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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Democrats urged Chairman Kevin Brady to refrain from holding a full committee markup of any legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act without conducting a single hearing or obtaining a score from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and any estimates from the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Reaction to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress split along predictably partisan lines, with Republicans praising what they described as the president's optimistic agenda, and Democrats saying "talk is cheap."
The Trump Organization is looking to expand its luxury hotel brand into dozens of the nation's major cities because that's where the tourists and business travelers are.
But they're also where the strongest opposition to Trump is.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's proposal for a "historic" $54 billion increase in defense spending in his pending budget — while cutting heavily from foreign aid and agencies across the federal government — has initiated what promises to be fierce debate in Congress over slashing programs in favor of a large military buildup.
By: Tony Plohetski, Nancy Flores, and Perla Arellano, Feb. 22, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statement after 19 year-old Josue Romero was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Antonio:
The House Ways and Means Committee on a party-line vote Tuesday defeated an amendment by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, that would have used a little-known authority of the committee to secure and review in closed session President' Trump's tax returns.
As a candidate and now as president, Trump has broken with precedent by not releasing his tax returns.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have blocked an attempt by Democrats to use an obscure law to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns from the IRS.
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee tried to frame the issue as a matter of national security. They questioned whether Trump has any investments in Russia, though they offered no proof.
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday defeated an amendment by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, that would have used a little-known authority of the committee to secure and review in closed session President Donald Trump's income tax returns.
As a candidate and now as president, Trump has broken with precedent by not releasing his tax returns.