in the House-passed bill did not comply with the Senate's strict budget rules.
NY Times Mounts Sexist Attacks Against Sen. Susan Collins For Her Tax Bill Support
On Tuesday, Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins bitterly attacked the press's coverage of her ultimate decision to support the GOP's tax bill. Though Collins didn't name a media outlet in her criticism, the New York Times was primary purveyor of now-popular leftist memes, which Collins characterized as "unbelievably sexist," that she was "duped" by party leadership, and that she was so hard-hearted that she wasn't "brought to tears" by protesting Mainers who met with her last week.
After passage in U.S. Senate, tax reform bill could be finalized today
UPDATE: The U.S. Senate passed the GOP Tax Cuts and Jobs Act early Wednesday morning, 51-48. The bill was set to go back to the U.S. House for a final vote later Wednesday.
Republicans Goof Up While Passing Tax Bill
Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote, creating 50-50 tie in legislature - NEWPORT NEWS - A Republican seat flipped Democratic in a wild recount Tuesday - with the Democrat winning by a single vote - creating a rare 50-50 tie between the parties in the House of Delegates In Virginia, a 11,608-to-11,607 Lesson in the Power of a Single Vote - The Democratic wave that rose on Election Day in Virginia last month delivered a final crash on the sand Tuesday when a Democratic challenger defeated a Republican incumbent by a single vote, leaving the Virginia House House must revote on approved final GOP tax bill, fearing Byrd Rule objections - The House will revote on the bill it passed to much fanfare Tuesday afternoon, fearing procedural violations in the version it already passed.
Every vote counts: Virginians react to House race decided by 1-vote
Among the holiday hustle and bustle of Carytown, Virginia voters react to what some might call a "Christmas Miracle" for Democrats in the Commonwealth. In a stunning turn of events, Democrat Shelly Simonds gained eleven votes in a recount to beat the Republican incumbent in the 94th District by just one vote.
Analysis: GOPa s tea party promises dashed in tax cut embrace
WASHINGTON >> The tea party class of 2010 vowed to usher in a new era for the Republican Party, one where conservatives clamoring for fiscal discipline would roll back government spending to rein in trillion-plus budget deficits. Republicans are returning to their Ronald Reagan-era roots - tax cuts first, followed by vague promises of cutting spending down the road.
Paul Ryan
Republican legislators are celebrating ahead of a major vote on the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades. House speaker Paul Ryan dismissed criticism of the widely unpopular package and insisted "results are what's going to make this popular".
Giddy Republicans celebrate major tax victory ahead of vote
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, steward of the GOP tax bill, smiles he as he arrives for a closed-door meeting as the Republican majority in Congress prepares to vote on the biggest reshaping of the U.S. tax code in three decades, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., leave a closed-door Republican Conference meeting as Congress prepares to vote on the biggest reshaping of the U.S. tax code in three decades, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.
What Sen. Marco Rubio got for his tax vote – Tue, 19 Dec 2017 PST
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., threw the Republican tax bill into chaos last week when he threatened to vote against it if it didn't include a more robust tax credit for working families. But by mid-Thursday, GOP leaders had increased the credit by enough to secure Rubio's vote for the bill.