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Sen. John McCain, recently diagnosed with brain cancer, returned to the U.S. Senate Tuesday to cast a key vote to allow health care reform deliberations to begin. He then urged his colleagues to put aside partisanship and "stop spinning our wheels."
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut expressed criticism of Republicans who were still trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Others railed against President Donald Trump's move to ban transgender people from the military.
The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee is objecting to the House's decision to include penalties targeting Pyongyang in the bill. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Sen. Bob Corker says he'd prefer to keep the North Korea sanctions in a separate measure that would be carefully considered by the Senate.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined at left by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, leads a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on attempts to influence American elections, with a focus on Russian meddling in the last presidential race. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, to meet behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee on the investigation into possible collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.
Wisconsin has won the fight to build the first U.S. assembly plant for electronics giant Foxconn in a project that's expected to result in billions of dollars in investment in the state and create thousands of jobs in the congressional district of U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan. President Donald Trump plans to announce Wednesday that the Taiwan-based company has chosen Wisconsin for the project, according to an invitation to the White House event obtained by The Associated Press.
Indiana Rep. Luke Messer announced Wednesday that he will challenge Sen. Joe Donnelly, who is considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election next year. The GOP congressman, who represents Vice President Mike Pence's former southeastern Indiana district, took to Twitter to make the announcement.
I admit I've never been a big Romney fan, but I thought it would be great if he were in the United States Senate. I was legitimately excited about the prospect of him running in Utah in 2018.
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Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Democratic lawmakers join Sen. Charles E. Schumer , the minority leader, in Berryville, Va., on Monday to talk about their economic agenda. Leading Democratic politicians announced their economic agenda for next year's midterm elections on Monday, calling for measures to bring down prices for prescription drugs, control monopolies and help companies pay for training for their workers.
It's looking likely that GOP legislation to revamp Obamacare will undergo a pretty major weight loss program before all is said and done. Expectations are building that Senate leaders will ultimately present Republicans with a " skinny " bill after more aggressive measures fail during some 20 hours of floor debate over the next few days.
This revised iteration of BCRA - which included an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz to allow non-Obamacare plans back on the market paired with $100 billion in funding to partially offset the Medicaid cuts - was subject, because of the Senate budget rules, to a 60-vote threshold for a procedural vote. It failed handily, 43 to 57, with nine Republicans and all of the Democrats opposing it.
President Donald Trump isn't humiliating Attorney General Jeff Sessions with his attacks on Twitter and in public, and he'll most likely meet with him person to hash out their differences, former Trump political adviser and former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Wednesday. He also told ABC's "Good Morning America" anchor George Stephanopoulos that Sessions had political reasons of his own when he became the first senator to stand behind Trump's presidential campaign.
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman will not be testifying Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as originally scheduled, after the committee rescinded its subpoena. The committee withdrew its subpoena for Paul Manafort late Tuesday after he agreed to turn over documents and to continue negotiating about setting up an interview with the panel.
WASHINGTON A vote to advance Senate Republican leadership's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare failed late Tuesday - the latest setback in their party's effort to dismantle the 2010 health care law. After 9:30 p.m. ET, the Senate rejected a motion 43-57 to waive the Budget Act and advance the proposal, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act .
United States Senator John McCain stood with his party on Tuesday, casting a crucial vote in the Republican drive to repeal "Obamacare", while also condemning the tribal politics besetting the nation. Confronting an aggressive brain cancer, the 80-year-old Arizonan served notice that he would not vote for the GOP legislation as it stands now.
The Senate has blocked a wide-ranging proposal by Republicans to repeal much of former President Barack Obama's health care law and replace it with a more restrictive plan. New Mexico U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall both voted against the repeal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks Tuesday after the successful vote to proceed with repealing Obamacare. Hours later, the Senate rejected the GOP's first crack at a new health care bill.
President Donald Trump cranked up the heat Tuesday on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, scorning him as "very weak" and refusing to say whether he'll fire the nation's top law enforcement officer and his onetime political ally. It was an extraordinary public rebuke, and even fellow Republicans pushed back forcefully.
Updated at 9:30 p.m. with results from a vote on a measure by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. WASHINGTON - After months of raucous negotiations and embarrassing setbacks, GOP leaders narrowly cleared a critical hurdle on Tuesday in their quest to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
Once again, John McCain answered the call. The senator from Arizona rose from his sick bed Tuesday to travel to Washington to cast the deciding vote on a measure to begin debate on a health care bill, and also to deliver a stinging rebuke to a Senate riven by partisanship and populated by politicians who, as McCain said, are more interested in "winning" than they are improving the Here you can find useful examples and description about searching the news archive.