House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, following a meeting with President Donald Trump inside.
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Former House speaker predicts ‘Obamacare’ won’t be repealed
WASHINGTON – Former House Speaker John Boehner predicted on Thursday that a full repeal and replacement of “Obamacare” is “not going to happen.”
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Administrators at Yale University announced on Saturday that a college named for John Calhoun, a former US vice-president who was an ardent supporter of slavery, will be renamed after sustained protest and activism from students. “This is a victory for the New Haven community,” Kica Matos, one of the leaders of the Change the Name Coalition and a fellow at Yale’s Stiles College, told the Guardian.
‘There’s my Kevin’: McCarthy emerges as Trump’s trusted link to Capitol Hill
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy introduces Steven Mnuchin, President Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, during a Jan. 19 Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing. McCarthy has staked out a crucial role as a trusted Trump loyalist on Capitol Hill.
Paul Ryan expected to be re-elected as House speaker Tuesday
Paul Ryan is expected to be easily re-elected Tuesday as speaker of the House, kicking off the new Congress and marking a quiet end following a year that saw both parties questioning their congressional leadership. Ryan was re-elected by the House Republican conference in November to serve a second term as speaker of the House.
3 reasons we’ll get tax reform in 2017
“There’s only one missing ingredient for tax reform and that’s going to change in 2017,” House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady 3 reasons we’ll get tax reform in 2017 Trump’s 10 biggest allies in Congress Five questions for Trump’s tax reform MORE said on Tax Day 2016 . On Nov. 8, the chief tax writer in the House got his wish: a president who counts tax reform among his top priorities.
Trump’s pick for budget director has urged big spending cuts
Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice as his budget director, is a fierce deficit hawk with a record of pushing deep spending cuts across the federal government to balance the budget. The 49-year-old from South Carolina, just re-elected to a fourth term, is a co-founder of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus that pushed former Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, from power.
Trump names Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a fiscal hawk, to head budget office
President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., as his director of the Office of Management and Budget, signaling his intent to slash spending and address the deficit as president. Mulvaney, 49, was elected to Congress in 2010 in the wave that brought a cohort of younger, staunchly conservative members into the House.
Trump taps conservative SC Rep. Mulvaney as budget chief
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Mulvaney as his budget director, naming a tough-on-spending conservativ… WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has tapped South Carolina GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney as his budget director, naming a tough-on-spending conservative and an advocate of balancing the federal budget to the important post. An official on Trump’s transition team, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter before it is officially announced, confirmed Trump’s pick Friday evening.