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Republican Senator Dean Heller had his security officials remove a stage 4 cancer victim from a town hall after she tried to question him about the future of the Affordable Care Act. In video posted to Twitter by Battle Born Progress , Laura Packard can be seen addressing the GOP senator about the implications of the Senate's tax plan on healthcare only to have two men accost her and remove her from the room.
Education secretary's brother is alumnus of Hillsdale College, to which family gives money and which Republicans wanted to help because it refuses federal funds The Senate voted to strike an amendment from the Republican tax bill that would have benefited a small Christian college in southern Michigan with ties to education secretary Betsy DeVos. In a surprise 52-48 vote, four Republicans supported an amendment offered by Democrat Jeff Merkley to remove the exception from the legislation.
An attempted revival of Democrats in Arkansas is being mounted in legislative districts that the party lost or ignored in 2016, with candidates announcing that they intend to run against GOP incumbents in places like Rogers, Conway and west Little Rock. But the state's Republicans, who have near-supermajorities in the Legislature, are looking to pad their recent wins in next year's elections.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Saturday that he sent a letter to a top Iranian military official warning him that the United States would hold Tehran accountable for any attacks it conducted on American interests in Iraq. Pompeo, who has voiced staunch opposition to Iran, said he sent the letter to Gen.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., confer Friday on Capitol Hill before the late-night tax vote. Schumer noted that the effect of some last-minute revisions had yet to be analyzed by the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Hours after the pre-dawn passage of a $1.5 trillion tax cut, President Donald Trump suggested for the first time Saturday that he would consider a higher corporate rate than the one Senate Republicans had just endorsed, in remarks that could complicate sensitive negotiations to pass a final bill. On his way to New York for three fundraisers, Trump told reporters that the corporate tax rate in the GOP plan might end up rising to 22 percent from 20 percent.
A Republican congressional candidate seeking to reclaim the 5th District for his party in November 2018 has picked up endorsements from two of northwest New Jersey's most conservative state senators. The campaign for Steve Lonegan announced that state Sens. Steven Oroho, R-24th Dist., and Michael Doherty, R-23rd Dist., have endorsed the former Bogota mayor in his bid to replace U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist.
The sprawling, 542-page revamp of the Higher Education Act released Friday by Rep. Virginia Foxx kicks off what could be a yearlong legislative process aimed at reshaping the playing field for post-secondary education. The bill, previewed earlier this week by The Wall Street Journal, would update the Higher Education Act of 1965 by overhauling student-loan programs, mandating more transparency for earnings after graduation and jettisoning much of the existing regulatory framework on for-profit colleges.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Saturday that he sent a letter to a top Iranian military official warning him that the United States would hold Tehran accountable for any attacks it conducted on American interests in Iraq. Pompeo, who has voiced staunch opposition to Iran, said he sent the letter to Gen.
Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia - WASHINGTON - When President Trump fired his national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in February, White House officials portrayed him as a renegade who had acted independently in his discussions ABC News statement on Michael Flynn report - We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday. The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process.
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Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer , one of only two women to have been a legislative leader in Michigan, said the male-dominated Capitol has a "locker room" atmosphere in which it is not uncommon for female lawmakers and employees to confront sexual harassment. Whitmer , who was a lawmaker for 14 years, recounted once having to combat "very lewd" and "totally inappropriate" comments directed at her by a male senator in the Senate chamber.
Two senior Justice Department officials have confirmed to Fox News that the department's Office of Inspector General is reviewing the role played in the Hillary Clinton email investigation by Peter Strzok, a former deputy director for counterintelligence at the FBI who was removed from the staff of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III earlier this year, after Mueller learned that Strzok had exchanged anti-Trump texts with a colleague. A source close to the matter said the OIG probe, which will examine Strzok's roles in a number of other politically sensitive cases, should be completed by "very early next year."
All six Democratic candidates for the state's 1st Congressional District participated in a forum in Manchester on Saturday hosted by the N.H. Democratic Party. They are vying to fill the seat currently held by Democrat Carol Shea-Porter, who isn't seeking re-election in 2018.
Congressional Republicans, buoyed by the Senate's approval of a landmark tax overhaul, expressed confidence Saturday that final legislation would be agreed upon quickly and sent to President Trump by the end of this month. While the tax bills approved by the House and the Senate diverge in significant ways, the same forces that rocketed the measures to passage appear likely to bond Republicans in the two chambers as they work to hash out the differences.
Central Florida wide receiver Tre'Quan Smith, right, catches a pass in front of Memphis defensive back Jonathan Cook for a 50-yard touchdown during the first half of the American Athletic Conference championship NCAA college foot... . Memphis running back Darrell Henderson, front, runs past Central Florida defensive back Tre Neal for a 30-yard touchdown during the first half of the American Athletic Conference championship NCAA college football game, Satu... .
The US Senate has approved a major tax overhaul, bringing the Trump administration one step closer to its aim of slashing taxes for businesses and the wealthy, while delivering mixed changes for the rest of the country. In what would be the largest US tax overhaul since the 1980s, Republicans want to add $1.4 trillion over 10 years to the $20 trillion national debt to finance changes that they say would further boost an already growing economy.
President Donald Trump praised the Senate's passage of the Republicans' massive tax overall, saying people are going to be 'very, very happy' with the law. Now that the Senate passed its bill, the next step is for the House to vote Monday to send its tax legislation to conference committee.
As the wait for Sunday's election results has dragged o... . Supporters of presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla gather where police stand guard near the institute where election ballots are being recounted, as they protest what they call electoral fraud in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Frida... .