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Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said Wednesday that party leaders have assured him the Senate will vote in January on bipartisan legislation to protect certain young immigrants from deportation. Flake, who had pressed for a guarantee during talks for his support on the tax bill, said in a statement he was pleased that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was committed to bringing the immigration bill "we are currently negotiating to the Senate floor in January."
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Some thoughts on what the Zumwalt-class destroyers might do if Trump and McMaster drag us into war with North Korea: After the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S. Navy decommissioned its last battleships. The U.S. Marine Corps, among others, argued that the United States still needed gunfire support for amphibious operations, and platforms for long-range attacks against targets in the littoral.
Republican Tax Bill Has Grown More Unpopular, Poll Shows - Overall, 41% of Americans in the survey said the tax plan was a bad idea, up from 35% in October.
Republican Tax Bill Has Grown More Unpopular, Poll Shows - Overall, 41% of Americans in the survey said the tax plan was a bad idea, up from 35% in October.
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 Donald Trump's Holiday Gift to America: A Fundamental Crisis - Deck the halls with an assault on the principles, norms, and purpose of democratic governance. In a commencement speech years ago, author David Foster Wallace told this story: Two young fish are swimming along, and they pass an older fish swimming the other way.
Democrats unlikely to force DACA vote this week, probably averting shutdown - Democrats are backing away from a pledge to force a vote this month over the fate of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children, angering activists but likely averting the threat Meryl Streep Targeted by Street Artists With "She Knew" Posters - The posters appeared in several locations in Los Angeles. - In posters that appeared in several locations in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Meryl Streep was seemingly depicted as a Harvey Weinstein enabler by anonymous street artists.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, arrive at the press conference after the Senate passed the GOP tax bill early Wednesday morning. Congress is set to deliver on the first major GOP legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, as the House takes a final vote on a $1.5 trillion tax package that cuts individual rates for eight years and slashes corporate taxes to 21 percent permanently.
Republican Tax Bill Has Grown More Unpopular, Poll Shows - Overall, 41% of Americans in the survey said the tax plan was a bad idea, up from 35% in October.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last month raised almost $7 million, outpacing its Republican counterpart by approximately $3 million. The DCCC announced Wednesday that it had raised $6.93 million in November, which is up from the $4.56 million it raised in November 2015, the last off-election year.
For the first in more than 30 years, major changes to the U.S. tax code are on track to become law as early as the New Year. A final vote in the U.S. House on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
"I would like to congratulate @SenateMajLdr on having done a fantastic job both strategically & politically on the passing in the Senate of the MASSIVE TAX CUT & Reform Bill," Trump tweeted. The president wrote that he "could have not asked for a better or more talented partner" than McConnell and predicted Republicans "will go onto many more VICTORIES!" I would like to congratulate @SenateMajLdr on having done a fantastic job both strategically & politically on the passing in the Senate of the MASSIVE TAX CUT & Reform Bill.
Donald John Trump House Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for 'serious case of amnesia' after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don't want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE 's private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida has reportedly raised ticket prices for its annual New Year's Eve party. Tickets this year will cost $600 for members and $750 for their guests, up from $525 and $575, respectively, in 2016, Politico reported.
The Republican Party of Texas announced today they have granted Congressman Blake Farenthold's request to have his name removed from the list of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Congressional District 27. In a hearing yesterday morning, the party made a motion to dismiss the case it filed to omit Farenthold's name from the ballot. The party made the motion after attorneys representing the Secretary of State's office affirmed that the state does not have the authority to compel the party to place a name on the ballot.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is acknowledging "nobody knows" if the sweeping tax cuts Congress is enacting will produce enough economic growth to fend off soaring federal deficits. Making the rounds of morning television news shows, the Wisconsin Republican known as a deficit hawk suggested it's a risk that Republicans are willing to take.
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 Trump: I'm a tax LOSER! White House says president will pay more under his plan - but admits his businesses will gain 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 Catt Sadler leaves E! News following 10 years at the network after learning her male co-host Jason Kennedy earns almost DOUBLE her salary Tis' the season for shopping stress - particularly if you're older! People over the age of 50 have even MORE anxiety about Christmas gifting than anyone younger Matt Damon backs out of Downsizing premiere after his latest remarks ... (more)
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday was expected to give final approval to a sweeping tax bill and send it to President Donald Trump to sign into law, sealing his first major legislative victory in office. In the largest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 30 years, Republicans in mere weeks have steamrolled over the opposition of Democrats in an effort to slash taxes for corporations and the wealthy, while offering mixed, temporary tax relief to working American individuals and families.
This piece generated a vitriolic response from fritzbw: "The PIT is indeed suffering from a toxic atmosphere, but not the kind described in the article by Katie Fernelius. The PIT is suffering from the toxicity of a witch hunt, in which mudslingers are given free rein and not held to any standards of rational thinking.
A transgender former intern says an apology letter from her to Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico is a fake. Riley Del Rey told The Associated Press on Tuesday she never wrote the letter and Lujan Grisham's office is circulating the bogus letter to divert attention from claims the congresswoman fired her because she is transgender.