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WASHINGTON— With time growing short, President Donald Trump and Republican Senate leaders are engaged in a frantic search for votes in a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the Obama health law. Lindsey Graham, R- S.C., his best friend in the Senate? Republicans must act by Sept. 30 in the Senate or face the prospect of a Democratic filibuster.

WASHINGTON— The Latest on the GOP effort to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law:. A bipartisan attempt at shoring up the Affordable Care Act is officially over in the Senate. The development comes as the GOP has revived its partisan attack on "Obamacare," with Senate leaders and President Donald Trump pushing repeal and replace legislation.

WASHINGTON— Senate Republicans are zeroing in on a tax outline that would add about $1.5 trillion to the government's $20 trillion debt over 10 years, justifying the spurt of red ink with promises of surging economic growth and a burst of new revenues. The agreement would represent an about-face for Capitol Hill GOP leaders such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch...

WASHINGTON— Time growing short, President Donald Trump and Republican Senate leaders dove into a frantic hunt for votes Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare." Would he step back in line with fellow Republicans now that there was a bill co-written by Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, his best friend in the Senate? Republicans must act by...

WASHINGTON— Republicans straining to find about $1 trillion to finance sweeping tax cuts are homing in on two popular deductions that are woven into the nation's fiscal fabric— the mortgage interest deduction that millions of homeowners prize and the deduction for state and local taxes popular in Democratic strongholds. According to the most recent IRS...

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.— The Latest on Wisconsin legislators' efforts to bring a Foxconn Technology Group plant to southeastern Wisconsin:. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he is "very excited" about the $3 billion tax incentive deal for Foxconn Technology Group signed into law by Wisconsin Gov. He says Foxconn will create an industrial park for the Silicon Valley in...

WASHINGTON, Sept 14- Republican efforts to unite the White House, Senate and House of Representatives behind a single tax reform plan appeared to be unraveling on Thursday, when one of the "Big Six" negotiators said the group would not dictate tax policy in the Senate. Some analysts viewed the Utah Republican's comments as the beginning of what could be a widening...

NEW YORK, Sept 14- With time running out before Congress turns its attention to the 2018 mid-term elections, small-cap stocks are increasingly acting as a bellwether for the market's expectations that the Trump Administration will reach a deal to significantly cut U.S. corporate tax rates by the end of the year. Trump urged Congress to "move fast" on taxes in a...

Even though the Senate still must act, the government will keep operating through Dec. 8, thanks to legislation Congress passed last week and sent to Trump. GOP leaders then merged that domestic spending package with an earlier House measure that would give record budget increases to the Pentagon and provide a $1.6 billion down payment for Trump's wall along...

WASHINGTON, Sept 14- The U.S. Senate's top Republican on tax policy warned on Thursday that the "Big Six" tax negotiators from the White House, Senate and House of Representatives would not dictate the direction of expected tax reform legislation to his committee. In a defiant statement issued at a time when top Republican policymakers from the Trump...

WASHINGTON, Sept 14- The U.S. Senate's top Republican on tax policy warned on Thursday that the "Big Six" tax negotiators would not dictate the direction of expected tax reform legislation to his committee. In a defiant statement issued at the start of a tax reform hearing, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said his panel would not serve as "anyone's...