Tax Cut Thanksgiving: Darcy cartoon

If the GOP tax plan passes, will middle class taxpayers be giving thanks for it this time next year? Or will they have just voted out Republican control of Congress because the plan didn't deliver what was promised? Republicans believe that passage of their tax plan is required for them to keep control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. But passage of a flawed tax plan could also cost them control of Congress.

Kids Safe Zone To Help Provide Thanksgiving Dinner For 400

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Congressman Elijah Cummings And Other Lawmakers Attend Town Hall On Tax Overhaul

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US Rep. said he’d go to police over nude picture

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton told a woman that he would complain to U.S. Capitol Police if sexually explicit photographs of him and other material from their relationship were to be exposed publicly, according to a published report. The Washington Post reported the threat Wednesday after Barton, a North Texas Republican, apologized for a nude photo of him that circulated on social media.

Abortion procedure ban struck down

A federal district judge handed a victory to abortion rights groups Wednesday when he struck down part of a Texas law curbing access to the most common second-trimester abortion procedure, called dilation and evacuation. In a decision that will be appealed before the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Lee Yeakel said the provision imposes an "undue burden" on women seeking second-trimester abortions in the state.

Roy Moore’s Democratic opponent uses Ivanka Trump quote to attack him …

The Democratic candidate running against controversy-ridden Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race is invoking the words of Ivanka Trump to win support. Doug Jones has published a 30-second advertisement on the accusations facing Mr Moore, in which a narrator quotes Ms Trump condemning the behaviour of the Republican candidate.

This Thanksgiving A Majority Would Prefer To Hold The Side Of Political Talk

This year, even more than last year, people are dreading talking politics over Thanksgiving dinner. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that 58 percent of people celebrating the holiday are not excited about the prospect - and Democrats are less excited than Republicans.

Debt and Higher Taxes for Our Grandchildren

Should the government borrow against the future? Should it guarantee higher taxes for your children and grandchildren in return for lower taxes for you? If government's moral legitimacy depends on the consent of the governed, as Thomas Jefferson argued in the Declaration of Independence, can the federal government morally compel those who haven't consented to its financial profligacy - because they are not yet born - to pay higher taxes? These questions are at the base of the debate - such as it is - in Congress these days over the so-called Republican tax reform plan.

Report: Barton said he’d go to Capitol Police over photo

In this June 14, 2017, file photo, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the incident where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, were shot during a Congressional baseball practice. Barton is apologizing after a nude photo of him circulated on social media.

Report: Rep. Joe Barton threatened ex-lover with police

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton told a woman that he would complain to U.S. Capitol Police if sexually explicit photographs of him and other material from their relationship were to be exposed publicly, according to a published report. The Washington Post reported the threat Wednesday after Barton, a North Texas Republican, apologized for a nude photo of him that circulated on social media.

The Latest: Report: Barton said he’d go to police over photo

The Latest on U.S. Rep. Joe Barton's response to a nude photograph of him circulated on social media : A published report says U.S. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos, videos and messages that he would report her to U.S. Capitol Police for exposing his behavior. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the woman, whom it didn't identify, played for the newspaper a recording of a telephone conversation she had with Barton in 2015.

Georgia Farm Bureau to hold convention in December

Georgia Farm Bureau members will gather on Jekyll Island for the organization's 80th annual meeting Dec. 3 to 5. Gov. Nathan Deal, U.S. Dist 1 Rep. Buddy Carter and Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black will address convention attendees during the general session on Dec. 4 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

Blame equally shared in Washington, says Rep. Tim Ryan

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan is a Democrat and says he always will be, but those in his party weren't spared criticism by the man who has represented the Alliance area in Congress since 2003. Ryan, D-13th, was the guest of the combined Thanksgiving Eve meeting of the Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs of Alliance Wednesday at the Hoover-Price Campus Center at Mount Union.