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TRUMP OFFICIALS UNSURE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL MANDATE IN TAX PLAN
On Sunday, Collins said including the repeal provision is the biggest mistake in the Senate bill... READ MORE›
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HISTORY AS LARISSA WATERS BREASTFEEDS BABY IN SENATE
So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament!... READ MORE›
GREENS ATTEMPT TO STOP TRUMP VISITING AUSTRALIA
The Greens will try to amend migration laws to give federal parliament the power to stop US President Donald Trump visiting Australia... READ MORE›
SENATE VOTES TO REPEAL KEY OBAMACARE PROVISIONS, DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Everybody knows repeal is a gesture in futility, said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., before the vote... READ MORE›
CONGRESSIONAL MEMO GUN CONTROL VOICES IN CONGRESS ALL BUT SILENT AFTER CHARLESTON SHOOTING
Since the 2012 shootings in Newtown, Congress has added more pro-gun lawmakers to its ranks... READ MORE›
MR. OBAMA, YOUR IRAN DEAL WILL FALL APART
If President Obama doesn't treat the Iran agreement with more respect all his arguments today are beside the point... READ MORE›
CHAOS AS ROUSSEFF IMPEACHMENT VOTE ANNULLED
But Maranhao's calls for the senate to return the process to the lower house were met with derision... READ MORE›
LAST BID TO KILL IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL BLOCKED IN SENATE
A resolution would have had to pass both the Senate and House of Representatives by midnight Thursday, and survive Obama's veto, to be enacted... READ MORE›
IRAN DEAL DEBATE DELAYED AS TALK OF SECRET DEALS DIVIDES GOP
As House Republicans struggled over tactics Senate Republicans conceded that the White House had prevailed and the accord could not be stopped... READ MORE›
SENATE VOTES TO REVERSE OBAMA-ERA COAL RULE, SENDS TO TRUMP
And the House voted and sent to the Senate the repeal of a rule limiting methane emissions from the oil and gas industry... READ MORE›
6 GUANTNAMO DETAINEES ARE TRANSFERRED TO OMAN
Congress has outlawed bringing any detainees onto domestic soil... READ MORE›
SENATORS DEFEAT OBAMACARE REPEAL BEFORE HIGHWAY FUNDING DEBATE
However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he doesn't want to pass another short-term fix... READ MORE›
3 DEMOCRATS ADD TOOBAMAS SAFETYMARGIN ON IRAN DEAL
On Tuesday, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia became the fourth Senate Democrat to publicly oppose the agreement, joining Benjamin L... READ MORE›
FOX NEWS SAYS 'THE US IS AWESOME' AND TORTURE REPORT IS JUST 'ONE LAST SHOT AT BUSH'
And she denounced the publication of the Senate Intelligence Committee report as a move made by Democrats to do harm to the country by angering terrorists... READ MORE›
OBAMA TAPS D.C. LAWYER MICHAEL MISSAL AS NEW VETERANS AFFAIRS' WATCHDOG
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who has been calling for months for a new inspector general, said permanent leadership at the inspector general's office is long overdue... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S POLITICAL CRISIS IS SO INTENSE THAT NOBODY KNEW WHO WAS RUNNING THE SENATE THIS WEEK
The Senate leader, Renan Calheiros, spent Tuesday avoiding a legal clerk who tried to serve him an order for his removal on embezzlement charges... READ MORE›
SENATOR PATRICK BRAZEAU IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION IN GATINEAU HOSPITAL
He was taken to hospital in Buckingham, Que., and was later transferred to a hospital in Gatineau, Que... READ MORE›
HOUSE SENDS PRESIDENT A BILL TO REPEAL OBAMACARE, DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
It takes two-thirds of the House and Senate to override a veto, and Democrats have enough votes to block the legislation... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP DEFENDS VLADIMIR PUTIN OVER ALEXANDER LITVINENKO MURDER
But Mr Trump told Fox Business Have they found him Mr Putin guilty?... READ MORE›
MICHAEL TEMER TAKES REINS AS BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT WITH PLEDGE TO REBUILD COUNTRY
She now faces trial by the Senate on charges of doctoring government accounts to give an unrealistically healthy impression ahead of the 2014 election... READ MORE›
HOUSE PASSES FIVE-DAY GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL, AVERTING WEEKEND SHUTDOWN
It became clear last week that lawmakers would not be able to meet the Dec. 11 deadline because of disagreements over policy riders attached to the bill... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOT DOG VENDOR APPLYING TO BE SENATOR
Ottawa hot dog vendor plans to bring 'heart and compassion' to Senate... READ MORE›
HOUSE REJECTS IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
Senate Democratic leaders said they were confident their ranks would hold... READ MORE›
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL NOW BACKED BY 31 SENATORS
O In the Senate, Republicans must gather 60 votes to move the resolution forward under Senate procedural rules... READ MORE›
REPUBLICAN BOEHNER TRIES TO AVOID SPENDING FIGHT ON IMMIGRATION
Boehner said after the meeting that no decisions had been made and consultations would continue with Republicans in the House and Senate... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S PACIFIC TRADE PACT REVIVED IN U.S. HOUSE, HEADS TO SENATE
Obama's pacific trade pact revived in u.s. house heads to senate... READ MORE›
CLINTON'S TIES TO CORNING TURN REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD INTO CASH COW
Republicans outnumber Democrats two to one in rural Steuben County New York the home of the glassmaker-turned-tech-company Corning Inc... READ MORE›
SENATE DEMOCRATS AGAIN BLOCK IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL DISAPPROVAL
By a vote of 56-42 the Republican-majority Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed in the 100-member chamber to advance the legislation... READ MORE›
WHATS HAPPENING IN BRAZIL A GUIDE
The Senate voted on whether to start a trial of Ms. Rousseff... READ MORE›
WITH BOEHNER VANQUISHED, CONSERVATIVES TURN ON MCCONNELL
Congress's staunchest conservative Republicans celebrated House Speaker John Boehner's resignation on Friday and trained their sights on a new target Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell... READ MORE›
DID TED CRUZ ACTUALLY SUPPORT LEGAL STATUS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS?
Rubio's assertions about Cruz's support for expanding legal immigration are correct... READ MORE›