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Why We Must Raise Taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy, Not Lower Them
When Barack Obama was president, congressional Republicans were deficit hawks. They opposed almost everything Obama wanted to do by arguing it would increase the federal budget deficit.
AP sources: GOP tentatively agrees to $1.5T plan on tax cuts
Top Republicans on a key Senate panel have reached a tentative agreement on a tax plan that would add about $1.5 trillion to the government's $20 trillion debt over 10 years, according to congressional officials. Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, a member of the chamber's dwindling band of deficit hawks, said on Tuesday that Republicans have "potentially gotten to a very good place" on agreeing to how much the upcoming tax measure might cost, once the Senate's tax writers have blended together rate cuts, additional revenue raised through curbing tax breaks, and the beneficial effects of what he called "pro-growth tax reform."
GOP panel divided on red ink for tax cuts
A Republican on the Senate Budget Committee said Tuesday that tax cut advocates on the panel are pressing for cuts that could add $1.5 trillion or more to the deficit over the coming decade. Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said he's backing "as aggressive pro-growth tax reform as we can get."
Senate passes $700 billion defense bill leaving several controversial policies unresolved
House Speaker Paul Ryan , center, shakes hands with Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen , chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, during a news conference about funding bills, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 14, 2017.
Activist announces bid for Corker’s Tennessee Senate seat
Conservative activist Andy Ogles announced Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Tennessee Republican Bob Corker, who has so far refused to divulge whether he will seek a third term. Ogles headed the state chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch's network that has often displayed a willingness to take on Republicans - including President Donald Trump - when their policies aren't deemed conservative enough.
Opinion: How Donald Trump Made Congress Great Again
President Donald Trump's rocky relationship with lawmakers has made Congress free enough to act in the country's best interests, Murphy writes. If you were a member of Congress, especially a Republican member of Congress, you could be forgiven for having at least some contempt for President Donald Trump.
City Council Approves Capital Budget With Almost $20 Million For…
The City Council on Tuesday approved a five-year capital budget that includes almost $20 million for the Central Avenue Extension between the current end at Erlanger Hospital to Amnicola Highway across from the Boathouse Restaurant.
Senate GOP looking for budget deal to open way to tax redo
Pushing toward the Republicans' prime goal of tax legislation, the GOP Senate leader and members of the Budget Committee are scrambling to come up with a budget deal to clear the way for the first tax overhaul in three decades. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP members of the Budget Committee are meeting Tuesday with two top Trump administration officials to plot breaking the budget stalemate.
TWRA Reports 4 Boating-Related Fatalities Over Labor Day Weekend
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports there were four boating-related fatalities over the 2017 Labor Day holiday period from Sept.
Republicans are asking a horrific question: Is our president insane?
On his 92nd birthday, March 8, 1933, retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was paid a surprise visit by the newly inaugurated president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The two men chatted for half an hour and, after Roosevelt departed, a young clerk asked Holmes what he thought of the new man in the White House.
Trump Attacks Corker Again
President Trump "escalated his attacks on congressional Republicans on Friday, targeting Sen. Bob Corker , a frequent ally who was also among the most vocal critics of the president's remarks in response to the violence two weeks ago in Charlottesville," the New York Times reports. "The president's early-morning tweet appeared to suggest that Mr. Corker was in political trouble in his home state."
Bob Corker, Often an Ally of Trump, Is Latest Republican to Be Attacked by Him
Trump attacks Corker: 'Tennessee not happy' with GOP senator - President Trump on Friday fired back at Republican Sen. Bob Corker - (Tenn.), tweeting that Corker has privately asked the president whether he should run for reelection. - Trump was responding to Corker's remarks last week
GOP discord might not bode well for raising debt ceiling
Fanning the flames of GOP discord, President Donald Trump is accusing Republican congressional leaders of botching efforts to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt. "Could have been so easy-now a mess!" Trump tweeted.
Trump can’t stop trash-talking GOP leaders on Capitol Hill
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Corker’s careful balancing act on Trump knocked off kilter
Sen. Bob Corker refuses to say whether he'll seek a third term, but he has carefully said and done all the right things to avoid provoking a spirited primary challenge next year. The Tennessee Republican has limited public appearances back home largely to friendly civic clubs and chambers of commerce meetings, where he can regale members with tales of his pro-business agenda and blunt assessments of congressional dysfunction - all the while steering clear of direct criticism of President Donald Trump.
APNewsBreak: Investigators say federal agent took evidence
A mistake by the Massachusetts State Lottery has injected a little extra drama into the national $758.7 million Powerball drawing. A mistake by the Massachusetts State Lottery has injected a little extra drama into the national $758.7 million Powerball drawing.
LG breaks ground on $250M appliance plant in Tennessee
LG Electronics Inc. has broken ground in Tennessee at the site of the South Korean appliance manufacturer's first washing machine plant in the United States. Company and local officials were joined at the Thursday ceremony in Clarksville by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker.
5commentaryEugene Robinson: How unhinged is Trump?
WASHINGTON a How unstable and divorced from reality is President Trump? We've reached the point where the nation has the right and the need to know. We're not accustomed to asking such questions about our presidents.
Carl Bernstein: This is the Trump story reporters need to cover
"Republicans in Congress, the highest of intelligence officials, the highest of military officers in our country, leaders of the business community - all of whom have dealt with the White House, and many of them dealt personally with Donald Trump - have come to believe that he is unfit for the presidency," Bernstein told CNN's Brian Stelter on Sunday. "Maybe what I'm being told is not as pervasive as I believe it is.