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From Washington, Schumer oversaw the Minnesota Democrat's first campaign in 2008. When Franken was finally declared the winner in the summer of 2009 after a long recount, he gave the Democrats a brief filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats - a precious gift that allowed them to pass the Affordable Care Act on a party-line vote that December.
The ultra-wealthy, especially those with dynastic businesses - like President Donald Trump and his family - do very well under a major Republican tax bill moving in the Senate, as they do under legislation passed this week by the House. Want to toast the anticipated tax win with champagne or a beer - or maybe you're feeling Shakespearean and prefer to quaff mead from a pewter mug? That would cheer producers of beer, wine, liquor - and mead, the ancient beverage fermented from honey.
Dennis Kucinich was 31 years old in 1977 when he won election as mayor of Cleveland, beginning a tumultuous two-year term that would see him survive a recall election and the city's default. ( Dates in office: 1970-1975, 1981-1982, Cleveland City Council; 1977-1979, Mayor of Cleveland; 1994-1996, Ohio State Senate; 1997-2013, U.S. House of Representatives Career Summary: The so-called "boy mayor" survived a recall election and oversaw one of the most tumultuous terms in city history, during which the city was forced into default after banks called in their loans.
White House spokesman Sarah Sanders insists there's "a very big distinction" between the sexual assault allegations against President Trump and Democratic Sen. Al Franken, saying, 'Franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn't.' Despite the many women who have accused him of inappropriate behavior, and the tape of him talking about how to "grab" women, Trump couldn't help but go after Democratic Sen. Al Franken over his sexual harassment issues.
Clinton was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives but there were not enough votes in the U.S. Senate to convict him of wrongdoing and force him from his second-term as president. Gillibrand's remarks prompted a rebuke as reported by Politico here from Philippe Reines, a top adviser to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who moved to Chappaqua before becoming a U.S. senator.
This undated photo provided by the Argentina Navy shows the A.R.A. San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric vessel, docked in Buenos Aires. Argentina's Navy said Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, that it had lost contact with the submarine off the country's southern coast.
The Summit County Republican Party announced that it is endorsing Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine for Ohio governor, according to a news release. The Summit County Republican Executive Committee met Saturday morning to discuss endorsements for the May 2018 primary election, the release says.
In Saturday's New York Times , reporter Patricia Cohen took the most jaundiced view of the GOP tax-cutting plans with some liberal rhetoric about Republican attempts to pare down the estate tax, colloquially known as the death tax, which applies to a person who inherits a wealthy estate: " Only the Most Wealthy, Including Trump, Gain From Estate Tax's Repeal ." The top rate is 40% and the exemption level tops out at $5.5 million.
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed on Thursday James Abbott to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, making him the second openly gay nominee confirmed during the Trump administration. The uncontroversial nomination was confirmed by unanimous consent "en banc" as part of a group of three nominees to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, an independent U.S. agency charged with adjudicating concerns over collective bargaining agreements.
A popular deduction targeted in the GOP's overhaul of the tax code is used by more than a quarter of all filers in a majority of states, including many led by Republicans where some residents eventually could see their federal tax bills rise. The exact effect in every state isn't known, in part because of differences in the Senate and House versions of the bill.
Current 79th District State Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst used those words in reaction to a potential challenge from Lisa Dugan in next year's election for the Illinois State House seat. Those are strong words but a rather fitting way to describe what likely lies ahead, as a Dugan-Parkhurst duel would be a political version of a battle between two skilled heavyweight boxers.
A hot mic caught Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., saying that the Republican Party is "toast" if it embraces President Trump and Roy Moore. "If we become the party of Roy Moore and Donald Trump, we are toast," he said at a tax reform event in Mesa, Ariz., on Friday.
Buenos Aires - Argentina's Navy said on Saturday that it was ramping up the search for a submarine that hadn't been heard from in three days and at least six other nations said they would join in the effort. Navy spokesperson Enrique Balbi said that the area being searched off the country's southern Atlantic coast has been doubled as concerns about the 44 crew members grew.
Robert Mugabe better take care in offering his death as a bargaining position because a mob of Zimbabweans might be on their way to accept those terms. The four-decade dictator has mostly remained in his presidential compound since the military seized control of Harare after Mugabe tried sacking his vice president to hand control over to his wife.
Call it a tax rewrite, reform, revamp, overhaul or as its Republican authors label it, "The Tax Cut and Jobs Act." But the better label for it is The Great Tax Scam of 2017, or A Pig in a Poke.
Responsible people in government are increasingly worried that President Trump might ignite nuclear war to salvage his bruised ego and to show the Asians who is boss. Amidst the rising clamor in the US over groping and goosing, America's Congress is beginning to fret about President Donald Trump's shaky finger being on the nation's nuclear button.
"We have a man who's accused of sexual assault sitting in the Oval Office, don't we? The very credible accusations against him have not been taken seriously," Clinton said during an interview with 77 WABC Radio's Rita Cosby . "We can't excuse the president from this debate."
Earlier this year, a Russian-American lobbyist and another businessman discussed over coffee in Moscow an extraordinary meeting they had attended 12 months earlier: a gathering at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son, his son-in-law and his then-campaign chairman. The Moscow meeting in June, which has not been previously disclosed, is now under scrutiny by investigators who want to know why the two men met in the first place and whether there was some effort to get their stories straight about the Trump Tower meeting just weeks before it would become public, The Associated Press has learned.