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Top House leaders plan to huddle Wednesday to begin discussing legislation that would provide protections to nearly 700,000 "dreamers" at risk of losing their legal status in six months if Congress fails to act.
13, 2017... . FILE- In this Sept. 13, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus at the Capi... President Donald Trump says he's "fairly close" to reaching a deal with congressional leaders on protections for young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
President Donald Trump says he's "fairly close" to reaching a deal with congressional leaders on protections for young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. But the president says he needs "massive border security."
In this Sept. 13, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington.
Democratic leaders in Congress have claimed they have agreed a deal with US President Donald Trump to protect the legal status of young undocumented migrants brought to the US as children. Party leaders declared late on Wednesday that Mr Trump had following a dinner at the White House agreed to introduce legislation that would protect hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation and enact border security measures that did not include building a physical wall with Mexico.
Supporters waved signs Wednesday as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2017. As more and more Democrats come out in favor of some form of "Medicare for all" legislation, Republican campaign strategists are salivating.
Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday expressed optimism that President Trump might break a legislative logjam with his six-month deadline for Congress to address the immigration status of 800,000-plus U.S. residents who were brought to the country illegally as children. Carter told Emory students that the "pressures and the publicity that Trump has brought to the immigration issue" could even yield comprehensive immigration law changes that Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama could not muster.
Trump says rich may pay higher taxes, after bipartisan meeting with House moderates President Trump suggested that rich people may be taxed higher under a plan he would negotiate with congressional Democrats. Check out this story on eveningsun.com: https://usat.ly/2w7m2tP WASHINGTON - President Trump is again trying his hand at bipartisanship - and even suggested that rich people may be taxed higher under a plan he would negotiate with congressional Democrats.
On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would guarantee health care coverage for all Americans, a measure that already has the support of at least 15 other Democratic senators. Sanders' Medicare for All Act would allow all individuals to receive coverage by expanding the program.
While a growing number of Senate Democrats with potential 2020 presidential ambitions are publicly embracing Senator Bernie Sanders's single-payer health care proposal, the number two House Democrat raised questions about the approach Tuesday, saying the "first objective" of House Democrats is fixing Obamacare. Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, told reporters that the single payer approach is one of several ideas that Democrats are discussing, saying the party is united on principle of giving "access for Americans to offer quality, affordable health care."
By ERICA WERNER and KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON - The top House Democrat and a senior White House official both indicated Tuesday they are open to compromise on border security to expedite legislation to help immigrants brought here illegally as children. White House legislative director Marc Short said at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast that despite President Donald Trump's advocacy for a southern border wall, "I don't want us to bind ourselves into a construct that makes reaching a conclusion on DACA impossible."
Charles Ellis Schumer RSC Chairman: Harvey aid could be jeopardized if linked with debt ceiling Dems prep for major fight over Trump USDA science pick Ex-Medicare chief promotes ObamaCare enrollment on Twitter after Trump cuts outreach funding MORE phoned Rep. Kyrsten Sinema during the August recess and told her he would back her over other primary candidates should she decide to run against vulnerable Sen. Jeffrey Lane Flake The Memo: GOP fears damage from Trump's move on DACA Pavlich: Congress's move on DACA The Memo: Trump faces critical fall MORE Schumer also placed a phone call with Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, another Democrat who had been eyeing a Senate bid, and told him he was going with Sinema, the sources said.
The massive data breach at Equifax Inc. is "exhibit A" on why regulation is essential in the U.S. free-market economy, second-ranking Senate Democrat Dick Durbin said Monday. "We are duty-bound to step in on behalf of innocent citizens who are going to pay a price," Durbin said in an interview with Bloomberg News.
"If, as a voter, you think what we need is more Republicans in Washington to cut a deal with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, then I guess Donald Trump's your guy." Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas spoke those words in Manchester, N.H., in January 2016.
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session that included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the Capitol in Washingt... . Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session that included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the Capitol in Washingt... WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ignored seething Republicans and made good on his deal with Democrats, signing legislation that links $15.3 billion in disaster aid to an increase in the U.S. borrowing limit.
President Donald Trump shocked Capitol Hill Republicans on Wednesday by quickly agreeing to a deal proposed by House and Senate Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Trump signed on to a three-month extension of the deadlines to raise the nation's debt limit and fund the government, avoiding a shutdown, and attaching the deal to a bill for hurricane aid.
President Trump meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office September 6, 2017. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi isn't apologizing to Democrats and liberal activists for cutting a deal with President Trump on spending and the debt limit; she's looking to prove she can win.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. accompanied by members of the House and Senate Democrats, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept.