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Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters on Dec. 19 at the U.S. Capitol.

Bob Corker says GOP cowers before Trump after party leaders block trade amendment

June 12, 2018 at 6:07 p.m.

Senate GOP leaders blocked a vote Tuesday on legislation that would give Congress veto power over certain presidential tariffs - prompting Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., to accuse his Republican colleagues...

Jelly Bellies and big spending: Inside the GOP struggle to sell voters on its tax law

May 10, 2018 at 11:53 a.m.

Republican leaders and campaign officials are scrambling to do more to sell voters on their signature legislative achievement - a $1.5 trillion tax cut - amid poor polling numbers, rank-and-file...

Nancy Pelosi defends Democrats’ intervention in Colorado primary race between Levi Tillemann and Jason Crow

August 17, 2018 at 3:07 p.m.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi defended her party's electoral operation Thursday, after a candidate in a contested Colorado primary released audiotape of Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer urging him to quit...

Here’s what Congress is stuffing into its $1.3 trillion spending bill

March 22, 2018 at 1:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night on a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill, releasing it to the public just 52 hours before a government shutdown deadline....

House Speaker Paul Ryan looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republican leaders and Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee on Nov. 2, 2017 at the White House.

Ryan splits with Trump as GOP lawmakers move to block planned tariffs

June 15, 2018 at 8:06 a.m.

Congressional Republicans are maneuvering to stop President Donald Trump from levying harsh tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, arguing that the move runs counter to the core of their economic...

The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise last Friday.

As GOP tax cuts take hold, Democrats struggle for line of attack

February 27, 2018 at 8:57 a.m.

Democrats predicted a political backlash for Republicans in December when the GOP pushed through a deeply unpopular tax cut that added more than $1 trillion to the federal deficit and...

U.S President Donald Trump and French ...

President Trump’s military parade would cost between $10 million and $30 million, White House budget director says

February 14, 2018 at 8:59 p.m.

President Donald Trump's military parade would cost between $10 million and $30 million, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on Wednesday.

(AFP-OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump hosts ...

Spending plan remains unsettled as clock ticks toward government shutdown deadline

February 6, 2018 at 2:38 p.m.

Top Senate leaders said Tuesday that they were approaching a sweeping two-year deal to increase federal spending, which would clear a legislative roadblock that has kept Congress spinning its wheels...

Thousands gather to support the Deferred ...

Trump not expected to extend DACA deadline, White House says

February 6, 2018 at 9:53 a.m.

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is not expected to extend the March 5 deadline when work permits will begin to expire...

University of Colorado law professor Violeta Chapin speaks during a rally in support of DACA recipients
on Sept. 5, 2017, in Longmont.

House GOP skeptical of Trump’s framework on immigration

January 30, 2018 at 12:31 p.m.

House Republicans voiced skepticism and outright opposition Tuesday to President Donald Trump's immigration plan, a warning sign of the tough path ahead for any deal on the nation's young undocumented...

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