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President Trump said Thursday he would "probably have to veto" the resolution blocking his emergency declaration to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump Vows Veto After Congress Blocks His Order To Build Border Wall

Mar 14, 2019
The resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration sets up the likely first veto confrontation between Congress and the White House since President Trump took office.
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New GOP Rivalry? Romney Barrels Into DC Blistering Trump

Jan 02, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and incoming Utah senator, has quickly set himself apart from other Republicans in the new Congress with a blistering attack on President Donald Trump's leadership and character, triggering what could become a new rivalry in the GOP

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Then-presidential nominee Donald Trump stands next to Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., during a campaign event at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in July 2016 in Raleigh, N.C.

GOP Senators Want To Limit Trump's Power On Trade

Jun 06, 2018
Worried about a possible trade war with Canada, Mexico and the EU, some Senate Republicans want to give Congress the power to approve certain trade actions.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (center), gathered the support he needed on Friday to pass the GOP tax bill in the Senate. Now that legislation must be reconciled with the House version.

9 Sticking Points The House And Senate Have to Work Out In Their Tax Bills

Dec 04, 2017
Now that the Senate has passed its own version of a tax bill, lawmakers have to iron out differences with the House bill. The final product could then be sent to the president to be signed into law.
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Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., seen at a hearing earlier this month, held up floor action on Thursday evening over concerns about how to control the deficit if the GOP tax bill doesn't result in strong economic g

Senate GOP Tax Bill Hits Speed Bump Over Deficits

Nov 30, 2017
Republicans are reworking ways to control future deficits if the tax plan doesn't produce the economic growth they are promising. Senate votes are on hold until late Friday morning.
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President Trump at a Senate GOP lunch with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Tuesday, where he talked with several holdouts on the tax bill about measures to bring them on board.

Senate Tax Bill Gaining Momentum With Some GOP Holdouts

Nov 28, 2017
Republican leaders are working to update their long-promised tax overhaul legislation to satisfy enough senators to allow a vote on the legislation as early as this week.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speak to reporters about the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill.

How Republicans Can 'Shoehorn' Temporary Tax Cuts In For Good

Nov 20, 2017
The White House budget director said the Senate GOP bill cuts individual rates for just eight years to "game the system" and hopes those cuts become permanent. It happened before, sparking a crisis.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., at a news conference on Tuesday where they announced that the individual mandate to have health insurance would be repealed in the Senate GOP tax bill.

Republican Senators Add Repeal Of Individual Health Care Mandate To Tax Bill

Nov 14, 2017

Republican leaders expressed confidence that the measure could pass the Senate. It is likely to face even fewer hurdles in the House, as the GOP aims to pass a tax bill by Christmas.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from the chamber to his office during a long series of votes at the Capitol on Thursday.

Senate Passes Budget Resolution Seen As Key To Trump's Tax Overhaul

Oct 19, 2017
The White House says the $4 trillion resolution, which passed by a narrow 51-49 vote, "creates a pathway" for promised tax reform and tax cuts.
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President Trump sits inside a firetruck from a Wisconsin-based manufacturer for a "Made in America" event on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday. Later in the day, enough Senate Republicans voiced opposition to their party's health bill that it c

After Low-Key Lobbying Effort, Trump Says He Was 'Let Down' By Senators

Jul 18, 2017
The president was blindsided by the latest collapse of a Republican health care bill, which happened just after a White House dinner he held with seven lawmakers.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky faces a tough choice — irritate the GOP base and work with Democrats or risk passing not much meaningful legislation.

Where The Senate Health Care Defeat Leaves Trump, GOP

Jul 18, 2017
Republicans are continuing to vow not to work with Democrats. Instead, the president is encouraging a full repeal and passing a new bill. Senate leadership is pushing along similar lines.
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Doctors, nurses, patients and activists listen to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak about Senate Republicans' health care bill on Friday at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Schumer has vowed to help defeat the legislation, which the

GOP Senate Bill Would Cut Health Care Coverage By 22 Million

Jun 26, 2017
Congressional forecasters say a Senate Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million more people uninsured in the next decade.
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Nurses at the telemetry unit of Trinity Hospital respond to patient calls and monitor patient vital signs.

After Decline Of Steel And Coal, Ohio Fears Health Care Jobs Are Next

Jun 26, 2017
Health care jobs now outnumber manufacturing jobs in Jefferson County, Ohio. Hospital administrators worry that Republican plans to cut Medicaid will lead to layoffs.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, walks through the U.S. Capitol on Thursday following the release of a draft of the Senate Republican's health care bill. An updated version was released on Monday.

Senate Republicans Alter Health Care Bill To Avoid 'Death Spiral'

Jun 26, 2017

Senate Republicans have tweaked their Obamacare repeal bill in hopes of keeping more healthy customers in the insurance market. Customers who fail to maintain coverage could be temporarily locked out.

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Some lawmakers are raising concern that the Senate health care bill could aggravate the problem of healthy people going without insurance, driving up costs for everyone else.

How The Senate Health Care Bill Could Disrupt The Insurance Market

Jun 24, 2017
In their Affordable Care Act repeal bill, Senate Republicans dropped the requirement that all Americans get health insurance. But they also kept the mandate that insurance companies cover everyone.
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James Comey's March 20 testimony on Capitol Hill contradicted some of the president's positions. It was the first time he publicly acknowledged the FBI investigation into possible ties between Trump associates and Russia.

Suspicious Timing And Convenient Reasoning For Trump's Firing Of Comey

May 10, 2017
President Trump summarily fired the FBI director, giving little reasoning except for a memo from a Justice Department official who criticized James Comey's handling of the Clinton email probe.
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President-elect Donald Trump talks with reporters between meetings last month at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Ethics Office Warns Confirmations For Trump Nominees Are Moving Too Fast

Jan 07, 2017
The head of the Office of Government Ethics writes that several nominees have not completed the required ethics review process or submitted financial disclosures. Hearings begin next week.
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Sen. Reid Concerned About ‘Constitutional Crisis’ If Democrats Don’t Retake Senate Majority

Oct 27, 2016

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is urging voters to rally behind Democratic Senate candidates to prevent what he called “a constitutional crisis.”

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President Obama is interviewed about his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland.

Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public's Faith In The Judiciary

Mar 18, 2016

In an interview with NPR, the president says Senate Republicans owe it to the Founding Fathers to give Judge Merrick Garland a Supreme Court confirmation vote.

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Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in January. Lynch was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday after months of delay and partisan bickering.

Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch For Attorney General

Apr 23, 2015
In one of the most protracted cabinet-level confirmation processes, 10 Republicans joined the chamber's Democrats in a 56 to 43 vote to approve the long-delayed nomination to replace Eric Holder.
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Republicans in Congress are no fans of FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler's "net neutrality" plan.

On Net Neutrality, Republicans Pitch Oversight Rather Than Regulation

Feb 26, 2015
Backers say the net neutrality rules will ensure equal access to the net for content providers. But Republicans in Congress are no fans of FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler's plan.
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