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1 week ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
- The Washington Times - Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer defended his decision to agree to hold a vote on a resolution overturning President Trump’s emergency declaration justifying sweeping tariffs when he knew one of his senators would miss the vote.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson |Alex Miller
House Republicans are discussing a significant increase to the $10,000 cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes in a bid to keep blue state GOP lawmakers on board with a broader tax and spending bill. Raising the cap for the deduction, which is known as SALT, is anathema to most Republicans, who consider it a subsidy to blue states that have high state and local taxes.
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2 weeks ago | 
go.shr.lc | Lindsey McPherson |Alex Miller
House Republicans are discussing a significant increase to the $10,000 cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes in a bid to keep blue state GOP lawmakers on board with a broader tax and spending bill. Raising the cap for the deduction, which is known as SALT, is anathema to most Republicans, who consider it a subsidy to blue states that have high state and local taxes.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
- The Washington Times - Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee dropped a proposed $20 annual registration fee for non-electric vehicles from their portion of the evolving legislative package carrying President Trump’s priorities.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
The Senate is set to vote as soon as Wednesday evening on a resolution terminating the national emergency that President Trump has used to impose his across-the-board tariffs. GOP leaders are working to defeat the measure, which would cut off the president’s authority for imposing 10% tariffs on all imported goods and “reciprocal” tariffs on individual countries that he announced earlier this month then paused for 90 days.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is not committing to a specific deadline for passing President Trump’s legislative agenda package, even as other Republicans eye summer holidays as targets. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, has set a goal of passing the budget reconciliation package through the House by Memorial Day. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Republicans hope to complete the bill by July 4.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
- The Washington Times - The House on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bill to combat revenge pornography, clearing the legislation endorsed by first lady Melania Trump for her husband’s signature. The first lady visited Capitol Hill in March to lobby the House to pass the Take It Down Act, which had passed the Senate by unanimous consent in February.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed five House Republicans for reelection after meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss the party’s nascent effort to hold onto the House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Four of the Republican lawmakers the president endorsed — Reps. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, Juan Ciscomani of Arizona, Gabe Evans of Colorado and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania — are among 35 seats the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee considers in play.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
House Republicans returned to Washington after a two-week recess ready to begin piecing together the “big, beautiful bill” that will carry the bulk of President Trump’s legislative agenda. Six of the 11 House committees that are tasked with drafting the bill will meet this week to consider their portions of the job. The other committees are set to follow in the coming weeks.
