Top Democrat says Trump firing of Mueller could provoke ‘constitutional crisis’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, responding to escalating Republican attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, said on Wednesday that if President Donald Trump fires Mueller, it “has the potential to p…
Democrat Franken to leave U.S. Senate on Jan. 2
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Al Franken, who earlier this month announced his plan to resign following sexual misconduct allegations against him, will step down on Jan. 2, a representative for the lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Democrats plan to use tax bill to attack Republicans at midterms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The tax bill is President Donald Trump’s biggest legislative victory this year, but Democratic strategists are already planning how to turn it into his biggest liability.
After ruling, Virginia legislature’s majority to be chosen by lot
(Reuters) – Republicans could hold onto control of Virginia’s legislature after a race that had appeared to change the balance of power was ruled a tie on Wednesday, setting the stage for the winner of the district to be chosen by lot.
Fight over Alaska Arctic drilling has just begun, opponents vow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, won a decades-long battle on Wednesday to open part of an Arctic wildlife reserve in her state to oil and gas drilling, but Democratic senators and conservationists vow the war has on…
U.S. House gives final approval to tax bill, delivers victory to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 30 years, sending a sweeping $1.5 trillion tax bill to President Donald Trump for his signat…
Senator Cornyn trying to get Big Corn behind U.S. biofuels reform
(Reuters) – Senator John Cornyn, the No. 2 Senate Republican, is trying to win support from the Midwest corn lobby for a broad legislative overhaul of the nation’s biofuels policy, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Democrat Franken to leave Senate on Jan. 2
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Al Franken, who announced his plans to resign earlier this month in the wake of a series of sexual misconduct allegations, will retire on Jan. 2, a spokesperson for the senator said on Wednesday.
‘Dreamer’ bill to reach Senate floor in January – senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan immigration bill addressing the fate of so-called Dreamers, the young adults who were brought to the United States as children, will be debated on the Senate floor in January, Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Flake said …
FBI deputy director to sit for closed interview with House panels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI’S deputy director, Andrew McCabe, will appear for a closed-door interview on Thursday with two key U.S. congressional committees, after Republicans asked him to discuss the bureau’s handling of its Hillary Clinton email p…
