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President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that the U.S. government "needs a good shutdown" in September to fix a "mess" in the Senate, signaling his displeasure with a temporary spending bill that Republican congressional leaders - and Trump himself - are praising as a major accomplishment. On Twitter and then in a White House ceremony, Trump issued contradictory statements ahead of key votes in Congress on the budget bill to keep the government running into the fall.
The fate of the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare remains in flux as House Republicans scramble to get enough votes for it to pass through a divided Republican Party before lawmakers head home for a week-long recess. Republicans still don't know whether they have enough votes to pass Obamacare repeal The fate of the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare remains in flux as House Republicans scramble to get enough votes for it to pass through a divided Republican Party before lawmakers head home for a week-long recess.
In a win for credit unions, and as urged by NAFCU, a bipartisan $1.1 trillion federal spending bill drafted in the House and Senate contains funding for the Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund program and the NCUA Community Development Revolving Loan Fund. The bill, funding operations through Sept.
The White House and congressional GOP leaders swear they're closer to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act , but a vote on the Republican health care plan may be further off than President Donald Trump hopes or thinks, as support among the rank-and-file is squishy and opposition among moderates doesn't look any less fierce than days before. on the health care bill, but that may just be another false start.
Lawmakers on Monday unveiled a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund most government operations through September but would deny President Donald Trump money for a border wall and rejects his proposed cuts to popular domestic programs. The 1,665-page bill agreed to on Sunday is the product of weeks of negotiations.
Lawmakers on Monday unveiled a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund most government operations through September but would deny President Donald Trump money for a border wall and rejects his proposed cuts to popular domestic programs.
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... The very good news out of Congress this morning is that negotiators hammered out a government funding deal over the weekend that doesn't do awful things to anyone-it's a very, very good deal for Democrats. The bad news in this agreement is that it leaves time for House Speaker Paul Ryan to get another shot at passing Zombie Trumpcare this week.
Members of the Trump administration are "convinced we've got the votes" to repeal and replace ObamaCare this week, White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said on Monday. "Do we have the votes for health care? I think we do.
President Donald Trump tried Sunday to reassure anxious Republicans that the latest proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act would continue to protect those with pre-existing medical conditions, although he struggled to fully articulate what form those protections would take. As Republicans have tried to find a health care bill on which they can reach a consensus, Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., agreed to support an amendment that would allow states to again permit insurance providers to deny coverage to people who have pre-existing conditions, as long as that state set up "high-risk pools" that would provide coverage to those in poor health who cannot get traditional insurance.
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to hold hearings in May on changes to the tax code, including a border-adjusted tax, Chairman Kevin Brady said Sunday. The hearings would be the next phase of an effort to overhaul the U.S. tax code by year-end, a goal that Brady and President Donald Trump's administration share.
Over the course of his 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has been startlingly candid about his public education in the ways of Washington and the world. He's been blocked by the courts and befuddled by a divided Republican Party that's running Congress, and his first months on the job have left the long-time reality-TV and real estate tycoon struggling for major governing victories and searching for a new approach to many of his campaign promises.
Over the course of his 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has been startlingly candid about his public education in the ways of Washington and the world. He's been blocked by the courts and befuddled by a divided Republican Party that's running Congress, and his first months on the job have left the long-time reality-TV and real estate tycoon struggling for major governing victories and searching for a new approach to many of his campaign promises.
For Donald Trump, self-proclaimed master negotiator, making deals with Congress was supposed to be easy. "This Congress is going to be the busiest Congress we've had in decades, maybe ever," Trump predicted shortly after taking office.
The Latest on efforts in Congress to repeal the health care law and agree on a spending bill to keep the government open : President Donald Trump has signed a short-term, stopgap spending bill keeping the government functioning and avoiding a shutdown on his 100th day in office. Trump signed the bill in private Friday night after he returned to the White House from a daytrip to Atlanta.
President Donald Trump is blaming former President Barack Obama for not fully vetting Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn after it was revealed that Flynn received payments from foreign governments without approval from military officials in 2014. In an interview with Fox News released Friday, the president said that Obama officials bear responsibility for the oversight - not his own administration, which tapped Flynn for the post.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan made a quick stop at the annual Celebrazione Italiana Friday evening, where he received the Excellence in Leadership award. Ryan represents Wisconsin's 1st District, which includes Kenosha County.
USA Today badly bungled its timeline this week of the White House's back-and-forth with Democratic leaders over a possible shutdown of the federal government. USA Today badly bungled its timeline this week of the White House's back-and-forth with Democratic leaders over a possible shutdown of the federal government.
With just hours to spare, the House easily approved a short-term spending bill Friday that would prevent a partial federal shutdown over the weekend. But on President Donald Trump's 99th day in office, lawmakers were leaving for the weekend without completing two other measures he's coveted: A Republican health care overhaul and a budget financing government for the entire year.
With just hours to spare, Congress easily approved a short-term spending bill Friday that would prevent a partial federal shutdown over the weekend. But on President Donald Trump's 99th day in office, lawmakers were leaving until next week without completing two other measures he's coveted: A Republican health care overhaul and a budget financing government for the entire year.
" Since arriving in Washington in 2009, Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz has been a political mainstay, doggedly investigating Democrats, frequently appearing on cable TV and regularly updating his legions of social media followers with photos of himself, his family and even his dog, Ruby. His Twitter handle reminds people that of the 435 members, he's @jasoninthehouse.