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On the brink of a government shutdown, Congress still has unresolved issues
In a move that has lately become a Congressional norm, the House plans to vote on an interim spending bill Thursday, racing to beat a Friday midnight deadline to fund the government or face a shutdown.
With less than 48 hours to reach an agreement, Democrats and Republicans are split on funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and community health centers, disaster relief, defense spending, as well as a solution for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as...
CNN anchor gets House Republican to admit he communicated with the White House on Mueller
During a CNN interview on Wednesday evening, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) admitted that he’s discussed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign with the White House.
Asked by anchor John Berman if he’s “had conversations with the White House about the Mueller investigation,” Jordan initially tried to talk over Berman and ignore the question. But under sustained grilling, Jordan eventually admitted that he has in fact discussed th...
WATCH: President Trump holds Cabinet meeting as House nears final vote on GOP tax bill
Trump comments on military, immigration, Obamacare, jobs and tax cuts.
Paul Ryan says ‘nobody knows’ if the tax bill will blow up the deficit. Economists beg to differ.
Though he never deserved the reputation, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is known as a deficit hawk. And yet the tax cut bill he helped shepherd through Congress is projected to add at least $1.414 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.
During a Wednesday morning appearance on NBC’s Today, Ryan was asked how he, as someone who is supposedly concerned about the deficit, can support a bill that will blow it up.
“I remember you in 2012 doing ev...
The GOP tax plan is not a game
On Tuesday afternoon, the House passed the final version of the GOP’s tax bill, and the Senate is expected to pass the bill later Tuesday night. The plan will upend the American economic system, raise taxes on middle class people making between $40,000 and $50,000 a year by more than $5 billion, cut taxes by more than $5.5 billion for people making more than $1 million a year, punish wage-earning employees, repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, likely force billi...
House passes massive tax cut for corporations, the wealthy, foreign investors and Donald Trump
The House of Representatives voted 227 to 203 on Tuesday to pass the final version of the GOP Tax Cut and Jobs Act.
Lawmakers had just four days to read through the 503-page bill after it was released on Friday. Just hours before the House was set to vote, even top Republicans on the tax writing committee couldn’t speak to the basic details of the bill.
I asked Kevin Brady — THE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIRMAN — if he could name the tax brackets.
He ...
WATCH: What is CHIP?
The Children's Health Insurance Program provides health insurance for children in families that make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but still need assistance.
