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President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

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White House opposes trading 3-year DACA extension for 3 years of border wall money

Sarah Bedford · March 14, 2018 6:33 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks to a reporter in the Capitol on Dec. 1, 2017.

Senators push back on attacks on Obamacare bills

Robert King · March 12, 2018 11:24 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

Groups sent a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday supporting a bill that would hand out Obamacare insurer payments and give states $10 billion over two years to help prop up Obamacare insurers. (iStock photo)

Healthcare groups press for Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 6, 2018 7:00 pm

Republican John Kasich of Ohio, Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper and Alaska's Bill Walker, an independent, pushed for the two bills during a press conference Friday at the National Press Club. (AP)

Bipartisan governors seek new momentum for Obamacare bills

Robert King · February 23, 2018 6:21 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was one of several Democrats who opposed the the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, saying the bill was "dangerous and cruel." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats have moved far to the nation’s left on abortion

Ken Blackwell · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

"Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats...totally abandoned! Republicans are still working hard," Trump tweeted Friday morning. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump claims Democrats have ‘totally abandoned’ DACA recipients

Anna Giaritelli · February 16, 2018 3:08 pm

President Trump has proposed a "four pillar" immigration package that includes increased border security funding, ending chain migration, cancelling the visa lottery, and finding a "reasonable" solution for the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House refuses to back down from key immigration priorities after Senate rejects all proposals

Diana Stancy Correll · February 16, 2018 3:24 am

The clean energy package reconciles some of the key provisions from Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Joe Manchinâs sweeping bipartisan energy bill, the American Energy Innovation Act, and House Democratsâ similar Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act.

Short of votes, bipartisan Senate gang tweaks its immigration ‘compromise’

Susan Ferrechio · February 15, 2018 6:57 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said late Wednesday night that the Senate is closer than ever before to a historic immigration deal. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Chuck Schumer: Congress is ‘closer than we have ever been to passing’ bill ‘to help the Dreamers’

Anna Giaritelli · February 15, 2018 3:17 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's move to end debate on four amendments related to immigration means the Senate could finally hold a few votes on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell sets up votes on four immigration amendments

Pete Kasperowicz · February 15, 2018 1:25 am