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Paul Gosar's brother called him "an embarrassment" to the family on Friday, following up on a published letter by seven siblings blasting the Arizona Congressman for his conspiracy theories. His siblings had their blistering letter published in the Kingman Daily Miner on October 24, criticizing the Prescott congressman for his debunked theories about August's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The U.S. economy expanded at a 3 percent annualized rate between July and September, advancing President Donald Trump's goal of faster economic growth and potentially providing a tail wind to Republican efforts to overhaul the tax code. The robust pace of economic growth defied analysts' expectations that activity might slow in the third quarter because of Hurricane Harvey.
Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Kevin Brady said that his committee is considering increasing the cap on total 401 contributions to $20,000 annually. The GOP is also discussing a change that would limit the amount of tax-deferred 401 contributions to $2,400.
Author and columnist Mark Steyn told Tucker Carlson on Fox News this week that the probes into President Donald Trump's supposed collusion with Russian interests resemble but an outrageous "high-concept thriller" in which he is innocent. On Wednesday, Steyn and Carlson discussed the revelation that a dossier on Trump that may have influenced the FBI and the Department of Justice to investigate then-candidate Trump was created by the research firm Fusion GPS and the behest of Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
Republican leaders say the House will vote next week on a GOP bill to make it easier to cut down trees on national forests to reduce the risk of wildfire. A bill by Arkansas congressman Bruce Westerman would loosen environmental regulations for forest-thinning projects on federal lands.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., joined at right by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds a news conference following a closed-door Republican strategy session at Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, last month. WASHINGTON – Republicans set an aggressive timeline for passing legislation to overhaul the nation's tax code, putting pressure on senior lawmakers and the White House to resolve major disagreements about the effort before a Wednesday deadline to introduce a bill.
Michelle Black was reportedly comforted by Trump's "gracious" call in the days after her Special Forces husband Bryan Black was killed in an ambush by Islamic State-linked militants in Niger. "I'm very grateful that he called and he spoke to the kids.
Right-wing media's latest concoction: Stir a few old stories into the cauldron of Hillary hate. It just might work about the brewing hysteria I saw in the right-wing media over what they're calling the "real Russia scandal."
"The single biggest step we need to take to protect our election going forward is [to develop] the bipartisan consensus that if a foreign power intervenes next time, we will all reject it," Mr. Schiff, California Democrat, said on MSNBC. "The single biggest impediment to reaching that consensus is the president of the United States who will not even acknowledge that that happened."
President Donald Trump promised to release additional files related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy Friday morning after withholding certain documents from the public a day earlier when their confidential status expired. JFK Files are being carefully released.
It was hard to tell that the House of Representatives had just narrowly approved a Senate-passed budget outline for 2018, because most of the talk on and off the House floor on Thursday was about lawmakers moving on to forge a tax reform bill in coming weeks, as GOP leaders predicted that Republicans would unify behind a still-to-be-released plan, and get it done by Christmas. "We're glad it passed," said a smiling Rep. Doug Collins .
The mother of a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was detained by Border Patrol agents after undergoing surgery is fighting to get her back. After undergoing gallbladder surgery Tuesday, federal agents refused to release Rosa Maria Hernandez back to her parents, sending her instead to a children's shelter in San Antonio, Texas, that her family said is not equipped to care for her, according to the attorney representing the mother.
The state Senate unanimously has passed a bill that would help to heal some of the damage caused by Rep. Tom Marino's bill diminishing the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to reduce the flow of powerful prescription opioid painkillers onto the black market. Marino, the 10th Congressional District Republican from Lycoming County, withdrew from consideration to be the national "drug czar" last week.
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By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON - Republicans powered a $4 trillion budget through the House on Thursday by a razor-thin margin, a close vote underscoring the difficulties that lie ahead in delivering President Donald Trump's promise to cut taxes.
Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper went on the defense during Thursday's debate at Erie's East Middle School. Her opponent -- Republican businessman Art Oligeri, blasting the Democrat for a pair of tax hikes during her first term.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a fundraising event for the Republican Party on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Greenwood Village, Colo. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday told a ballroom full of Republicans in Greenwood Village that a unified GOP will fulfill a key campaign pledge of President Donald Trump by enacting tax reform legislation.