WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday morning narrowly passed a massive domestic policy package, a major victory for President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., after weeks of heated negotiations within the GOP. The multitrillion-dollar tax-cut and […]
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are racing to drag a sweeping bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda across the finish line even as some holdouts are dug in and key issues remain unresolved. The House Rules Committee begun debating the
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday unveiled the legislative text of their sweeping tax proposal for the massive bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda, but a key divide within the conference remains: how much to lift the cap on the
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s sweeping federal layoffs aren’t just wreaking havoc on tens of thousands of employees across the country. Lawmakers in both parties are warning the cuts will harm the government’s ability to recruit young
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WASHINGTON — With Democrats divided and pointing fingers, the GOP-controlled Senate will press forward Friday afternoon with a key procedural vote to advance a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown before a midnight deadline. If enough Democrats join
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans voiced confidence Tuesday that they can push through a stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown at the end of the week. Democratic leaders are staunchly opposed to the six-month funding
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Saturday unveiled a short-term funding bill that would avert a shutdown at the end of next week and keep the government running through the end of September. Johnson has said he will
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WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats silently protested President Donald Trump during his first speech to Congress of his second term — refusing to applaud, holding up signs calling him “king” and “liar” and, for some, walking out of the
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday muscled a multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint through the House by the narrowest of margins — a crucial step for Republicans as they embark on advancing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. The vote was 217-215,
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Many members of the House skipped holding large, public events while out of Washington this week. But the Republicans who did hold town halls back home got an earful. At events from Georgia and Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Oregon, House
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