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Hard-line conservatives began an uphill fight Friday to force a fresh House vote this fall on erasing much of President Barack Obama's health care law without an immediate replacement. The effort by the House Freedom Caucus appears to have no chance of passing Congress.
Donald Trump's attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell come at the worst possible time, if the president's goal is actually to accomplish the agenda on health care, infrastructure and taxes he's goading his GOP ally to pass. Congress, now on its August recess, will return to confront a brutal September workload including two absolute must-do items: funding the government to head off a shutdown, and raising the federal borrowing limit to avert a potentially catastrophic first-ever default on U.S. obligations.
Following a procedure in late July, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe is now cancer-free, according to a Friday announcement from his office. "Congressman Roe underwent a successful medical procedure in East Tennessee late last month.
Congressman Justin Amash took to social media Thursday night to set the record straight after some users accused him of being too hard on President Trump. It all started when Amash pointed out that only Congress has the authority to declare war according to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison and vice chairman of the DNC said on Friday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is a "more responsible" leader than President Trump. Ellison's statement was so egregious that left-wing activists in the audience gasped.
Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants. Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants.
It's not the first time that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has faced the threat of extinction from federal and Congressional budget proposals, and perhaps not the last. But as CPB's chief executive officer told television critics at a recent meeting in Beverly Hills, anything is possible in the climate currently gripping Washington.
In this June 2, 2017, file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt looks back after speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to provide records he contends could show conflicts of interest by Pruitt on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017.
Trump's rhetoric toward North Korea splits Senate candidates Republicans support president, try to downplay war threats; Democrats sharply critical Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: President Donald Trump has sent out another warning against North Korea saying that American weapons are "locked and loaded." As is customary for Trump, he tweeted this out also saying: " Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!" These comments come after threats North Korea made and after his very own defense secretary said that they were ready to counter any threat.
Congress is out and the Iowa State Fair is in - which means 2020 prospects are beginning to beat a path to the Hawkeye State. Maryland Rep. John Delaney, who's actually already running for president, is spending a few days with the Butter Cow.
Several key Republican senators are leaping to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's defense as the Kentucky lawmaker's relationship with President Donald Trump continues to deteriorate. Sen. John Cornyn, the second-highest ranking Republican in the Senate, voiced support for McConnell on Twitter Friday, saying that "no one is more qualified" than the Senate majority leader to advance the President's legislative agenda.
The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. John Conyers knows a good deal more than Donald Trump does about the Korea Peninsula-and a lot more about the Constitution.
As President Donald Trump's policies and rhetoric have put him increasingly at odds with the national Republican party, a leading progressive organization is kicking off a new grassroots campaign to link vulnerable GOP House members to Trump's troubled brand. Organizing for Action, the group spawned by former President Barack Obama's national campaigns, is beginning the program by focusing on 34 seats in GOP-held congressional districts around the country where Trump received less than 50% of the vote last November.
Those attending the ribbon cutting at the new ADS plant in Harrisonville, Missouri included ADS Chairman and CEO Joe Chlapaty, Senator Ed Emery - District 31 state senator; Adam Timmerman - U.S. Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler's District Representative; Mayor Brian Hasek - Harrisonville, MO; Obie Carl - Executive Director of the Harrisonville Chamber of Commerce; Eric Hughes - Strickland Construction; and representatives from ADS. )--Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. , the leading manufacturer of water management products and solutions for commercial, residential, infrastructure and agricultural applications, hosted a grand opening event for its new Harrisonville, Missouri manufacturing plant on Wednesday, August 9, 2017.
President Donald Trump has spent much of the week feuding with his top Senate partner, suggesting that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might have to rethink his future if he doesn't deliver on the president's agenda of health care, taxes and infrastructure. Trump on Thursday called McConnell's failure to pass an "Obamacare" repeal last month "a disgrace."
The GOP's bid to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has crashed and burned about as badly as the imploding Obamacare insurance market, but Republicans seem much more optimistic about the coming effort this fall to reform the U.S tax code. President Trump is ramping up support, and House speaker Paul Ryan this week touted a poll showing the effort has broad public support.
The Young Turks are so far left, even liberals call them "left-leaning," and they're on a quest to become the "largest news network period." "Left-leaning political video network The Young Turks has raised $20 million in its latest and biggest funding round," The Huffington Post reported on Aug. 8 .
The deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee realized he'd fumbled his response, as he quickly retracted his assertion after the session. Atlanta, GA-Representative Keith Ellison , who also serves as the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, cautioned against President Trump's rhetoric on North Korea at the Netroots Nation conference on Friday, initially saying that the foreign leader was acting more responsibly than Trump.
President Donald Trump raised a lot of eyebrows on Capitol Hill this week by repeatedly going after Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, demanding that the top Republican do more to push ahead with plans to overhaul the Obama health law, and also to spur action on other top Trump priorities, like bills on tax reform, and new money for roads and bridges. Let's imagine for a moment that President Trump could wave a magic wand and get rid of McConnell would anything really change in the Senate? 1. If McConnell disappears, the music stays the same.