Senate tax bill stumbles on deficit-focused ‘trigger’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican tax overhaul stalled on a procedural issue in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, forcing lawmakers to weigh new options to an amendment sought by a leading fiscal hawk to address the bill’s projected large expansion of the…
Deficit worries roil Senate debate on tax bill, leaders scramble for votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sweeping Republican tax bill would not boost the U.S. economy enough to offset a large deficit expansion that the measure would trigger, congressional analysts said on Thursday, as the Senate moved toward a decisive vote.
U.S. military to indefinitely delay ban on cluster bombs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon will indefinitely delay a ban on the use of older types of cluster bombs due to take effect on Jan. 1, 2019, officials said, arguing that safety improvements in munitions technology failed to advance enough to replac…
Senate Ethics Committee opens probe of Senator Franken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee said on Thursday it has opened a preliminary inquiry into alleged misconduct by Senator Al Franken, who has been accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriately touching women.
How parents of adopted children foiled a U.S. Republican tax proposal
(Refiles Nov. 30 story to cut extraneous word ‘against’ in 2nd paragraph; corrects garbled sentence in paragraph 17)
Trump to give State of the Union address on Jan. 30: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by Congress to deliver a State of the Union address on Jan. 30, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters on Thursday.
Conyers defiant as Democratic leaders call on him to resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The three top Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Democratic congressman John Conyers on Thursday to resign in light of the sexual harassment allegations he faces, but Conyers’ attorney said he was not think…
Ex-Trump campaign aide Manafort in $11.65 million bail deal: lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has agreed to an $11.65 million bail agreement with the special counsel investigating Trump campaign ties to Russia, the longtime Republican political consultant’s la…
Trump’s call for military buildup hits bump in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a major military buildup suffered a setback on Thursday when the House of Representatives put plans on hold to fully fund the federal government through next Sept. 30 and instead resorted to…
House resorting to series of temporary funding bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives, still struggling to reach a deal with the Senate on funding the government for the fiscal year that began last Oct. 1, will push another stop-gap bill next week that would go until Dec. 22, a se…
