But the bill stalled in the Senate as Democrats facing re-election in 2018, including West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, Sherrod Brown of OH and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, fought for a one-year extension for the miners’ health benefits rather than the temporary, four-month fix in the bill.
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Pelosi, 76, has led her party in the House since 2003, including four years as speaker.
However, Mr. Trump, not being a usual politician, ran against the corrupt vote-buying gimmicks of both parties-and the voters responded. Clinton leads in the popular vote, 65,432,202 to Trump’s 62,793,872.
Flores’ effort to head off regulatory changes is important, because President Trump will have the ability to implement most of his immigration policy without any aid from Congress. If Donald Trump became such a blight on our nation that he would have to be removed from office, this would not only look bad for the Republicans, but for our entire country.
Democrats have proposed broadening the base of funding for transportation in the state, including raising the gas tax and vehicle registration fees.
The senators say Russia’s “illegal annexation of Crimea should never be accepted”. The fighting has killed as many as 10,000 people.
During the GOP primary campaign, Trump said he would preserve Medicare. He also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s leadership. Dick Durbin of IL. If Rep. Price will be confirmed by the Senate, he will have broad discretionary authority to change or remove some of the regulations governing providers.
The House voted 326-96 Thursday to keep most of the government running through April 28. The bill’s fate in the Senate is uncertain.
The spending bill also would deliver $170 million in long-delayed help for Flint, but GOP leaders have linked delivery of the funding to enactment of companion language in the separate water projects bill – a move created to guarantee enough Democrats vote to defeat Boxer’s filibuster.
Medicare is the 51-year-old government-supported health care program that was the cornerstone of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society legislative achievements.
Lawmakers are tacking on money for security around Trump Tower in NY and funds for health care for retired coal miners to a stopgap spending bill that would avoid a government shutdown at week’s end. He sought to allay concerns that repealing the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, without a replacement plan would be problematic, saying certain actions could be taken administratively until Congress passes new law.
The defense bill, which authorizes $611 billion to run the military in 2017, prohibits Obama from following through on his longstanding campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The vote was 92-7.
The legislation bars the Pentagon from trimming the military’s sprawling constellation of bases and facilities, even though senior USA defense officials say there is excess capacity. “I think sometimes he says things knowing that Congress will not pass his proposal”.
(C-SPAN2 via AP). This image provided by C-SPAN2 shows retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. giving his final speech on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016.
The Nevada Democrat began by thanking his GOP counterpart, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, for a tribute.
And while he said he’d like to support them, “Compared to taking care of widows who are going to see their health care expire on December 31, I don’t understand the equivalency”. Joe Manchin, whose state supported Trump by 42 percent, said of his fellow Democrats’ strategy of opposition.
“I do regret that”, said Sen.
Unwinding a healthcare law that serves 20 million people – and at the same time ensuring that patients don’t lose coverage and that the insurance market isn’t destabilized – will be a near impossible task.
When Trump cajoled IN manufacturer Carrier into canceling part of its plans to ship jobs to Mexico last week, IN part by offering a state tax incentive package to the company, House Speaker Paul Ryan dismissed criticism of Trump’s efforts.
“We’re beginning to see the fault lines emerge, the divisions that will dominate Washington next year”, said Schumer.
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who was an ally at the time in that failed battle, said in a brief interview that while he did not know Pruitt: “I appreciate his passion for fighting back against things he thought were an overreach” by federal agencies.
