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Leading Democrat: Critics can't conclude Trump is impaired

EghtesadOnline: Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that it was premature to try to remove U.S. President Donald Trump by claiming he is physically or mentally impaired.
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Publish Date:21/August/2017 | 06:50

In rare bipartisan display, Democrats back Trump on China trade probe

EghtesadOnline: Three top Democratic senators, in a rare show of bipartisanship, on Wednesday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stand up to China as he prepares to launch an inquiry into Beijing's intellectual property and trade practices in coming days.
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Publish Date:03/August/2017 | 14:21

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

Democratic lawmakers sue Trump over foreign state payments to businesses

EghtesadOnline: More than 190 Democratic lawmakers sued President Donald Trump in federal court on Wednesday, saying he had accepted funds from foreign governments through his businesses without congressional consent in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 06:54

Trump Faces Skeptical Democrats as He Eyes Bipartisan Dealmaking

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump wants to start working with Democrats. He might start by picking up the phone. The president hasn’t called the top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer since before Inauguration Day, according to a person familiar with their relationship, limiting their interactions to a handful of events.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 14:18

Supreme Court nominee to face confirmation vote April 7: Senate leader

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Senate would have a final vote on April 7 on President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, even as more Democrats opposed his confirmation.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 08:46

Democratic opposition to U.S. high court nominee grows

EghtesadOnline: A third of Democratic senators have so far announced they will vote against confirming U.S. President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, adding to a chorus of opposition from the left, but leaving questions over whether there will be a concerted effort to block a vote in the Senate.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 08:54
“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

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

Democrats raise doubts about Trump's high court nominee Gorsuch

EghtesadOnline: Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, on Monday emphasized the need for judicial independence even as Trump castigates jurists who have ruled against him, while Democrats questioned whether he would rule against abortion rights and gun control while favoring corporations.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 21:45

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

Drug Stocks Plunge as Trump Threatens to Force Price Bidding

EghtesadOnline: Pharmaceutical and biotech stocks plummeted Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump said he’d force the industry to bid for government business, a position that aligns him with congressional Democrats and against the powerful drug-manufacturing lobby.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 07:38

House Democrats Struggle to Find a Voice in Trump-Era Minority

EghtesadOnline: Jamie Raskin has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for less than a week, but he isn’t joining a newly energized and resurgent Democratic caucus like he hoped. Instead, he’ll be a freshman member of a party stuck in the political wilderness.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 05:04

Republicans make repealing Obamacare 'first order of business'

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats on Wednesday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-sought bid to scrap it in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence called the "first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration.
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Publish Date:05/January/2017 | 04:50

Democrats Plotting ‘Collision Course’ With Trump’s Tax Plan

EghtesadOnline: Congressional Democrats say they’ll try to thwart Republican plans to overhaul the U.S. tax code by portraying them as a boon for the rich that betrays President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to fight for working Americans.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:52

Trump Must Divest His Washington Hotel, House Democrats Say

EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump will be in violation of his lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington when he takes office if he doesn’t divest all financial interests in it, according to Democratic lawmakers after exchanges with the agency in charge of government buildings.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:45