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House Conservatives Want a Fresh Obamacare Repeal Vote

EghtesadOnline: Hard-line conservatives began an uphill fight Friday to force a fresh House vote this fall on erasing much of President Barack Obama's health care law without an immediate replacement, the latest instance of Republican rifts in what's been a fractious week for the GOP.
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:33

Total investment in Iran having message to US Congress : Expert

EghtesadOnline: An expert on international affairs and a member of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Reza Nasri said Total investment in Iran in spite of US Senate new sanctions on Iran shows that Iranian market is still worthy of investment.
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Publish Date:21/June/2017 | 24:17

Senators want Congress to OK military action in Syria

EghtesadOnline: U.S. senators called on Congress on Tuesday to take back its authority to determine whether the country goes to war, saying recent U.S. strikes in Syria were not covered by existing authorizations for the use of military force.
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Publish Date:21/June/2017 | 05:58

Gunman shoots congressman, police at Virginia baseball practice

EghtesadOnline: A gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during a baseball practice near Washington early on Wednesday, wounding several people including House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise before being taken into custody, police and media reports said.
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 24:43

Mnuchin Says U.S. Can Cope If Debt Ceiling Not Raised by August

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. government has “backup plans” for funding itself if Congress doesn’t raise the debt limit before lawmakers leave for their August recess as hoped, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 06:51

US Congress mulls crackdown on Iran airlines

EghtesadOnline: A new legislation is circulating through US Senate that would require the government to crack down on an Iranian airline company, American media reports say.
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Publish Date:07/May/2017 | 24:01

Trump tax plan slashing business rates to test support in Congress

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump will release a tax plan on Wednesday proposing some deep rate cuts, mostly for businesses, including a slashed corporate income tax rate and steeply discounted tax rate for overseas corporate profits brought into the United States, officials said.
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Publish Date:26/April/2017 | 11:22

Nunes Recusal Gives House Russia Inquiry Chance at New Start

EghtesadOnline: The decision by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to step aside from its investigation into Russian interference in last year’s U.S. election gives the panel a chance to rescue a probe that has been paralyzed by partisan disputes.
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Publish Date:06/April/2017 | 19:54

Schiff says Trump wants focus on tweets, not Russia probe

EghtesadOnline: The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee accused President Donald Trump on Sunday of trying to divert Congress from its investigations of Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election and any links between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
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Publish Date:03/April/2017 | 04:45
Paul Ryan’s deeply divided caucus has a governing problem.

Total Control Is Crippling the GOP

EghtesadOnline: Bill Hoagland spent 25 years as a Republican aide in the Senate, a career spanning the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and both George Bushes. He’s old enough to remember when the GOP was capable of tough things, such as comprehensive tax reform. He also remembers when he could count on such creatures as “yellow dog” Democrats, who were conservative enough to be to the right of a handful of liberal Republicans.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 08:28

White House Invites Lawmakers to View Surveillance Documents

EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration invited leaders of congressional intelligence panels to review documents it said raise questions about whether government spy agencies improperly identified President Donald Trump’s campaign officials and associates in the course of routine foreign surveillance.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 07:27

Trump Backs Away From Document Suggesting Softer Nafta Stand

EghtesadOnline: The White House backed away from an administration letter to key members of Congress suggesting that President Donald Trump is softening his protectionist stance on Nafta and instead seeking modest changes to the trade accord.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 19:22

Schiff Says Too Early to Debate Flynn Immunity for Testimony

EghtesadOnline: The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser would have to go through several steps before lawmakers would consider offering immunity in exchange for his testimony.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 17:55

House Speaker Ryan backs embattled intelligence panel chairman

EghtesadOnline: The top Republican in Congress on Tuesday stood by Devin Nunes, the embattled head of the House of Representatives intelligence committee, who is under fire for his handling of an investigation into possible Russian ties to President Donald Trump's election campaign.
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Publish Date:28/March/2017 | 17:27

These Charts Show Alarm Bells Ringing on the Trump Trade

EghtesadOnline: Maybe the bet on "unified government" wasn’t such a great one after all. Investors on Monday further unwound trades initiated in November resting on the idea that the election of Donald Trump and a Republican Congress meant smooth passage of an agenda that featured business-friendly tax cuts and regulatory changes.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 11:02

Trump disappointed House conservatives blocked healthcare bill

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was disappointed that a conservative faction in the House of Representatives blocked his healthcare legislation and said "we learned a lot about loyalty" from the effort.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 08:52
“We are now perceived by many to be the front line of defense.”

The Blue State Attorneys General Resisting Trump

EghtesadOnline: With Democrats outnumbered in Congress, a coalition of blue state attorneys general has emerged as the strongest resistance to Donald Trump’s conservative agenda.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 05:40

Trump's Retreat on Health Care Deals a Blow to the Rest of His Agenda

EghtesadOnline: The gambit was straight out of a corporate deal-maker’s playbook: President Donald Trump told House Republicans that it was now or never to repeal and replace Obamacare and demanded a vote by Friday. No more negotiations.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 04:47