Congress is trying to ram through a bill that would reshape the U.S. economy in just a few short weeks, but its leaders have kept the plan shrouded in secrecy and released not a word of legislative text. Sound familiar?
The Senate adopted a fiscal 2018 budget resolution Thursday that House GOP leaders agreed to accept, a show of unity aimed at speeding consideration of President Donald Trumps plan to enact tax cuts.
As Congressional committees study the Trump tax plan, its fate could be determined by 6 key Republican senators: Bob Corker, John McCain, Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, Orrin Hatch and Susan Collins.
The long-awaited Trump tax plan released today will immediately set off a fight over how much top earners should pay in taxes, while other items in it prompted GOP senators to say they won't rubber-stamp it.
President Donald Trump slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Twitter for the second day in a row Thursday over the failure of Congress to overhaul the nations health-care system, escalating a war of words with the key Republican.
An Obamacare fund that Republicans criticized as a "bailout" of insurance companies has resurfaced as a similar provision in the Senate GOPs health care plan -- though this time the objections are more muted.
The long-awaited GOP Senate draft of the American Health Care Act has finally been unveiled. Here is what's different from the version which passed the House in May.
The new enthusiasm stems from an amendment that would give states the authority to apply for waivers from some of Obamacares requirements under certain conditions.
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