Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump’s presidency. First, the president will have his say, in his maiden speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
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Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump’s presidency. First, the president will have his say, in his maiden speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
Congress returns, with health care, Supreme Court on agenda
Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump’s presidency. First, the president will have his say, in his maiden speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
Demands for answers on immigration, Russia at 2nd Lance town hall
BRANCHBURG — U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance faced hundreds of passionate constituents Saturday for the second time this week, addressing topics ranging from immigration to Russia as audience members alternately heckled and applauded him. The crowd, which filled most of a 900-seat auditorium at Raritan Valley Community College, peppered Lance with forceful questions about his voting record in Congress and his stance on recent moves by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Rep. Lance town hall event draws packed house, protesters
Rep. Leonard Lance held a second town hall Saturday, just days after his first one erupted in protests, and once again he presided Rep. Leonard Lance held a second town hall Saturday, just days after his first one erupted in protests, and once again he presided over a packed house. BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP – Rep. Leonard Lance held a second town hall Saturday, just days after his first one erupted in protests, and once again he presided over a packed house.
Republicans Brace for Town Hall Protests About President Trump
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 17, 2017. Republicans used town-hall meetings in 2009 to help channel outrage at the sitting president and take back Congress the next year.
U.S. House makes it easier to repeal Obamacare, harder for lawmakers to protest
WASHINGTON — House Republicans, after dropping plans to eliminate an independent ethics office, approved new rules that would fine lawmakers if they broadcast from the floor, as Democrats did last year to demand new gun safety legislation. The rules package, which passed with no Democratic support, 234-193, also will make it easier for the House GOP to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which provides health insurance for more than 20 million Americans, without offering any way to replace their coverage.