There’s no tax-reform bill yet, only a framework, but the left is already trumpeting the old argument that Republicans want to help their rich buddies while blowing up the deficit.
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It was a disastrous day for the whole GOP—President Trump, congressional Republicans, grass-roots activists and anyone who wants progress on the party’s agenda. On Tuesday, for a second time this year, Senate Republicans failed to repeal and replace Obama...
Like Lazarus, the Republican effort to repeal ObamaCare has risen from the dead. Pundits dutifully filled out the toe tag in July, after a repeal-and-replace bill failed to pass the Senate.
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No matter how persuasive President Trump is, it’s unlikely he can round up enough Democrats to get 60 votes in the Senate for tax reform. That means Republicans will need to use the Senate’s reconciliation process, which avoids the filibuster, to pass the...
I believe that “Dreamers”—foreign-born men and women, age 15 to 36, brought here illegally when they were children—should be allowed to stay in America, the only country most of them remember.
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From Corpus Christi to Port Arthur, the Texas Gulf Coast has been hit by a natural disaster of biblical proportions. Hurricane Harvey has wrought such devastation that it’s hard to comprehend.
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After departing his post as White House chief strategist last week, Steve Bannon told the Weekly Standard that “the Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over.” The clear suggestion is that Mr. Trump’s chance at success had followed Mr. Bannon ...
Like many conflicts, the tiff between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump began with a seemingly inconsequential remark.
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