Here’s an explanation as to why the tax bill must return to the House after the Senate vote.
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{FD} Government shutdown fight leaves Congress few good options: ‘It is a complete mess’
If congressional Republicans avoid a government shutdown this week, they may very well have to heed the advice of John Boehner.
{FD} A government shutdown could really happen – just as Congress eyes tax victory
Congressional Republicans could summit the tax reform peak next week – and then plummet into a government shutdown pit two days later.
{FD} FBI’s McCabe ‘has an Ohr problem,’ will not testify on Tuesday, source says
Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who was reportedly scheduled to testify behind closed doors on Tuesday in front of the House Intelligence Committee, is now not expected to show up, a source told Fox News.
{FD} House avoids gov shutdown, but resignations, politics but another pre-Christmas vote in peril
House Republicans accomplished something major late Thursday afternoon. They governed.
{FD} House avoids gov shutdown, but resignations, politics put another pre-Christmas vote in peril
House Republicans accomplished something major late Thursday afternoon. They governed.
{FD} Trump Jr. Franken. Impeachment. Government shutdown. Just try to keep up with a single day in Washington
How long?
{FD} Politics like sports: Democrat-GOP, Moore-anybody but Moore, Ohio-Michigan
American politics is really pretty simple. One can distill the American political experience into a singular, collegiate athletic series, historically played at the end of the year by two of the country’s most-storied football programs, Michigan and Ohio, alternately in Ann Arbor or Columbus, respectively.
{FD} Politics like sports: Democrat-GOP, Moore-anybody but Moore, Michigan-Ohio St.
American politics is really pretty simple. One can distill the American political experience into a singular, collegiate athletic series, historically played at the end of the year by two of the country’s most-storied football programs, Michigan and Ohio, alternately in Ann Arbor or Columbus, respectively.
{FD} GOP Senate survived two surprise, nor’easter-like storms to ultimately pass major tax reform
A nor’easter-like wind blew through the Senate on Thursday when Sen. Angus King and a financial analysis threatened to stop the passage of Republicans’ ultimately successful trillion-dollar tax reform bill.
{FD} Senate tax reform vote imminent: Can McConnell ‘get to 50’?
In the next day or two, we’ll learn if Mitch McConnell can solve tax reform in just 20 hours.
{FD} Dem Rep. Gutierrez testing waters for potential 2020 presidential run
After Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday and endorsed a successor without revealing his future political plans, Fox News has learned the outspoken immigration advocate will be testing the waters for a potential 2020 presidential bid.
{FD} Male Capitol Hill lawmakers would ‘grade’ staffers on appearance, female ex-aide says
A former senior Capitol Hill aide with a lengthy career in the halls of Congress tells Fox News that during her long tenure there, male members would often “grade” female aides on their appearance and demeanor on the floor.
{FD} Democrats’ ‘DREAMer’ demands threaten spending bill, gov shutdown in coming weeks
A Capitol Hill showdown over the passage of a temporary spending bill to keep open the federal government past Dec. 8 is looming, as some congressional Democrats threaten to withhold vote unless immigration reform to protect so-called by DREAMers is included
{FD} Storm of sexual harassment claims engulfs Capitol Hill
We’re practically at an epidermal-absorption level now when it comes to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and reports by female members and aides about sexual harassment in the halls of Congress.
{FD} Tax bill vote looms in House, with little drama: ‘It’s eerie’
There’s not much fretting from House Republicans about passing their tax bill Thursday.
{FD} Senate GOP has constitutional option on Moore; last senator ousted in 1862
If you’re a Senate Republican, do you want the good news or the bad news on Roy Moore?
{FD} Senate tax bill to inject new drama into Hill negotiations
It’s not that the “markup” session of the Republican tax reform legislation before the House Ways and Means Committee isn’t important.
{FD} GOP House members to vote on tax reform with reelection in full view
It took five months the last time Congress passed legislation of this magnitude. Tax reform is up now. The last legislative behemoth was the Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare.
{FD} Lawmakers look for quick exit in jam-packed week
Wanna get away? No. This isn’t a Southwest Airlines advertisement where a man mistakenly climbs into an Uber – which turns out to be the getaway car for a pair of bank robbers. It’s Capitol Hill.
{FD} Deaths of US soldiers in Niger restart debate about military involvement post-Vietnam
The recent deaths of four U.S. soldiers in Niger reignites debate about America’s military involvement overseas after Vietnam.
{FD} Death of US soldiers in Niger restarts debate about military involvement post Vietnam
The recent deaths of four U.S. soldiers in Niger reignites debate about America’s military involvement overseas after Vietnam.
{FD} Numerous security failures seen with protester who accosted Trump on Hill: ‘Heads will roll’
“They’ll let anyone in here.”
{FD} Numerous security failures seen with protester who heckled Trump on Hill: ‘Heads will roll’
The question confounding congressional security officials is how Ryan Clayton blended with reporters just outside the Senate chamber when he wasn’t supposed to be there.