Trump looms large as Congress faces shutdown threat and ‘dizzying’ to-do list
Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...
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House Republicans says they’ll confer with Trump on shutdown avoidance plans
House Republicans are planning to strategize with President-elect Trump on their path forward to funding the government past ...
Congress returns to Washington as GOP prepares to take control
Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...
Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's agenda
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans won't make the mistakes of last time and will be much better prepared for a ...
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House passes bill to eliminate Social Security penalty on teachers, police firefighters
Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves' bill would eliminate the Social Security penalty for 2.8 million government retirees, ...
House voting on bill to allow government to remove tax-exempt status from nonprofits
Congress is voting on a bill Tuesday that will empower the executive branch to remove the tax-exempt status from any ...
Social Security Update: Republicans Reverse Course on Expansion Bill
If passed, it would mean those impacted by the windfall elimination provision (WEP) and government pension offset (GPO) could ...
Freedom Caucus chair moves to undo rogue floor procedure call
Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, has nullified a rogue floor procedural move he pulled off ...
House Republicans haven’t introduced a bill to lower Social Security payments for some people
Readers asked us to VERIFY claims that House Republicans introduced a bill to cut Social Security payments for people who get ...
These tax cuts will go away without action by Congress and Trump
President-elect Donald Trump pledged to renew the tax cuts that he enacted in his first term, but keeping them around could ...
Republicans, on cusp of governing trifecta, look to overhaul Washington
After winning the presidency and the Senate, the GOP is on the cusp of regaining the House majority — and with it, a powerful ...
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Repealing WEP/GPO Would Raise Deficits, Weaken Social Security
The House of Representatives will soon vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, legislation which would repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Off ...