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Republican lawmakers must deliver tax legislation to President Donald Trump's desk before December or lose their chance to enact bold reforms capable of driving the U.S. economy, a leading Republican conservative said on Wednesday. Representative Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, told conservative activists that the prospects for significant tax reform would diminish as lawmakers approach the start of the 2018 congressional election campaign in January.
Frustrated Republicans vented their displeasure at House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday during a town hall meeting at a wire manufacturer in the Wisconsin congressman's district. Ryan hasn't held a town hall meeting open to the general public since October 2015, but he does frequently take questions from employees following business tours.
Trump on Wednesday endorsed an overlooked bill that aims to drastically slash the number of legal immigrants coming to the United States under a so-called "merit-based" system. Trump joined Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia at the White House to support their bill, called the RAISE Act, which they said could cut legal immigration by about 50% over the next 10 years.
President Donald Trump may tap U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry to replace former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who took over as White House chief of staff this week, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. "While Secretary Perry is honored to be mentioned, he is happy where he is and very focused on carrying out the mission the President gave him when he was chosen to lead the Department of Energy," Shaylyn Hynes said in an email.
President Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform accompanied by Senator Tom Cotton and Senator David Perdue. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump and two Republican senators on Wednesday unveiled a plan at the White House to half the number of legal immigrants to the United States eventually and favor newcomers who speak English.
In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., presides over a House Budget Committee meeting in Washington. Black announced on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that she is joining the Tennessee governor's race.
Chicago officials say the city's budget in 2018 will have a $114.2 million shortfall, the smallest in 10 years. However, aides to Mayor Rahm Emanuel concede the projected budget does not include costs for actions the mayor has committed to for next year.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to file a lawsuit Tuesday if Congress passes pro-Second Amendment legislation that would roll back the state's major 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act. "If they try to overrule the State of New York we will sue because this state has rights too," Cuomo told reporters.
Joy Reid, MSNBC's hostess with the mostest on all things race-baiting - who, for example, recently expressed reserved and "delicate" hope for Rep. Steve Scalise's gun wound recovery because of his record "on race" - blamed voter racism and anger, fueled by talk show powerhouse Rush Limbaugh, for the rise of President Donald Trump. Reid, in the context of discussing Sen. Jeff Flake's RINOey new book, "Conscience of a Conservative," which basically takes pot shots at Trump, told her TV host Chuck Todd that "right-wing talk radio over the last 20 something years" has spawned the anger that's spawned the "vulgarity" that's spawned, ultimately, the Trump White House.
To understand why the Arizona Republican is risking his political career this week to publish a book lambasting the president requires familiarity with a pivotal but largely forgotten episode in the early history of the modern conservative movement. It was 1962 - the same year Flake was born.
Speaking during a farm bill listening session in his ... ALLIANCE, Neb. - Omaha Roncalli secured an 11-1 victory over Gering Tuesday night and will go into Wednesday's championship vs. Nebraska City with a 4-0 record.
Maxine Waters and Tracee Ellis Ross speak onstage during the 2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles. It's not often that the snore-inducing testimony during a House Financial Services Committee meeting goes viral.
In this May 5, 2017, file photo, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel addresses Hispanic business owners and community members at the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce in Lansing, Mich. Republican senators are bucking President Donald Trump's calls to revive the health care debate.
Washington: A bipartisan group of influential lawmakers from both the House and Senate has urged US President Donald Trump to crackdown on jobs outsourcing companies and reform the visa has been abused by some corporations as a way to displace American workers with cheap foreign labour. We urge you to use your authority as President to the greatest extent possible to stop abuses, but we believe reform also must happen legislatively because of loopholes in the law," the lawmakers said in a letter to the President.
Republican senators are bucking President Donald Trump's calls to revive the health care debate. And Trump just ousted his only top White House aide with deep links to the Republican Party.
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell on Tuesday unloaded on Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake, mocking him in a Twitter post as an "imposter" posing as a conservative. "Jeff Flake is not a conservative, nor does he have a conscience," Bozell said, slamming Flake by using the title of his new book "Conscience of a Conservative" - a nod to Barry Here you can find useful examples and description about searching the news archive.
Colorado Republican Rep. Mike Coffman speaks to reporters before holding a constituent town hall in Brighton, Colo., on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Coffman called for a bipartisan effort on health care after the GOP-led Congress failed to produce a new health care law.
A study to examine a wide-ranging ban on the use of take-out containers, plastic cups and single-use straws was approved unanimously by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, but not before several people spoke out in opposition to the idea.