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Angry and inspired: Democrats train new wave of candidates

EghtesadOnline: The 100 Democratic women who packed into a suburban Maryland conference room recently for a one-day training on how to run for political office were more than activists eager to battle President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans.
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Publish Date:03/August/2017 | 13:58

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
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
State efforts to get more workers to save are the target of lawmakers who say the auto-IRA programs burden employers and skirt the rules.

Republicans Take Aim at California’s Retirement Dream

EghtesadOnline: Nancy Harvey has a goal. “I’d like to retire before dying,” she said. Harvey, 55, has almost nothing saved for retirement. She’s a child-care provider in Oakland, Calif., and there isn’t much left over at the end of the month. “It’s not a lucrative field,” she said.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 13:38

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

U.S. Stocks Post Worst Week Since Election as Health Bill Fails

EghtesadOnline: The Trump Trade just took a big hit. U.S. stocks fell the most since the week leading up to the U.S. election as President Donald Trump suffered a major setback when he was forced to pull his health-care bill from a vote amid dissent among congressional Republicans. Investors also turned to bonds as U.S. Treasuries rallied for the second week.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 05:05

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

How a border tax could divide Boeing and its suppliers

EghtesadOnline: A U.S. tax overhaul proposed by Republican leaders in Congress would deepen divisions between big manufacturers like Boeing Co and the thousands of smaller companies that supply them, according to suppliers and tax and trade experts.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 11:42

Healthcare scramble writes new chapter in Trump's 'Art of the Deal'

EghtesadOnline: In the middle of a confused three-day scramble by U.S. Republicans to save their plan to dismantle Obamacare, President Donald Trump telephoned a former small-town sandwich shop owner from the North Carolina mountains on Wednesday afternoon.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:25

Top Senate Democrat promises fight to block Trump high court pick

EghtesadOnline: The top U.S. Senate Democrat on Thursday pledged to pursue a procedural hurdle to try to block the confirmation of Republican President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, a move that could provoke a nasty partisan fight and change the way the Senate does business.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:23

Trump's Russian imbroglio prompts Republican rethink on surveillance law

EghtesadOnline: Some Republican lawmakers appear to be reassessing whether to make changes to a surveillance law that allows broad snooping of Internet communications, citing concerns over the handling of classified intercepts after leaks of conversations between Russian officials and American associates of President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 23:21

Republicans revamp U.S. health bill, boost benefits to older Americans

EghtesadOnline: U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:42

Conservatives rebel against Trump-backed Republican healthcare plan

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Republican legislation to replace the Obamacare healthcare law but the measure faced a rebellion by conservative groups and lawmakers, complicating its chances for passage in the U.S. Congress.
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Publish Date:08/March/2017 | 06:02

U.S. Republicans unveil plan to dismantle Obamacare, critics pounce

EghtesadOnline: Long-awaited legislation to dismantle Obamacare was unwrapped on Monday by U.S. Republicans, who called for ending health insurance mandates and rolling back extra healthcare funding for the poor in a package that drew immediate fire from Democrats.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 05:34

Trump aides divided over policy shielding 'dreamer' immigrants: sources

EghtesadOnline: Divisions have emerged among advisers to President Donald Trump over whether to rescind a signature policy of his predecessor, President Barack Obama, that shields young immigrants from deportation, according to congressional sources and Republicans close to the White House.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 05:12