OPED: Care for middle class will be tested with tax bill
OPED: Care for middle class will be tested with tax bill Tax cuts are the political equivalent of truth serum. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept.
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U.S. House committee approves Texan’s bill to put $10 billion toward border wall
WASHINGTON The House Homeland Security Committee voted to send a bill to the full U.S. House on Wednesday that aims to follow through on President Donald Trump's campaign promise of constructing a wall at the United States' southern border. The bill from U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul , an Austin Republican and the committee's chairman, included $10 billion toward building a wall.
Democrats want tax cuts, but not the Republicans’ tax cuts
"If you want to be fair, let's get in from the beginning," Rep. Pascrell said. "We should be participating."
Linda Sanchez: Gun control protests on House floor unlikely after Las Vegas shooting
"We have to use different tools and different tactics for the right situations," said Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif. "I just don't think it's going to be as impactful as it was the first time."
Mike Pence’s top aide threatens disloyal Republicans, and members fume
"If we're going to be in the minority again, we might as well have a minority who are with us as opposed to a minority who helped us become a minority," Ayers said. Republicans in Congress were seething Wednesday after a top aide to Vice President Mike Pence suggested to a gathering of GOP donors that the party's congressional majorities should be jettisoned in 2018 if that's what it takes to weed out members disloyal to President Trump.
Vegas shooter’s girlfriend at FBI; Tillerson, Trump at odds?
4. DEBATE BEGINS ON US TAX OVERHAUL Capitol Hill Republicans are advancing budget plans integral to the overhaul of the tax code that would add up to $1.5 trillion to U.S. debt. 5. WHAT'S SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR PYONGYANG At a time when North Korea is banned from selling almost anything, seafood prepared by the country's workers has gone U.S. stores and homes, the AP determines.
Senator to former Equifax CEO: Don’t repeat Wells Fargo’s mistakesCNN Money
A top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee warned former Equifax CEO Richard Smith not to hide anything from lawmakers after exposing as many as 145 million Americans' sensitive data. "Equifax has forfeited its right to corporate secrets," said Senator Sherrod Brown at a hearing.
GOP Rep. Tim Murphy to retire after reports of affair
Republican congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday that he would not run for a ninth term, amid tawdry revelations of an extramarital affair in which the anti-abortion lawmaker urged his mistress to get an abortion when he thought she was pregnant. Murphy said in a brief statement through his office that he will "take personal time to seek help as my family and I continue to work through our personal difficulties."
GOP congressman who urged mistress to get an abortion is retiring
The embattled pro-life Republican congressman who urged his mistress to get an abortion announced Wednesday he's retiring from office instead of seeking re-electon. Rep. Tim Murphy said in a statement that he wants to take time off "to seek help as my family and I continue to work through our personal difficulties."
Steve Bannon backs ex-con Grimm in NY Republican race
Former White House senior adviser and conservative firebrand Steve Bannon may once again shakeup the Republican Party by supporting and functioning as an outside adviser for a controversial candidate to defeat an establishment Republican congressman in a district that covers the New York City borough of Staten Island, FOX Business has learned. Bannon met Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with former Rep. Michael Grimm, a Republican who held the New York's 11 congressional district seat that covers most of Staten Island until 2015, when he was sentenced to seven months in federal prison on tax evasion charges.
Report: Kelly Not Letting Senate Russia Advocate Near Trump
U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher says White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is preventing him from getting information to President Donald Trump. The California Republican told Business Insider that Kelly and "a coalition of people in the White House" are keeping him from talking to the president about information that could clear WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the Russian government in meddling in the U.S. presidential election.
Texas congressional delegation considers the future of “bump stock” rifle enhancements
The Texas Tribune asked all 38 members of the state's congressional delegation whether they would consider a ban on "bump stocks," the type of gun attachment used by the Las Vegas mass shooter. WASHINGTON - Over several hours on Wednesday afternoon, something quite unusual happened on Capitol Hill: A small gun-control measure began to pick up public consideration from a half-dozen or so congressional Republicans.
White House Asks Congress for $29 Billion in Hurricane Aid
The White House asked Congress on Wednesday to approve $29 billion in additional hurricane relief and debt forgiveness, seeking to help Puerto Rico and other battered areas and to shore up the troubled federal program that provides flood insurance to homes and small businesses. The request came nearly a month after lawmakers approved a first installment of $15 billion in disaster relief, taking action after Hurricane Harvey caused devastation in Texas and while Hurricane Irma was heading toward Florida.
Donald Trump visits Las Vegas on ‘sad day’ after mass shooting
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump step from Air Force One as they arrive in Las Vegas Declaring it a "very, very sad day" for himself and the nation, President Donald Trump has arrived in Las Vegas where a gunman killed 59 people at a concert. Declaring it a "very, very sad day" for himself and the nation, President Donald Trump has arrived in Las Vegas where a gunman killed 59 people at a concert.
U.S. lawmakers seek to shut banks that harm consumers
U.S. House Democrats introduced legislation on Wednesday to direct banking regulators to review operations at the country's largest banks and consider shutting them down if they exhibit repeated wrongdoing to consumers. The bill, likely to meet stiff opposition from the Republican majority in Congress, represents the most direct threat yet from policymakers eager to see the nation's biggest banks, including Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, broken up.
Trump sends ‘high-powered team’ to lobby Congress on surveillance program
President Trump's top law enforcement and national security officials were lobbying House lawmakers on Wednesday to extend the legal authority for an expiring surveillance program. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, FBI Director Christopher Wray, National Intelligence director Dan Coats and National Security Agency director Mike Rogers are providing a classified briefing Wednesday afternoon to the House.
Lawmakers: ‘Stealthing’ is sexual assault and Congress should address it
Lawmakers: 'Stealthing' is sexual assault and Congress should address it It can lead to unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: https://usat.ly/2knD1Cz Two federal lawmakers claim "stealthing" - the act of secretly removing a condom during sex - is a form of sexual assault that should be addressed by Congress. Reps.
The Latest: RI congressmen seek to ban ‘bump stocks’ on guns
The Latest on congressmen from Rhode Island working on legislation to ban devices that can enable a rifle to fire continuously, like an automatic weapon : Congressmen from Rhode Island want to ban devices that can enable a rifle to fire continuously, like an automatic weapon. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, said Wednesday he's co-sponsoring a bill with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, to ban "bump stocks" and other devices that can enable a rifle to fire continuously.
GOP budgets to permit first steps on tax overhauls
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday kicked off debate on House and Senate budget plans that promise slashing cuts to social programs - but whose real purpose is to grease the skids for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code that would add up to $1.5 trillion to the nation's spiraling debt. The companion GOP budget measures differ in key respects but both rely on rosy estimates of economic growth and illusory spending cuts to promise to wrestle the federal budget back into surplus within a decade.
The Latest: Manchin reluctant on background check bill
The American flag flies at half staff over the U.S. Capitol following the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas this week, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaking, and House Democrats, including former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, fourth from left, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, call for action on gun safety legislation on the House steps Wednesday morning after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas this week, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.