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GOP centrists revolt against steep cuts to Medicaid and other programs in Trump’s tax breaks bill
As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending ...
Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill
Trump privately pressed Johnson to increase the tax rate on the highest earners and close the so-called carried interest ...
Illegal immigrant murderers could face death penalty under new GOP bill
Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, is introducing a bill on Thursday called the Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murder Act, ...
Louisiana governor pushes Trump to weigh primary challenger to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, AP sources say
President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry have discussed the possibility that Julia Letlow, a congresswoman ...
Central Valley congressman was the only Democrat to back a GOP oil and gas bill
There appeared to be no evidence in the committee of the sort of bipartisanship Gray had urged. Gray’s amendment was defeated ...
House GOP passes bill adopting ‘Gulf of America’ rename
House Republicans approved a bill Thursday to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the first step in codifying ...
Student Loans: Republicans Back Plan to Give Some Borrowers Extra Money
A Republican congressman is leading a new bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives that would give married student loan borrowers a larger tax deduction on their loans. More than 42 million ...