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Category Archives: Mike Pence
Boeing Factory Where Trump Touted US Jobs Set for Layoffs
President Donald Trump reiterated his emphasis on rebuilding the military in a Friday visit to Boeing in South Carolina, a day after he made the same promises in a White House news conference. "We are looking seriously at a big order," he said.
Bono Writes Get Well Card for Congressman Injured in…
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise recently received a special visitor to the hospital in which he is recovering: U2 lead singer, Bono. The Irish singer and philanthropist visited and signed a get well card for the Congressman on Wednesday.
Trump returns to Iowa and unhappy independent voters
Iowa independents who helped Donald Trump win the presidency see last year's tough-talking candidate as a thin-skinned chief executive and wish he'd show more grace. Unaffiliated voters make up the largest percentage of the electorate in the Midwest state that backed Trump in 2016, after lifting Democrat Barack Obama to the White House in party caucuses and two straight elections.
The LGBTQ community has a long fight ahead, and marriage equality isn’t the focus
Earlier this month, my wife and I celebrated our one-year wedding anniversary, something we had long been told we would never be able to do. On June 26, we will acknowledge another important date - two years since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that ensured couples like Caity and I could prove our commitment to each other in the eyes of the law.
Republican Handel wins Georgia House seat in key contest
Republican Karen Handel has won a nationally watched congressional election in Georgia, avoiding an upset that would have rocked Washington ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Her narrow victory Tuesday over Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia's 6th Congressional District allows Republicans a sigh of relief after what's being recognized as the most expensive House race in U.S history, with a price tag that may exceed $50 million.
US House Speaker, Trump Aides Vow Tax Reform by End of 2017
Top Republicans from Congress and the Trump administration vowed on Tuesday to complete tax reform by the end of 2017, despite party infighting and political distractions from investigations of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In a speech to U.S. manufacturers, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress hoped to complete the job in the autumn, with a new tax system in place by the beginning of 2018.
Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia special election in most expensive House race in US history
Karen Handel, Republican candidate for Congress, checks in for her voter card Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, Ga. Karen Handel, Republican candidate for Congress, checks in for her voter card Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, Ga.
Back to Iowa, Trump faces some disgruntled independents
In this Oct. 28, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Iowa independents who helped Trump win the presidency see last year's tough-talking candidate as a thin-skinned chief executive and wish he'd show more grace.
In Georgia, Republicans aim to hang onto congressional seat
Rain isn't slowing down the Georgia voters who will settle the most expensive House race in U.S. history and potentially set a new course for the 2018 midterm elections. Republican Karen Handel, a veteran Georgia politician, is fighting to claim the 6th Congressional District seat that's been in her party's hands since 1979.
GOP leaders exclude most lawmakers from secret tax talks
The White House plans to privately negotiate a massive overhaul of the tax system with Republican leaders in Congress, possibly giving rank-and-file members little if any say over the finished product, a top aide to President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic aide, said the administration doesn't want to engage in prolonged negotiations after the package is made public this fall.
Ossoff in Georgia: Will Democrats pull off a House special election win?
Something about special elections gets normally sane political folks bent out of shape. Sometimes it's just silly hype.
Indiana forking over $100,000 to search through Pence’s private …
The personal AOL email account that Vice President Mike Pence used to conduct official state business as governor is costing the State of Indiana $100,000 to clear a backlog of public records requests. The Associated Press obtained 'documents' from Indiana that show Pence's handpicked successor, Governor Eric Holcomb, contracted with Shelbyville law firm McNeely Stephenson to handle fifty pending public requests.
Indiana to pay firm $100k to handle Pence email requests
Indiana is paying $100,000 to a law firm for help dealing with an "unusually high" number of public records requests, most of which seek emails from Vice President Mike Pence's tenure as governor.
VP Mike Pence visits Indianapolis for fundraising event
The general election vote is a lingering issue. A special prosecutor is looking into whether the president's team had ties to Russia during the election.
Trump slams Russia probe for looking into obstruction of justice, while Pence hires lawyer
A heightened sense of unease gripped the White House on Thursday, as President Donald Trump lashed out at reports that he's under scrutiny over whether he obstructed justice, aides repeatedly deflected questions about the probe and Vice President Mike Pence acknowledged hiring a private lawyer to handle fallout from investigations into Russian election meddling. Pence's decision to hire Richard Cullen, a Richmond, Virginia-based lawyer who previously served as a U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, came less than a month after Trump hired his own private lawyer.
Trump says Scalise a in some troublea as House gavels back in
In this file photo, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Latest: Shooting at Republican Congressional Softball Practice
House Speaker Paul Ryan has told his fellow lawmakers that "an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us." Ryan addressed the House in the wake of Wednesday's shooting at a practice of lawmakers for the annual charity congressional baseball game.
Trump: GOP baseball shooter is dead
"Authorities are continuing to investigate the crime and the assailant has now died from his injuries," Trump said from the White House. Scalise, a congressional staffer and two law enforcement officials suffered gunshot wounds after the shooter opened fire on Republican members of Congress on the baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia.
Trump transition team ordered to save materials on Russia, Ukraine: NYT
President Donald Trump's transition team has been ordered to preserve materials related to ongoing investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, the New York Times reported on Friday, as Trump again assailed the probes. Citing a memo from the general counsel's office of Trump's transition team, the Times said former members were given the order on Thursday for any information involving Russia or Ukraine in the latest sign of the investigations' expanding reach.