Tag: Senate

The Tennessee Republican said the legislation would be part of Congress' end-of-year spending deal if Trump supported it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lamar Alexander: Country could use ‘bipartisan solution’ on healthcare

Robert King · November 20, 2017 8:39 pm

With Orrin Hatch expected to retire and Boyd Matheson, the former chief of staff to Sen. Mike Lee, out of the picture, the path looks clear for the 2012 presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Path cleared for Mitt Romney in Utah after top conservative opts against Senate bid

David M. Drucker · November 20, 2017 4:35 pm

On Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said that while she wanted to pass an Obamacare stabilization bill, it would not be "a precondition for my support for the tax bill." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lisa Murkowski denies making Obamacare deal precondition for tax vote

Robert King · November 17, 2017 11:36 pm

Tax bill heads to Senate floor, with GOP needing to shore up support

Tax bill heads to Senate floor, with GOP needing to shore up support

Joseph Lawler · November 17, 2017 4:34 am

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (pictured right), said he will hold a hearing on Nov. 28 for Alex Azar, President Trump's new pick for Health and Human Services secretary. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate prepares to hold hearings on HHS nominee Alex Azar

Kimberly Leonard · November 16, 2017 8:41 pm

Senate confirms former banker as top Trump bank regulator

Joseph Lawler · November 16, 2017 1:31 pm

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore faces mounting allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, but Moore isn't backing down. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Roy Moore challenges Mitch McConnell: ‘Bring. It. On.’

Diana Stancy Correll · November 16, 2017 3:09 am

"If I believe it's going to add to the deficit, I'm not going to vote for it," Corker said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tax reform hits snag as three GOP senators warn they could oppose

Joseph Lawler · November 16, 2017 2:37 am

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, was critical of the Republican tax reform plan on Wednesday. The legislation in the House and Senate carries high political stakes for President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress, who view passage of tax cuts as critical to the GOP's success at the polls next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare fight consumes Senate tax debate

Robert King · November 16, 2017 12:31 am

Repealing the Obamacare individual mandate as part of tax reform appeases conservative senators, but its other lawmakers -- like Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. -- that need appeasing. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

Putting individual mandate repeal in the tax reform bill only complicates the GOP’s efforts

James Wallner · November 15, 2017 10:00 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, standing with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., right, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, about the Republican tax reform plan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats tee off on Senate GOP making individual tax cuts temporary

Joseph Lawler · November 15, 2017 8:28 pm

Some Democrats reluctant to join Chuck Schumer in opposing Obamacare deal

Robert King · November 15, 2017 8:05 pm