Trump: Stock market winners and losers since the president took office
The biggest gainers include a dental-products company and an aerospace titan. The largest losers are Mattel and General Electric.
Category Archives: US Politics
Tax cuts: Economists see modest impact on workers, economy as corporate taxes fall
Speaker Paul Ryan is dismissing criticism of the massive tax package the House passed Tuesday. He insists "this is profound change and this is change that is going to put our country on the right path."
Sen. John Kennedy takes on Washington like a ‘Bat out of Hell’ | Opinion
The competition is admittedly not that all that fierce, but it's hard to come up with a member of Congress having a better December than Louisiana's John Kennedy . OK, maybe Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker with that tax break deal, but no one else is even close.
Senate Approves GOP Tax Plan, House to Revote Wednesday
In a vote in the early Wednesday morning hours, the Senate approved the final version of the first overhaul of the US tax code in more than 30 years, handing President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans their most significant legislative victory of 2017. The bill passed along party lines, 51-48 with the final result announced by Vice President Mike Pence who presided over the vote.
This could be why Chris Christie is suddenly pointing the finger at Jared Kushner
Chris Christie made news Tuesday for saying Jared Kushner "deserves to be scrutinized" by special counsel Robert Mueller - but there's another reason he may be dangerous to President Donald Trump. The outgoing New Jersey governor stressed that he's not accusing Kushner of breaking the law, but he said Trump's son-in-law would certainly draw the interest of Mueller and his team of prosecutors.
Poll: Trump and GOP never intended to strike a bipartisan tax deal
As Republicans rush their tax bill to the House and Senate floors for a final round of votes, a new poll shows that Americans do not believe that the GOP, in crafting the controversial legislation, reached out in good faith to Democrats. Only 27% say Republicans and President Trump sought meaningful input from their partisan opponents on Capitol Hill, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Tax passage will be moment of vindication for Ryan
When House Speaker Paul Ryan slams down the gavel to send a huge Republican tax bill to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, he will fulfill a lifetime's ambition of steering a generational economic reform into law. "This is a promise made, this is a promise kept," Ryan said Tuesday, after an initial House vote on a measure that he has been working towards since signing on as an aide to his mentor, conservative fiscal guru Jack Kemp, in 1993.
Connect to CongressSenate moves tax cut legislation to brink of final passage
Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades , a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans will learn to love when they see their paychecks in the new year. President Donald Trump cheered the lawmakers on, eager to claim his first major legislative victory.
House and Senate approve Trump’s massive tax overhaul, but last-minute glitch delays final passage
The House and Senate approved the most significant overhaul of the tax code in three decades, but Republicans will have to clear one more legislative hurdle before they can claim their first major legislative win and deliver the $1.5 trillion package to President Trump before Christmas, as he requested. The GOP's sweeping tax measure hit a glitch late Tuesday afternoon in the Senate when the parliamentarian ruled that three minor provisions included in the House-passed bill did not comply with the Senate's strict budget rules.
Inside the Statehouse
Well, folks, we have had a more exciting and fun filled political year than we expected. Usually, most of the fun is reserved for even numbered years when presidential or gubernatorial elections are held.
Officials: Why was train in fatal Amtrak wreck speeding?
A damaged Amtrak passenger train car is lifted from the tracks at the site of the derailment of an Amtrak train in Dupont, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass on Monday, killing several people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training next to him in the locomotive, a federal official said Tuesday.
The Killing of Intellectuals in the Shadow of Henry Kissinger
River of Blood, ' Raktanadi ', is a much used metaphor to be found in the narratives of the nine month long struggle for freedom of Bangladesh. The blood started to flow on the treacherous night of March 25, 1971 when the Pakistan Army launched its genocidal attack on the Bangali people.
Will Eye Care Lobbyists Retain Their Consumer Rights Loophole?
Despite the efforts of many to "drain the swamp" of special interests, lobbyists are still making gains in President Donald J. Trump's Washington. While members of the House of Representatives are showing progress in fact-checking special interests' claims, crony influence peddlers still have one piece of valuable leverage on their side: the limited time on members' clocks.
The Real Message Sent By Alabama Is That The State Is Deeply Divided. And That’s All
"Alabama sends a message" declared a Wall Street Journal editorial the morning after last week's special election for United States Senator from Alabama. What message did Alabama send? For the Journal editorial board it seems the message is that morally flawed candidates are likely to lose because voters "will only accept so much misbehavior in a politician, no matter the policy stakes."
NY Times Mounts Sexist Attacks Against Sen. Susan Collins For Her Tax Bill Support
On Tuesday, Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins bitterly attacked the press's coverage of her ultimate decision to support the GOP's tax bill. Though Collins didn't name a media outlet in her criticism, the New York Times was primary purveyor of now-popular leftist memes, which Collins characterized as "unbelievably sexist," that she was "duped" by party leadership, and that she was so hard-hearted that she wasn't "brought to tears" by protesting Mainers who met with her last week.
11 blue state Republicans vote against tax bill
Twelve House Republicans, including 11 who hail from districts in states won by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, voted against the GOP's ambitious $1.5 trillion measure that rewrites the nation's tax code. The 11 blue state Republicans who voted no are all from California, New York or New Jersey, and represent mostly suburban districts that Democrats are targeting in their quest to retake the House in the 2018 midterm elections.
After passage in U.S. Senate, tax reform bill could be finalized today
UPDATE: The U.S. Senate passed the GOP Tax Cuts and Jobs Act early Wednesday morning, 51-48. The bill was set to go back to the U.S. House for a final vote later Wednesday.
Gabrielle Maston: Do slimming teas help with weight loss?
Trump secures major victory as Senate Republicans pass $1.5 trillion tax cut bill despite Democrats warning they'll 'rue this day' and protesters screaming 'don't kill us' - paving the way for a final House vote today after earlier hiccup California, New Jersey and New York Republicans vote AGAINST tax bill over deductions for state and local taxes - and Trump fails to convince a single Democrat to back it Trump: I'm a tax LOSER! White House says president will pay more under his plan - but admits his businesses will gain Catt Sadler leaves E! News following 10 years at the network after learning her male co-host Jason Kennedy earns almost DOUBLE her salary Amtrak didn't wait for crucial speed-control technology that could have prevented deaths on high speed train and driver never manually hit the emergency brake Matt Damon backs out of Downsizing premiere after his latest remarks about ... (more)
Republicans Goof Up While Passing Tax Bill
Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote, creating 50-50 tie in legislature - NEWPORT NEWS - A Republican seat flipped Democratic in a wild recount Tuesday - with the Democrat winning by a single vote - creating a rare 50-50 tie between the parties in the House of Delegates In Virginia, a 11,608-to-11,607 Lesson in the Power of a Single Vote - The Democratic wave that rose on Election Day in Virginia last month delivered a final crash on the sand Tuesday when a Democratic challenger defeated a Republican incumbent by a single vote, leaving the Virginia House House must revote on approved final GOP tax bill, fearing Byrd Rule objections - The House will revote on the bill it passed to much fanfare Tuesday afternoon, fearing procedural violations in the version it already passed.
Stivers touts net neutrality bill; critics call it ‘ridiculous’
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers is pushing legislation that he says will maintain a "free and open" internet, but a former member of the Federal Communications Commission said it would do anything but. An industry group representing content giants such as Google, Facebook and Amazon also is criticizing the bill, calling it "net neutrality in name only."