CONGRESS/DEMS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Medical treatment would be more widely available to opioid abusers, while mailing illicit drugs would become more difficult under a rare bipartisan measure aimed at tackling the nation’s addiction crisis expected to be signed into law on Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a year more typically marked by partisan gridlock, […]
Category: Congress
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises, don’t expect Congress to pass a new middle-class tax cut anytime in the near future. The President has talked up the possibility of a 10% tax cut for middle-income Americans on the campaign trail and in the White House in recent days. But the idea, which […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will tout his response to the opioid crisis when he signs a sweeping bipartisan bill this week, but other drug-related deaths are on the rise and little is being done to address the broader scourge of addiction. Fatalities from misuse of methamphetamine, cocaine and benzodiazapines have surged while Washington’s […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman John Faso of New York has worked hard and smart. Strong on Crime, Borders and our 2nd Amendment, John is respected by all. Vote for John. He has my complete and total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 10:41 am […]
10/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has not settled on a plan for what to do if a migrant caravan arrives at the southern border, despite threats by President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency or rescind aid from the countries whose people are journeying north. Top immigration officials and close Trump advisers are […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is betting that his ubiquitous role in the midterm elections — all Trump, all the time — will pay off for Republicans trying to hang onto their perilous majorities in Congress. Trump’s campaign said Tuesday it will spend more than $20 million on the November elections, including $6 million […]
10/23/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mob rule. A socialist takeover. Terrorists marching on the U.S. border. As President Donald Trump embraces the role of electoral boogeyman, he’s making closing arguments to midterm voters that increasingly resemble a Halloween horror story. The candidate who won the White House in part by harnessing many Americans’ anxieties is offering dire […]
10/22/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump repeated Monday [10-22-18] that he plans to offer a new tax cut plan before the midterms, even though no one seems to know what it will look like or how it might get through a Congress that only barely managed to pass his signature plan last year…The GOP has […]
10/19/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [10-19-18] that the U.S. Congress will be involved in determining the U.S. response to the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ‘I’m going to have very much Congress involved in determining what to do,’ Trump told reporters in Scottsdale, Arizona. ‘I will very much listen […]
10/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Illinois Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley called on Thursday [10-18-18] for General Services Administrator Emily Murphy to testify again about President Donald Trump’s involvement in stopping the relocation of the FBI headquarters after a watchdog report said she ‘misled’ Congress. Quigley said on CNN’s ‘The Situation Room’ that Murphy was dishonest with him […]
10/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Five senior Democratic members of Congress have questioned what they say is a Trump administration plan to build a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation across the street from Donald Trump’s downtown Washington hotel. In a letter sent on Thursday [10-18-18] to Emily Murphy, head of the General Services […]
10/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The U.S. Congress could request President Donald Trump’s tax returns under a seldom-used 1924 law, which Democrats say they plan to invoke promptly if they win control of the House of Representatives or the Senate in the Nov. 6 elections. In a move that would set up a battle […]
10/16/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Democrats, eyeing control of a powerful House tax-writing committee next year, are studying a century-old provision in the federal tax code that could give them access to President Trump’s long-sought tax returns and eventually the ability to make them public. The powers laid out in an obscure 1920s addition to the […]
10/15/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Open enrollment starts today on lower-priced Medicare Advantage plans so loved by our great seniors. Crazy Bernie and his band of Congressional Dems will outlaw these plans. Disaster!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 15, 2018 6:51 pm […]
10/12/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Sword dancers. Gleaming palaces. Military jets streaming red, white and blue trails. President Donald Trump soaked up the grandeur of Saudi Arabia on his first foreign stop as president last year and envisioned huge benefits for the United States in building closer ties with the repressive and oil-rich desert kingdom. Now, […]
10/11/2018
CENSUS/CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBUR ROSS: “An admission by the Justice Department is renewing questions about whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Congress the truth about the controversial citizenship question on the 2020 census. Steve Bannon, who was at the time a top adviser to President Donald Trump, contacted Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the spring […]
10/5/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump huddled Wednesday [10-3-18] with Fox News host Sean Hannity and former Speaker Newt Gingrich, according to two people familiar with the plans, a meeting that was originally set to discuss midterm strategy. The meeting took place at the White House as Trump prepares a four week push to […]
10/4/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Bishop is doing a GREAT job! He helped pass tax reform which lowered taxes for EVERYONE! Nancy Pelosi is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his opponent because they both support a liberal agenda of higher taxes and wasteful spending!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:17 pm […]
10/3/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Sen. Cory Booker accused Donald Trump of ‘criminal behavior.’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren said it’s more evidence of the president’s corruption. And Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cracked: ‘The Emperor did have clothes, but it turns out it was his dad’s.’ A day after The New York Times published a 14,000-word investigation on […]
10/3/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @PeteSessions of Texas is a true fighter and patriot. Highly respected in D.C. by all, he always gets what his district, and our country, wants and needs. Strong on Crime, Border, Military, Vets and 2nd Amendment. Pete has my Full and Total Endorsement. A great guy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 […]
10/1/2018
CANADA/CONGRESS/DEMS/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [10-1-18] praised a new trade deal struck with Canada and Mexico to revamp NAFTA, but acknowledged he could have trouble getting Congress to approve it if Democrats take control of the House or Senate in the November midterm elections…Trump savored the end of 14 months of […]
10/1/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said three times this afternoon that he must now decide whether to push for more funding for the border wall in December — toning down a threat he previously espoused with certainty…The president has for months been throwing around the idea of forcing a government shutdown to get Congress […]
10/1/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Democrats are successful in November in taking at least a slim majority in the House of Representatives, as most current polls predict, the new NAFTA agreement reached on Sunday night will face an uphill battle to becoming law. A completed three-way deal won’t necessarily be dead on arrival in a […]
9/29/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The years-old mystery of what’s in President Donald Trump’s tax returns will likely quickly unravel if Democrats win control of at least one chamber of Congress. Democrats, especially in the House, are quietly planning on using an obscure law that will enable them to examine the president’s tax filings without his […]
9/29/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] kicks off a week of rallies in five friendly places around the country, seeking to shore up support ahead of congressional elections even as the fate of his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy remains unclear. Republicans are at risk of losing […]
9/28/2018
BUSINESS/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Google CEO Sundar Pichai went to Washington Friday [9-28-18] to discuss concerns about the company’s business practices with members of Congress and emerged with an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump during an upcoming roundtable. Larry Kudlow, the head of the National Economic Council, extended the invitation while meeting with Pichai […]
9/28/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signed an $854 billion spending bill on Friday [9-28-18] to keep the federal government open through Dec. 7, averting a government shutdown in the weeks leading up to November’s pivotal midterm elections. Trump signed the legislation to fund the military and several civilian agencies without journalists present as the […]
9/28/2018
CONGRESS/DEFENSE/EDUCATION/HHS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump signed a massive spending bill on Friday, providing hundreds of billions of dollars for the Department of Defense and averting the threat of a federal government shutdown at least until December. The bill includes $675 billion to fund the Defense Department for the full year ending on Sept. […]
9/27/2018
CANADA/CONGRESS/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and Congress are on a collision course over the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement as the White House prepares to release text of a trade deal with Mexico that does not include Canada. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said on Thursday [9-27-18] that while the administration […]
9/26/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Lee Zeldin is doing a fantastic job in D.C. Tough and smart, he loves our Country and will always be there to do the right thing. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 26, 2018 12:34 pm […]
9/24/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-24-18] urged voters and congressional Republicans gripped by Brett Kavanaugh’s dramatic Supreme Court fight to keep their eyes on the clash that will play out across battleground states in November. ‘REMEMBER THE MIDTERMS!’ Trump tweeted late Monday evening, following a day that saw the White House […]
8/24/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers on Monday [9-24-18] renewed their calls for Republicans in Congress to pass legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference amid heightened uncertainty over Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s fate in the Trump administration. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford opened the possibility she would testify before Congress about her accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. An email her lawyers sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee said Ford ‘would be prepared to testify next week’ if the senators offer her ‘terms that are fair and […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JayWebberNJ is running for Congress in the 11th District of New Jersey. He is outstanding in every way. Strong on Borders, loves our Military and our Vets. Big Crime fighter. Jay has my Full and Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 12:30 pm […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] morning about the ‘ridiculous spending bill’ making its way through Congress, demanding answers on funding for his long-promised border wall but stopping short of calling for a government shutdown before this fall’s midterm elections…The president has complained loudly and regularly throughout his first two years in […]
9/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump once said Rep. Jerrold Nadler — an old New York foe — should ‘lose 200 pounds.’ The president claimed California Rep. Maxine Waters has a ‘Very low IQ.’ And he berated Democratic Rep. ‘Liddle Adam Schiff,’ another Californian, as ‘the leaking monster of no control.’ Soon he may have to […]
9/18/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Tuesday [9-18-18] that if there isn’t a ‘very big rejection’ of President Donald Trump’s ‘authoritarian tendencies’ in the midterm elections, she’s worried about what an unchecked Trump could do to the government. Clinton told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC’s ‘Rachel Maddow Show’ that she is […]
9/13/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. Congress negotiators on Thursday [9-13-18] moved to put off until after the Nov. 6 elections decisions on future funding for President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar southwest border wall, as lawmakers advanced legislation funding many other government programs. Racing against a Sept. 30 deadline when the current fiscal year ends, Republicans and Democrats […]
9/12/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Juli Briskman, who flipped off President Donald Trump’s motorcade while she was bicycling last fall near the President’s golf course, will run for local office in Virginia. Briskman said she plans to run in 2019 as supervisor for the Algonkian District in Loudoun County, where she will face Republican Suzanne Volpe. The […]
9/10/2018
AGRICULTURE/CONGRESS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans, eager to hit the campaign trail to save their imperiled majorities, are starting to narrow their September legislative to-do list in hopes of skipping town early. But they still have to deal with a handful of looming deadlines, a potential shutdown fight and internal policy tensions — and […]
9/10/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With congressional elections looming, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday [9-10-18] proposed more deficit-expanding tax cuts, an effort seen by some tax experts as unlikely to become law and geared chiefly toward winning votes. Even if the initiative fails to pass, it could put Democrats in the position […]
9/8/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Dave Hughes is running for Congress in the Great State of Minnesota. He will help us accomplish our America First policies, is strong on Crime, the Border, our 2nd Amendmen, Trade, Military and Vets. Running against Pelosi Liberal Puppet Petterson. Dave has my Total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 9:44 am […]
9/7/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former President Barack Obama spent a sizable amount of time in a speech he gave in Illinois on Friday [9-7-18] criticizing Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump, while stressing the importance of voting in the fast-approaching midterm elections. His step back into the political arena offered a preview of his […]
9/6/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [9-6-18] a possible shutdown of the U.S. government over border wall funding ‘most likely’ would not happen until after the November congressional elections. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he had been persuaded that closing the government would hurt his fellow Republican candidates. Trump […]
9/6/2018
CONGRESS/GOVERMENT/PAUL RYAN/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday [9-6-18] he has a good understanding with President Donald Trump to fund the government by a Sept. 30 deadline, despite Trump’s comments a day earlier that he would be willing to shut down government if Congress does not provide enough border security funding. […]
9/5/2018
CONGRESS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top congressional allies are calling on him to release reams of classified documents connected to the FBI’s Russia probe. Republican Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Lee Zeldin are asking Trump to declassify additional portions of the application the FBI submitted to surveil former […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he would be willing to shut down the U.S. government over border security issues. In answer to a question from a reporter, Trump said: ‘If it’s about border security, I’m willing to do anything. We have to protect our borders.’” –Reuters Staff, “Trump says willing […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-5-18] he would be willing to shut down the U.S. government if Congress does not provide enough funding for border security, reversing a stance he took a day earlier. Trump made his comments at a meeting with congressional Republican leaders at the White House about the […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections. Trump wrote on Twitter the Justice Department’s decision to file charges […]
9/4/2018
CANADA/CONGRESS/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TRUMP SLAMS CANADA AFTER TALKS FALTER: President Donald Trump blasted Canada on Saturday [9-1-18], one day after his administration failed to conclude talks with the United States’ northern neighbor on the terms of a NAFTA agreement. He also warned Congress not to ‘interfere’ with the negotiations and repeated his threat to terminate […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Donald Trump’s attack on his own Justice Department for pursuing cases against two GOP congressmen is drawing fire from his fellow Republicans. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump encountered bipartisan criticism on Tuesday [9-4-18] for complaining that his own Justice Department’s indictments against two Republican congressmen were endangering the GOP’s midterm election prospects, with one Republican senator saying of Trump’s attack, ‘We can’t normalize that.’ Trump’s tweet was his latest effort to press the government’s […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] blasted his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and lamented the indictments of two lawmakers who were his earliest supporters in Congress during the 2016 election, suggesting they should not have been charged because they are Republicans…A decision by the Justice Department to hold off […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, […]
9/1/2018
CANADA/CONGRESS/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal. If we don’t make a fair deal for the U.S. after decades of abuse, Canada will be out. Congress should not interfere w/ these negotiations or I will simply terminate NAFTA entirely & we will be far better off…” […]
9/1/2018
CANADA/CONGRESS/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal. If we don’t make a fair deal for the U.S. after decade of abuse, Canada will be out. Congress should not interfere with these negotiations or I will simply terminate NAFTA entirely & we will be far better off..” […]
8/31/2018
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told lawmakers on Thursday [8-30-18] he wants to scrap a pay raise for civilian federal workers, saying the nation’s budget couldn’t support it. In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Trump described the pay increase as ‘inappropriate’…An across-the-board 2.1% pay increase for federal workers was slated to take […]
8/30/2018
CONGRESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-30-18] said he is considering linking capital gains taxes to inflation, a move that could mean circumventing the U.S. Congress to give a substantial tax cut to wealthy Americans. ‘I’m thinking about it,’ Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg. Only Congress can change U.S. tax […]
8/29/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Martha McSally is an extraordinary woman. She was a very talented fighter jet pilot and is now a highly respected member of Congress. She is Strong on Crime, the Border and our under siege 2nd Amendment. Loves our Military and our Vets. Has my total and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, […]
8/28/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump warned evangelical leaders Monday [8-27-18] night that Democrats ‘will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently’ if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections. Speaking to the group in the State Dining Room of the White House, Mr. Trump painted a stark picture […]
8/23/2018
CONGRESS/CRIME/ELECTION/GOP/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump and congressional Republicans, who are eager to find an issue that can help minimize the losses they expect in the midterm elections, are leaning hard into crime, illegal immigration and public safety to paint a bleak picture of how the country would become less safe under a Democratic-controlled Congress. […]
8/22/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A string of damaging legal developments rattled Republicans on Tuesday [8-21-18] and further heightened the stakes of the 2018 midterm elections less than three months away. The startling, coast-to-coast rat-a-tat-tat — a conviction in Virginia, a confession in New York and new charges in California — left the GOP off balance and […]
8/22/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/DHS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democrats over federal funding to help secure November’s U.S. elections stymied legislation in Congress on Wednesday, at least for now, that is aimed at thwarting Russian meddling by strengthening states’ voting procedures. The Senate Rules Committee unexpectedly canceled a work session that was intended […]
8/22/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats accused congressional Republicans on Wednesday [8-22-18] of enabling a growing culture of corruption under U.S. President Donald Trump and planned to use the issue to bolster their push to retake control of Congress in November’s elections. The conviction and guilty plea on Tuesday [8-21-18] of two former members of Trump’s inner […]
8/21/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Back before he controlled the GOP, before his endorsement seemed capable of swinging a primary, before he was President of the United States and before he’d won most Republican primaries in 2016, Donald Trump had very few friends in Congress. Just a handful of Republican lawmakers endorsed his campaign early on. […]
8/21/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans who for years have represented some of the safest congressional seats in their party are suddenly under intense pressure in 2018, with Democratic challengers threatening to overwhelm them in suburban districts where President Donald Trump has struggled. One of those districts belongs to Rep. Steve Chabot, an 11-term Republican who has gone […]
8/8/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/MUSLIMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A Michigan Democrat poised to become the first Muslim woman in Congress says that the election of President Donald Trump could be a reason for the historic number of women running for office across the country. In an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin on ‘Newsroom’ Wednesday [8-8-18], Rashida Tlaib discussed how progressive […]
8/8/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rep. Christopher Collins, a Republican congressman from New York, was arrested Wednesday [8-8-18] and charged with participating in an insider-trading scheme to sell the shares of an Australian biotechnology company before the public disclosure of a failed drug trial. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan accused Rep. Collins, 68 years old, of tipping off […]
8/8/2018
BUSINESS/CONGRESS/GOP/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Christopher Collins, a Republican U.S. congressman from New York who was one of President Donald Trump’s earliest supporters, was criminally charged on Wednesday [8-8-18] with taking part in an insider trading scheme involving an Australian biotechnology company on whose board he served. The indictment came as Collins, 68, was seeking a fourth […]
8/8/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As Republican candidates backed by President Donald Trump clung to small leads in closely watched races in Ohio and Kansas on Wednesday [8-8-18], nervousness grew in Republican circles about their ability to continue extending millions of dollars in aid to candidates in November’s Congressional elections. Republican Troy Balderson may have eked […]
8/2/2018
BUSH/CONGRESS/ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Positive references to President Donald Trump in June and July congressional campaign ads bested even those of President George W. Bush — whose approval ratings after 9/11 were some of the highest ever seen — at the same point in 2002, according to a new analysis. Bush was mentioned positively in about […]
8/1/2018
CHINA/CONGRESS/MILITARY/RUSSIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military. The legislation, part of the Pentagon’s spending bill, was drafted after a Reuters investigation last year […]
7/31/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/CONGRESS/DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As lawmakers grilled them at a congressional hearing Tuesday [7-31-18], Trump administration officials defended their efforts to reunite thousands of immigrant families that the government separated. And one top immigration official told lawmakers that family detention centers are ‘more like summer camp.’ Asked at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to describe the so-called […]
7/30/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has been threatening to close down the government if Congress doesn’t meet his immigration priorities, but he has privately agreed to put off a potential shutdown or any fight over border wall funding until after the midterm elections, an administration official said Monday [7-30-18]. In recent days Mr. Trump has […]
7/30/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump reiterated his threat Monday [7-30-18] to shut down the government if Congress fails to pass new border security and immigration measures, but he declined to draw a line in the sand. Trump stuck to broad strokes as he warned he is willing to shut down the government if Congress […]
7/30/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump threatened again on Monday [7-30-18] to shut down the federal government over his demands for a border wall and other changes in immigration policy, but said he remains open to talks with Congress on the issue…Congress must pass a spending bill by the end of September to avert […]
7/29/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congressional Republicans, already facing a difficult election landscape, confronted a prospect on Sunday [7-29-18] they had worked feverishly to avoid: a threat by President Trump to shut down the government over funding for a border wall…Last week, Republican leaders thought they had reached a deal with Mr. Trump to delay a confrontation […]
7/29/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump renewed a threat to shut down the government unless Congress provides money for a wall at the southern border and enacts new curbs on immigration, reviving a battle he said last month should wait until Republicans gained more solid majorities after the November elections…The threat adds a new headache for […]
7/24/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused of interfering in U.S. elections, will not be invited to address Congress or visit the Capitol if he accepts President Donald Trump’s invitation to come to Washington, Republican congressional leaders said on Tuesday [7-24-18]. The comments by House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader […]
7/22/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the nearly two years since Russia attacked the American democratic process, congressional Republicans have played conflicting roles in the drama: Some have pressed to impose sanctions on Russia and quietly pursue investigations, but they have been outshouted by Republicans who have obfuscated and undercut efforts to uncover the Kremlin’s plot. […]
7/20/2018
CHINA/CONGRESS/SANCTIONS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate and House negotiators removed from a must-pass defense bill a legislative attempt to undo President’s Donald Trump’s deal with Beijing to save Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. , which has been deemed a sanctions violator and a threat to national security by U.S. officials, according to people familiar with the matter. […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans in Congress on Thursday [7-19-18] blocked a series of measures put forward by lawmakers — largely Democratic — desperate to isolate Republican leaders and publicly rebuke President Trump over his summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia this week. In the Senate, Republicans objected to two nonbinding […]
7/19/2018
CHINA/CONGRESS/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress is poised to enact the first major changes in a decade to the U.S.’s process for vetting foreign investment following a bruising battle among lawmakers and some of the country’s biggest companies. Negotiators from the Senate and the House of Representatives reached a deal on the final text of a […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump faced outrage on Tuesday [7-17-18] for his failure to hold Russia accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and some U.S. lawmakers threatened action in Congress to punish Moscow and show support for U.S. intelligence agencies. At a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
7/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages prompted sharp criticism over his handling of two politically charged investigations, told Congress he never permitted his views to affect his official actions, a claim GOP lawmakers derided. Peter Strzok’s testimony at a joint House committee hearing repeatedly devolved into partisan discord, with […]
7/11/2018
CONGRESS/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called out Lisa Page after the former FBI lawyer failed to appear before Congress Wednesday [7-11-18]. ‘Ex-FBI LAYER Lisa Page today defied a House of Representatives issued Subpoena to testify before Congress!,’ Trump, in Europe for a high-stakes NATO summit, tweeted. ‘Wow, but is anybody really surprised!…The misspelling […]
7/11/2018
CONGRESS/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ex-FBI LAYER Lisa Page today defied a House of Representatives issued Subpoena to testify before Congress! Wow, but is anybody really surprised! Together with her lover, FBI Agent Peter Strzok, she worked on the Rigged Witch Hunt, perhaps the most tainted and corrupt case EVER!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2018 […]
7/11/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Democrats in Congress must no longer Obstruct – vote to fix our terrible Immigration Laws now. I am watching what is g…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2018 4:10 pm […]
7/11/2018
CHILDREN/CONGRESS/DEMS/EU/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats in Congress must no longer Obstruct – vote to fix our terrible Immigration Laws now. I am watching what is going on from Europe – it would be soooo simple to fix. Judges run the system and illegals and traffickers know how it works. They are just using children!” -Donald Trump, […]
7/5/2018
CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress – FIX OUR INSANE IMMIGRATION LAWS NOW!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 5, 2018 9:17 am […]
7/5/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress must pass smart, fast and reasonable Immigration Laws now. Law Enforcement at the Border is doing a great job, but the laws they are forced to work with are insane. When people, with or without children, enter our Country, they must be told to leave without our……..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]
6/27/2018
CONGRESS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to North Dakota to fully stand with and endorse Kevin Cramer for Senate. He is an extraordinary Congressman who will hopefully soon represent this great state as your Senator. He is tough on crime, strong on borders, loves our Military, and our Vets! #NDSen https://t.co/uP95m0sIRP“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 […]
6/26/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A bitter New York matchup between a convicted felon seeking to reclaim his congressional seat from a former prosecutor is among dozens of races in seven U.S. states on Tuesday [6-26-18], as voters pick candidates for November elections to determine control of Congress. Voters in Colorado, Maryland, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma […]
6/22/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump appeared to give up hope on Friday [6-22-18] that the Republican-controlled Congress could succeed in passing an immigration bill this year, urging lawmakers in a Twitter post to stop ‘wasting their time.’ His advice is likely to kill current efforts to pass a measure that had little chance of succeeding. […]
6/22/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [6-22-18] that Republicans should wait until they have more solid majorities in Congress to pursue an immigration overhaul, throwing cold water on a House bill that has been delayed until next week…Republicans currently have a narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate and a 235-193 margin in the […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEFENSE/DHS/FAMILY SEPARATION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of this Administration to rigorously enforce […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#CHANGETHELAWS Now is the best opportunity ever for Congress to change the ridiculous and obsolete laws on immigration. Get it done, always keeping in mind that we must have strong border security.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 9:11 am […]
6/14/2018
CONGRESS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Congress’s highest-ranking Republican on Thursday said he could not guarantee passage of legislation in coming days that some lawmakers hoped would address the uncertain status of hundreds of thousands of young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants…The Dreamers are hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly Hispanic, who illegally entered the country years […]
6/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While President Donald Trump was busy rhetorically destroying America’s neighbor to the north and disrupting the broader G7 conference over the weekend, you could have heard a pin drop among congressional Republicans. And while the President was in Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — a meeting that Republicans […]
6/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Senator Bob Corker accused his fellow Republicans of being afraid to stand up to President Donald Trump on Tuesday [6-12-18], as his legislation to block the president’s ability to impose tariffs on national security grounds hit a roadblock in Congress. “‘We might poke the bear’ is the language I have been hearing […]