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With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legislating for the year. But will it be enough to convince voters to give Republicans another term at the helm? In two big ways, Republicans have done what they promised.
I praise the courage of Robert Rees and Clifton Jolley's March 18 commentary: " Evangelicals, Mormons and Trump's Perfect Storm ." They observe that Republicans are shutting down the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of President Donald Trump's alleged collusion with the Russian interference in the 2016 election.
A copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill is stacked on a table last week in the Diplomatic Room of the White House. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press A copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill is stacked on a table last week in the Diplomatic Room of the White House.
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico's Republican gubernatorial candidate, is an outspoken advocate for restricting access to abortion. Luis SA nchez Saturno/New Mexican file photo Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico's Republican gubernatorial candidate, is an outspoken advocate for restricting access to abortion.
Democratic lawmakers turned out in force on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in cities across the country to call for an end to gun violence. At March for Our Lives rallies across the U.S., congressional Democrats joined in calls demanding swift action on gun control more than a month after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Flanked by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis , Vice President Mike Pence and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, President Trump discusses the $1.3 trillion spending bill he signed. Flanked by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis , Vice President Mike Pence and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, President Trump discusses the $1.3 trillion spending bill he signed.
President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending measure Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown just hours after declaring he was considering a veto. in the package, in part because it did not fully fund his plans for a border wall with Mexico and did not address some 700,000 The bill signing came a few hours after Trump created last-minute drama by saying in a tweet that he was With Congress already on recess, and a government shutdown looming, he said that young immigrants now protected in the U.S. under Barack Obama's Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals "have been totally abandoned by the Democrats and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-Nev) arrives to speak during a March For Our Lives event in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, March 24, 2018. About 4,000 people participated in the march and rally in front of Las Vegas City Hall.
A demonstrator is seen on the National Mall near the student-led March for Our Lives rally on Pennsylvania Avenue to call for action to prevent gun violence. Thousands took to the streets of Washington on Saturday to protest inaction by Congress on gun violence.
A longtime congressional stronghold for Republicans, Pennsylvania is emerging in dramatic fashion as a source of hope for Democrats in their quest to take control of the U.S. House in November's mid-term elections. This week cemented Democratic victories in two key battles: Republicans dropped talk of legal challenges to Democrat Conor Lamb's improbable victory in a special election in southwestern Pennsylvania and federal courts rejected two GOP lawsuits seeking to block a state court-drawn map of more competitive districts.
A man who is fighting deportation from Kansas to his native Bangladesh acknowledges he made mistakes years ago while trying to stay in the U.S. and hopes immigration officials will let him remain in the country he calls home. Syed Ahmed Jamal entered the U.S. legally in 1987 on a student visa.
President Donald Trump on the night he won the South Carolina Republican primary, Feb. 20, 2016, in Spartanburg. AP Photo/Paul Sancya President Donald Trump on the night he won the South Carolina Republican primary, Feb. 20, 2016, in Spartanburg.
If so, the GOP has an odd way of showing affection. Green cites a lack of Republican criticism of Trump, the president's continued popularity within the party, and Trump's rescue of incumbent Nevada senator Dean Heller from a primary challenge.
The deal was struck last week in an ornate room just off the House floor, where two New Yorkers discussed a big infrastructure project in their home town as dignitaries milled around a St. Patrick's Day luncheon. President Donald Trump's message to Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., was simple, King recounted Thursday: Federal money would flow to the $30 billion Gateway project, but Trump had to be in control.
Mark Kelly , a retired astronaut, gun-control advocate and husband of former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords , said Sunday that if students who organized the March for Our Lives can mobilize young people to vote, they could swing the 2018 midterms. Kelly told ABC News "This Week" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that he talked to the student organizers of the massive march for gun control on Saturday, "and they have a plan ... This is not the last you're going to see of these kids."
Days of conflicting and misleading statements from President Donald Trump and his top aides have fueled new questions about the White House's credibility, sowing mistrust and instability within the West Wing and leaving some congressional Republicans wondering if they have a good faith negotiating partner in the president. One former congressional GOP leadership aide said it was becoming impossible for Republicans to negotiate anything with White House officials, given the president's willingness to undermine his own team's public and private assurances.
Tucked in the massive congr... . President Donald Trump with, Vice President Mike Pence, responds to reporters' questions in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, after he spoke about the $1.3 trillion spending bi... .
In this Monday, Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court, in Washington. Gov. Rauner plans to veto legislation that would require gun retailers to be licensed by the state of Illinois.