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The legislative budget proposal includes a 2 percent pay hike over the next two years for teachers, but it may not be permanent. Are Arizona teachers getting a raise or a bonus? The legislative budget proposal includes a 2 percent pay hike over the next two years for teachers, but it may not be permanent.
Trump was ready to rip up the 23-year-old free trade deal with Canada and Mexico last week before phone calls with his counterparts from the two countries, a slew of leaders and advisers from Congress, and his own cabinet intervened to calm the president down. Now Trump says he'll "renegotiate" instead.
US President Donald Trump extracted a much-needed victory from Congress Thursday as Republicans narrowly pushed a bill through the House of Representatives repealing the landmark health reforms of his predecessor. The vote of 217-213 could hardly have been closer in the Republican-controlled chamber, highlighting the concerns of many in Trump's party who fear the bill could strip millions of Americans of their coverage and send costs skyrocketing.
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As Republicans move closer to dismantling Democrat Barack Obama's health care law, Americans with serious illnesses are feeling uneasy. The GOP health care bill pushed through the House on Thursday leaves those with pre-existing conditions fearful of higher premiums and losing coverage altogether if the Affordable Care Act is replaced.
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz accompanied by United Airlines President Scott Kirby testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday testifying before a House Transportation Committee oversight hearing. Air travel in the United States has become a combustible mix in which passengers are not the only ones treated unfairly, senators were told yesterday.
Legislative negotiations on finalizing budget targets are getting down to the nitty-gritty. All sides have been reaching out to the public and the media in soliciting support for their proposals.
Top staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency are signaling they are on the side of the coal industry with remarks given by senior policy advisor Mandy Gunasekara at the coal industry's Eastern Fuel Buyers conference. "I'm here to talk to you to make sure what we're doing in D.C. is beneficial for you.
If you're looking for a new place to visit with your VR headset, how about taking a tour of the White House? It already feels like a very long time ago that Barack Obama was calling the shots in Washington though it's actually been barely three months since The Donald took over. Nostalgic types, or those simply interested in learning more about the history and work of the White House, can now sling on an Oculus Rift or Gear VR headset for a 360-degree, stereoscopic 3D tour of the president's official home given by its most recent former resident.
Determined to exert greater economic pressure on North Korea, the Republican-led House on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang targeting its shipping industry and use of slave labor. Lawmakers approved the measure on a 419-1 vote as tensions continued to mount over North Korea's advancing nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Jake Martinez, 32, speaks during an interview while his wife Kat, 31, holds their daughter Jenny, 3, at their home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Jake Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use.
Congressman Bill Huizenga spoke with FOX 17 News live early Thursday evening after casting his vote in support of the American Health Care Act. The bill is being branded as the repeal and replace of the Affordable Care Act that Republicans have been promising throughout the 2016 campaign season and beyond.
You soon might have to pay a 6.5 percent sales tax on your online shopping to help balance the state's budget. An online sales tax plan from House Democrats would bring in an estimated $340.8 million for public schools, higher education financial aid and other education-related expenditures over the next two years.
"The FBI and the Justice Department have provided me material inconsistent answers in closed setting about its reported relationship with Mr. Steele", Grassley said . Comey shocked the country when he informed Congress he was reopening the probe into Clinton's unauthorized use of a private email server as secretary of state, months after declaring the probe found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Relieved Republicans muscled their health care bill through the House Thursday , taking their biggest step toward dismantling the Obama health care overhaul since Donald Trump took office. They won passage only after overcoming their own divisions that nearly sank the measure six weeks ago.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper blasted the U.S. House of Representative's passage of the American Health Care Act on Thursday, saying that the bill, "threatens to end health insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands of hard working Coloradans." Hickenlooper's lieutenant governor, former health care executive Donna Lynne, said the AHCA scrambles the state's health safety net.
After weeks of remaining tight-lipped on her stance, U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Willsboro, voted in favor of the Obamacare replacement bill that passed the House of Representatives Thursday afternoon. Republicans narrowly passed the controversial bill to revise the Affordable Care Act, fulfilling a major Trump campaign promise but sending the measure on to an uncertain fate in the closely divided Senate.
The meeting will take place just hours before a larger White House meeting about the fate of the US' participation in the global environmental pact, Axios reported. Pruitt has repeatedly called for the US to exit the Paris agreement, calling it "a bad deal for this country."
In addition to being the day the House of Representatives passed an Obamacare repeal bill and the unofficial Star Wars day, Thursday was also National Orange Juice Day. It's a totally real thing promoted by the state's Department of Citrus, which you should not be surprised to hear is also a real thing.
FBI Director James Comey said in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he treated the bureau's probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server and its investigation into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia "consistently," and "under the same principles." Comey was grilled by the committee's Democrats about why he decided announce, 11 days before the 2016 election , that the FBI was revisiting the Clinton email investigation but did not reveal that the FBI had also been investigating possible collusion between Trump associates and Russia.