Author: Kelsey Snell
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Trump deals with Democrats on Harvey, debt ceiling
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump, a man of few allegiances who seized control of the Republican Party in a hostile takeover, suddenly aligned himself with Democrats on Wednesday on a series of key fiscal issues, and even gave a lift to North Dakota’s embattled Democratic U.S. senator. Trump confounded his party’s leaders when he cut…
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Facing GOP opposition, Senate leaders postpone vote to overhaul Obamacare
Senate Republican leaders bowed to pressure from within their own ranks Tuesday and postponed a vote to overhaul the Affordable Care Act until after the July 4 recess, raising doubts about their ability to fulfill one of their party’s core political promises. The delay, which now exposes lawmakers to a barrage of lobbying as they…
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Trump is caving on border wall; GOP launches talks on tax reform
Republicans are set to spend Tuesday leading negotiations on government spending, taxes and health care, as they try to avoid a looming government shutdown while also demonstrating forward motion on President Trump’s top domestic priorities. With congressional Republicans eager to avoid shutting down the government on Friday over a spending impasse, the administration is projecting…
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Showdown looms as Trump demands funding for wall on U.S.-Mexico border
President Trump and White House officials pressed congressional Republicans on Sunday to use the looming threat of a government shutdown to win funding for a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico, a top priority for the administration as it nears the symbolic 100-day mark. Trump wants funding to be included in…
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Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: ‘I’m gonna come after you’
President Trump stormed Capitol Hill on Tuesday to sell the House Republican leadership’s plan to overhaul the health-care system, warning his party that not passing the legislation would yield a political crisis and sweeping electoral defeats. The president addressed a closed-door meeting of House Republicans days before the measure is expected to come to a…