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WASHINGTON, July 28- The seven-year Republican quest to scrap Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins on Friday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters. John McCain, the maverick 80- year-old senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, cast...
*Russia hits back after U.S. Senate sanctions vote. MOSCOW, July 28- Russia on Friday ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a new round of U.S. sanctions, and said it was seizing two U.S. diplomatic properties. The legislation was in part a response to conclusions by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the 2016...
WASHINGTON, July 28- The seven-year Republican quest to scrap Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins on Friday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters. John McCain, the maverick 80- year-old senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, cast...
WASHINGTON, July 28- The seven-year Republican quest to scrap Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins on Friday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters. John McCain, the maverick 80- year-old senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, cast...
WASHINGTON, July 28- The seven-year Republican quest to kill Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins on Friday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters. John McCain, the maverick 80- year-old senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, cast...
The GOP is still too divided and cowardly to do much better on tax reform than it did on the health bill, says Jake Novak.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he's "disappointed and frustrated" by the failure of health care legislation in the Senate.
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday struck an optimistic tone on Republicans' ability to reach a tax reform deal.
Thursday's bizarre spectacle included Republican senators demanding assurances that a bill they were about to vote for would never become law.
Intense partisanship threatens governing for the Republican-controlled Congress and White House.
A joint statement issued Thursday offers fewer details than the guidelines the White House released in April. The team includes Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. House and Senate committees hope to draft tax code legislation this fall.
WASHINGTON— Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol. McConnell put the health bill on hold and announced that the Senate would move onto other legislation next week.
The Senate has rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health law, dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump and the GOP agenda. John McCain of Arizona, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine voted with Democrats to defeat the measure. It's a legislative maneuver so the Senate can pass a bill that a House-Senate...
Lindsey Graham, John McCain and Ron Johnson laid out their terms for supporting "skinny" Obamacare repeal.
Paul Ryan said that his chamber is open to going to a conference committee to reach an Obamacare repeal deal with the Senate.
WASHINGTON, July 27- A proposed border tax in the House of Representatives was killed on Thursday, bringing relief to retailers and other large importers whose profits faced threats and removing a hurdle that had kept negotiations on the long-promised Republican overhaul of the U.S. tax code from advancing. It was meant to discourage companies from...
President Donald Trump could veto pending legislation that would slap new sanctions on Russia in order to push for a tougher deal, a top White House aide said on Thursday, as Moscow warned of retaliation if Washington went ahead with the measure. The sanctions, which the U.S. House of Representatives has approved, need to pass in the Senate too before going to...
Retailers that get many of the goods they sell from overseas had been worried about the border adjustment tax.
President Donald Trump could veto pending legislation that would slap new sanctions on Russia in order to push for a tougher deal, a top White House aide said on Thursday, as Moscow warned of retaliation if Washington went ahead with the measure. The sanctions, which the U.S. House of Representatives has approved, need to pass in the Senate too before going to...
WASHINGTON, July 27- A Republican proposal in the House of Representatives to institute a border tax on imported items has been killed, party leaders said on Thursday, saying they did so as part of a tax overhaul deal struck between congressional and administration negotiators. The Big Six is comprised of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn, the head...
