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Yesterday, President Donald Trump kicked off his push for Republican tax reform - was it the sweeping reform, the likes of which we haven't seen since the prosperous Reagan years, that Trump touted on the campaign trail? Well, it certainly comes very close. On the campaign trail, Trump railed against the system in place, saying that his administration would simultaneously bring down the exorbitant taxes on industries and high-level employees while simultaneously closing the myriad of loopholes that currently exist in the overcomplicated US tax system; it is the combination of these two maneuvers that Trump believes would prove successful and advantageous for not only American industry but for American workers.
Democrats have a clear vision for how they'd lead the country if in power, and the Republican president has been in office for less than eight months. A Better Deal - the Democrat's new economic development and job creation manifesto - was presented to us Wednesday by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in a meeting at The Denver Post.
State Sen. Joe Schiavoni announced a comprehensive plan to increase job growth and employment through targeted investments Tuesday. This legislative package is the latest in a series of bills the senator has introduced to improve Ohio's small business climate and bolster job growth, a release from Schiavoni's office said.
A Tuesday appearance by President Donald Trump in a community near Corpus Christi, Texas became more of a Trump rally, according to a report Thursday in The Washington Post . Reporter Abby Phillip detailed the visit from the president, who was in the state addressing Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath.
U.S. Representative Mike Kelly announced today that he will host a toll-free telephone town hall meeting next week for constituents of the Third District to ask questions and receive answers regarding current events and issues of general concern. CALL-IN INFO: To participate, dial 877-228-2184 and enter event ID 19013 at the time of the event.
When President Trump traveled to Missouri on Wednesday to make his pitch for tax code overhaul, it was a more conventional - even conciliatory - chief executive who showed up. Trump expressed optimism that he could work together with the legislative branch to pass something meaningful - although as NPR's Scott Horsley noted, the president offered scant specifics about what that legislation would be.
California Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez sent more than 200,000 pieces of mail to constituents last winter. One letter invited women to self-defense classes, another highlighted a bird-watching event, and a third promoted a tree adoption day.
California Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez sent more than 200,000 pieces of mail to constituents last winter. One letter invited women to self-defense classes, another highlighted a bird-watching event, and a third promoted a tree adoption day.
The Texas Legislature deliberately suppressed the impact of Hispanic and other minority voters on elections. That's not an accusation; it's the takeaway from three rulings made by two federal courts in under a month.
If U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., gets her way, the names of three Confederate generals will be removed from street signs in Hollywood, Fla., and the statue of a Confederate general representing Florida will be removed from the National Statuary Hall in Washington. Wasserman Schultz, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee who resigned from the post in July 2016 amid allegations that she favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders for the party's 2016 presidential nomination, has asked local leaders in Hollywood to remove the names of Robert E. Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Bell Hood from city streets.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accused Texas Republicans of being "hypocrites" for seeking Hurricane Harvey federal aid after opposing similar measures in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. While many believe Texas should receive all the funding it needs, others are hesitant to write a blank check to a state that refused to do the same when other states were in need.
After a rough summer of divisions within his own party in Congress , President Trump began his long-awaited push for tax cuts Wednesday, a move likely to unify Republicans and raise pressure on Democrats in conservative states for some rare cooperation. Traveling to Missouri, the home state of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, the president offered broad outlines of his unfinished plan for tax reform, calling it "the foundation" for better jobs and prosperity.
On one hand, the former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice has a Who's Who of conservative figures in his corner: James Dobson; Chuck Norris; "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson; and ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. On the other, Moore is being backed by a self-described Democrat from a Democratic-dominated industry: top Alabama trial lawyer Jere Beasley.
With a deadline looming, President Donald Trump remains torn over the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children - a decision that will draw fury no matter what he decides. Trump railed against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program during his campaign, slamming it as illegal "amnesty."
In a letter signed by ranking member Rep. John Conyers and 16 other members, Democrats argued that "although the President has wide constitutional authority to issue pardons, there is also ample precedent for our Committee to review pardons as controversial as this one." Hurricane Harvey moved toward the Texas Gulf Coast.
U.S. President Donald Trump will turn his signature populist rhetoric toward tax reform on Wednesday in a speech expected to tout tax cuts as a way to help workers and the middle class in an economy "rigged" against them, senior White House officials said. With his domestic policy agenda stalled amid Republican infighting and his approval rating at just 35 percent, Trump will make his first presidential speech specifically on tax reform, one of his key 2016 campaign promises.