Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is throwing his support behind a GOP proposal that lines up with President Trump’s immigration framework, as the chamber turns to a battle over the controversial issue. “I support the president’s proposal and my colleagues’ legislation to implement it. The Secure and Succeed Act is fair, address both sides’ […]
Shutdown Draws Near as Paul Delays Budget Vote…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is blocking the Senate from speeding up a budget agreement as Congress lurches closer to a lapse in funding for the federal government. Both the Senate and House need to pass the two-year budget deal, which includes a stopgap funding bill, by midnight Thursday to prevent the second shutdown in less […]
House GOP Plan for Separate Section 702 Law, ‘Dead for Now’…
House Republicans’ plans to vote on a stand-alone bill to renew a controversial surveillance authority are dead “for now,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) told reporters less than 24 hours after lawmakers scheduled a Rules Committee vote on the measure. GOP lawmakers will attempt to hash out stark divisions in a conference meeting […]
Senate Votes Tonight…
Middle Class to Get 23% of Tax Cuts…
House Republicans from Wealthy Districts Oppose Tax Cut Bill…
Biggest Tax Overhaul in 30 Years…
House to Vote Again on Tax Overhaul After Senate Rules Glitch…
The Senate Intelligence Committee 702 Bill Is a Domestic Spying Bill…
Contrary to what you’re reading about it not “reforming” 702, the SSCI bill makes dramatic changes to 702. Effectively, it makes 702 a domestic spying program. The SSCI expands the kinds of criminal prosecutions with which it can use Section 702 data. It does so in Section 5, in what is cynically called “End Use […]
GOP Senators Hold Up Disaster Aid Over Puerto Rico Concerns…
At least two Senate Republicans are delaying swift passage of a disaster aid package — demanding that Puerto Rico be made permanently exempt from a 1920 law that has complicated efforts to send supplies to the hurricane-ravaged territory. Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Mike Lee of Utah are holding up the legislation, according to […]