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GOP senator says House-passed megabill doesn't cut spending enough
"Listen, this is the weekend we honor the service and sacrifice of the finest among us. You know, more than a million that died defend this nation. I don't think they served in sacrifice to leave our children completely mortgaged their future and their prospects diminished," he says
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House Speaker Mike Johnson warns Senate not to 'meddle' too much with House-passed megabill
"I have a very delicate balance here, very delicate equilibrium that we’ve reached over a long period of time," he says
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Here's what's in Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'
Most of the cost stems from the Ways and Means committee’s portion, which deals with codifying most of the sunsetting 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law.
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House GOP leadership reaches tentative agreement with SALT Republican holdouts: Report
The new agreement, proposed to Republican lawmakers in liberal states, would raise the cap on SALT deductions from the $10,000 currently in place to $40,000 a year instead.
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Nancy Mace displays nude still of herself during House hearing she claims was taken without consent
Mace shared the shot during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on "surveillance in private spaces," and claimed Bryant's actions and that of the other men's were "creepy" and "criminal."
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House Speaker predicts chamber will vote on Trump budget before Friday
Johnson has been negotiating with GOP holdouts over the past week, but said recent progress could put the House on track to pass a rule governing the bill on Wednesday and a final vote no later than Thursday.
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Supreme Court rules Maine House must temporarily return voting power to censured state lawmaker
The order restores voting rights to GOP Maine Rep. Laurel Libby, who was censured on a party-line vote for refusing House Speaker Ryan Fecteau's demand to remove a post criticizing transgender athletes’ participation in girls’ sports.
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Illinois GOP Rep. Mary Miller says SALT deduction is a 'handout' to rich donors
SALT is a tax break that allows taxpayers to deduct part or all of what they paid in state and local taxes from their federal tax return.
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Senate unanimously passes bill eliminating federal taxes on tips
The legislation will now go to the House, where it is expected to pass as either part of a large reconciliation package or as a separate stand-alone bill.
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Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces bill to end birthright tourism
Blackburn said that birthright tourism is an industry and is pushed by Russia and China.
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You Vote: Are you satisfied with the 'Big Beautiful Bill' including what it does with the deficit?
The mega-bill, named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calls for cutting at least $1.5 trillion in spending over ten years, down considerably from the original $2 trillion target in one year necessary to balance the budget.
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Marco Rubio testifies in front of Senate panel, warns Syria could be 'weeks' away from collapse
"It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they're facing, is maybe weeks, not many months, away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up," Rubio said.
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Charles Kushner confirmed as US ambassador to France
Kushner, who President Donald Trump nominated for the post in November, is the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump. He was pardoned by Trump for federal tax evasion and Federal Election Commission violations in 2020.