Senate Rejects Democratic Budget Amendments to Hike Taxes
The Senate on Wednesday turned aside several Democratic budget amendments that sought to offset a boost in entitlement spending with higher taxes, as Republicans speed toward passage of their budget plan to clear the way for their long-sought tax overhaul. Republicans want to get their 2018 budget blueprint passed this week to fast-track tax reform, while Democrats teed up the process to prod GOP senators on whether they’re willing to simultaneously cut spending on entitlement programs and slash tax rates for the wealthiest Americans. “Today, we begin the process of shining light on this awful proposal, of telling the truth,” said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, ... Read More
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Putin’s Rage Triggered by Obama’s Moves
In interview after interview with top U.S. intelligence officials and foreign diplomats about the downward spiral in U.S.-Russian relations, one date keeps resurfacing: January 2012. That month Michael McFaul, President Obama’s newly appointed ambassador to Russia, arrived in snow-covered Moscow and almost immediately began meeting with opposition leaders and human rights activists critical of the Kremlin. It was a provocative move at a sensitive moment when Vladimir Putin was already seething over perceived American backing of mass protests designed to smear him. The Russian president was also facing a wobbly economy as global oil prices plunged as he struggled to reclaim ... Read More
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GOP Lawmakers Call for Senate to Be Open 24/7
Nine Republican lawmakers are calling for the Senate to be open on a 24/7 basis in an effort to push through President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, Axios reports. The request by the senators, who included Steve Daines of Montana, Joni Ernst of Iowa and Dean Heller of Nevada, came in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., according to the website. The letter was published by Axios. "The 115th Congress is being disrupted by sustained, partisan obstruction," the senators said. "We believe our conference must be willing to change how the Senate operates both by tradition and by rule. ... Read More
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Democrat Says He Could Support Trump’s Tax Plan
Sen. Sherrod Brown said Wednesday that President Trump’s tax plan will likely have Democratic support if it includes incentive for working families. “The president wants to do two things. He wants to give significant tax relief to working families, and he wants to make sure that corporations are patriotic — that corporations actually pay decent wages and keep their jobs in this country,” Mr. Brown, Ohio Democrat, said on Fox News. Mr. Brown, who will meet with the president Wednesday to discuss the plan, said that if the president’s plan focuses on things like ... Read More
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Single-Payer Nightmare: No Surgeries For Smokers, Obese In UK
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders found a lot of support from Democrats in the Senate when he introduced a bill to create a single-payer health care system in the U.S. earlier this year. While Sanders said, “health care is a right,” one nation often held up as a model for what the U.S. should have is facing another public relations nightmare as the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has moved to indefinitely block all non-urgent surgeries for people who smoke or are obese. “The NHS will ban patients from surgery indefinitely unless they lose weight or quit smoking, under controversial plans ... Read More
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