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The GOP tax bill has a last-minute change that could be a huge win for Sen. Bob Corker and Donald Trump The final version of the Republican tax bill includes a change that would allow real estate investors to get a tax break. Republicans revealed the final version of their massive tax bill on Friday, and a last-minute adjustment appears to have made it easier for some real estate investors to take a huge tax break.
Federal officials are giving Maine residents affected by a massive power outage more time to enroll for health care under the Affordable Care Act. The Bangor Daily News reports Independent Sen. Angus King shared a letter from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Friday which says residents could qualify for an extension through a special enrollment period.
In this Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., listens during a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Finance Committee chairman on Monday rejected as "categorically false" a report that Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee was responsible for a provision in the final tax bill that could help him financially.
In his announcement explaining why he is shifting from a 'no' to a 'yes' on President Trump's tax bill, Sen. Bob Corker explained that he was making a bet on the "enterprising spirit" of America. In other words, despite the fact that he promised not to vote for a bill that will add to the deficit, and despite the fact that this bill will certainly do so, Corker is hoping that all the projections are wrong and that other factors, like deregulatory actions and changes in trade and immigration policy will help make up the difference.
The demands from Democrats that he step down were 'the most hypocritical thing I've ever seen done to a human being,' Sen. Joe Manchin says. I'm not sure "hypocritical" is the same as "phony and opportunistic", but yeah - Dems had a chance for a win over Rep. Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race but attacking his sexual history while defending Franken wasn't quite convincing anyone.
Democrats have a path to a Senate majority in 2018 after an upset win by Doug Jones in last Tuesday's Alabama Senate special election. The win in Alabama now gives Democrats the elusive third target seat they had been looking for, which they needed given they're defending 10 incumbents who sit in states that Trump won last November.
I think the editors of the Wall Street Journal are asking the wrong question in considering the completely partisan nature of the tax reform bill making its way through Congress: Part of the explanation is ideological. The Democrats as a party moved sharply left during the Obama years-on economics nearly as much as on identity politics.
With the tax bill complete and two key Senate Republicans promising a "yes" vote Friday, Republicans are rolling at full speed to pass the bill through Congress and land it on President Donald Trump's desk before the end of the week. Both chambers had planned to go into holiday recess at the end of last week, but delayed it a week to push through the tax reform vote and get home before Christmas.
A new controversy has emerged about the tax reform bill - namely, how it will now benefit Trump's bottom line As the Republican tax reform bill winds its way through Congress, two new developments have taken center stage: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., won't be able to vote for the final measure, and President Donald Trump will be enriched by a new provision that was added to it. McCain headed home to Arizona on Sunday to recover from the effects of chemotherapy treatment he had received in a Maryland hospital for a form of cancer with which he's been diagnosed, according to CBS News .
Holdout Republican Sen. Bob Corker finally announced he would support the Republican tax bill in an upcoming vote - after the proposal was tweaked in a way that could personally enrich him. Corker claims he has not read the mammoth bill being sped through the legislature and has no idea how the language, which was not in previous Senate versions of the bill, got into the plan.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, joined by other Republicans, speaks to reporters about the GOP tax bill following a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Republicans on Monday will look to put finishing touches on a bill that would overhaul the nation's tax system and give them a much-needed legislative victory.
Now, there is substantial evidence that the resulting investigation into this political charade was orchestrated by some of Clinton's deep state operatives within the Justice Department. That evidence includes discovery that the key DoJ investigator, Bruce Ohr, who was instrumental in launching the anti-Trump investigation, secretly met with the fake dossier producers, who also employed his wife.
The House Intelligence Committee has at least two interviews scheduled Monday to kick off a packed week of witnesses in the panel's Russia probe. The committee is interviewing British music publicist Rob Goldstone, who arranged the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer who promised dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Democratic members of Congress from Massachusetts and Rhode Island are calling on Congress to immediately extend funding for a popular federal children's health insurance initiative.
In this undated photo provided by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, stand-off explosion detection units, left, are deployed in a corridor at The Metro in Los Angeles. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, wants the Transportation Security Administration to speed up plans to equip transit hubs with the screening devices that can detect suicide vests like the one that exploded in a New York City subway tunnel on Dec. 11, 2017.
Background: Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee was the only Republican who voted against the GOP tax bill. He voted against it because he's against raising the deficit by the massive amount that the bill would require.
Senator Chuck Schumer at a subway station at 53rd Street and Third Avenue on Sunday. He called on the Transportation Security Administration to speed up its testing of a machine that can detect explosives in mass transit environments.
The House and Senate are expected to hold final votes on the Republican tax cut legislation early in the week. Republicans on the conference committee finalized the bill on Friday after some last-minute theatrics that raised questions about whether they would have the votes.