By ALAN FRAM, MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans used a burst of eleventh-hour horse-trading Friday to edge a $1.4 trillion tax bill to the brink of Senate passage, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of…
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Senate Democrat said there’s no time to waste as the Senate pressed ahead Monday on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash. The measure also would replenish rapidly dwindling emergency disaster accounts and provide $16 billion to…
By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP’s latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party’s banner campaign promise. “The bill is dead as a door nail,” said Sen.…
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) The Supreme Court says Neil Gorsuch will be sworn in as the 113th justice on Monday in separate ceremonies at the court and the White House. Justices take two oaths, one required by the Constitution and the other set by federal law. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the constitutional oath to Gorsuch…
CHICAGO (AP) – Republican Mark Kirk has repeatedly criticized Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s service as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs as he fights to keep his U.S. Senate seat. His latest attacks come in campaign ads that claim there was “shocking abuse” of veterans, manipulated wait lists and retaliation against “whistleblowers”…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Roy Blunt has served in Congress for two decades, but as he seeks re-election to the Senate, it’s uncertain whether his lengthy political career will be a help or a hindrance. Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican presidential nomination was fueled, in part, by anti-establishment fervor. Even in a solidly red…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senate budget writers have agreed to boost Missouri’s higher education spending, but the panel still is deliberating over budget cuts targeting the University of Missouri. Senate Appropriations Chairman Kurt Schaefer said Tuesday that providing a $55 million increase in core funding for colleges and universities would ensure students don’t pay…
