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GOP Eyes Tax Overhaul -- And Lessons From Health-Care Failure

EghtesadOnline: Moments after their hopes of undoing Obamacare unraveled, President Donald Trump and top Republicans said in unison that they’re moving on to another ambitious goal -- overhauling the U.S. tax code.
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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 05:10

Trump tastes failure as U.S. House healthcare bill collapses

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump suffered a stunning political setback on Friday in a Congress controlled by his own party when Republican leaders pulled legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, a major 2016 election campaign promise of the president and his allies.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 08:51

House Obamacare Repeal Collapse Raises Doubts on GOP Agenda

EghtesadOnline: House Republicans abandoned their efforts to repeal and partially replace Obamacare after President Donald Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan couldn’t wrangle enough votes, raising doubts about their ability to deliver on the rest of their agenda.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 04:45

GOP Senators Embrace Awkward Russia Probe That Could Hurt Trump

EghtesadOnline: A Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of Russia’s effort to influence last year’s U.S. election is shaping up as an unexpectedly bipartisan effort that could take months to complete as it explores the most significant controversy shadowing the new Trump administration.
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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 04:47

Gorsuch Takes Stage as Trump Picks Conservative to Supreme Court

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will meet with senators Wednesday at the start of what promises to be a contentious confirmation fight as Republicans look to entrench a conservative majority on the court for a generation.
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Publish Date:01/February/2017 | 05:14

Trump Faces Growing GOP Pressure to Maintain Russia Sanctions

EghtesadOnline: A group of Republicans in the U.S. Senate is intensifying calls on President Donald Trump to keep sanctions on Russia in place ahead of his planned call with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.
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Publish Date:28/January/2017 | 04:48

U.S. Senate confirms Haley as Trump's U.N. ambassador

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to confirm South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as ambassador to the United Nations, sending a rising Republican star to represent President Donald Trump at an institution he has criticized.
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Publish Date:25/January/2017 | 06:55

Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 08:56

Republicans Warn Trump of Divide Unless He’s Tougher on Russia

EghtesadOnline: Senior Republicans are giving Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt that he’ll make Moscow pay a price for hacking the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, yet the president-elect may face a rift with members of his own party if policies against Russia don’t change.
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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 11:31

With one bill, Republicans fast track plan to undo Obama regulations

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday giving Congress the power to kill dozens of recently enacted rules in one fell swoop, as Republicans charged ahead on their campaign to strip down federal regulations.
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Publish Date:05/January/2017 | 04:48

Rough start for U.S. Republicans on first day of Trump-era Congress

EghtesadOnline: The Republican-led U.S. Congress had a rough start to its first session of the Donald Trump era on Tuesday when a public outcry that included a dressing-down from the president-elect prompted the House of Representatives to backtrack on its plans to defang an ethics watchdog.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 05:21

U.S. House Votes to Stop Sales of Boeing Jetliners to Iran

EghtesadOnline: The House voted Thursday to effectively block Boeing Co. from selling or leasing jetliners to Iran, reflecting broad Republican opposition to the Obama administration’s Iran nuclear deal that allows the transaction involving 109 aircraft worth as much as $25 billion.
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 07:38

Republicans projected to keep control of Congress

EghtesadOnline: Both chambers of the U.S. Congress are projected to remain under Republican control when they convene on Jan. 3, with voters on Tuesday dashing Democrats' hopes of taking over the Senate while keeping the House of Representatives in Republican hands.
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Publish Date:09/November/2016 | 09:04