The House and Senate have now each passed different versions of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bills now head to a conference committee where a unified bill will be crafted. Here are some of the major differences you need to know about.
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee considered two of President Donald Trump’s best nominations to date — Kyle Duncan for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and David Stras for the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin claimed this week that “as a percentage of the gross domestic product, corporate profits in America have never been higher” and “corporate taxes paid have never been lower.” Is it true?
Former President Barack Obama said he can’t have a debate with someone who thinks man-made global warming is a hoax while speaking at a summit in India on Friday.
The FBI is launching an investigation into people “motivated to commit violent criminal activity” by “Antifa ideology,” according to a Thursday announcement by the organization’s director.
The trigger mechanism would kick in if and when the tax reform bill, which provides steep cuts to individuals and businesses of all types, does not result in the level of economic growth predicted by optimistic supply-siders.
The kerfuffle at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB — an often overlooked consumer watchdog agency created during the Obama administration — is a perfect illustration of how the administrative state has become a menace to constitutional government.
“Getting rid of government authority over the internet is the opposite of authoritarianism. Government control is the defining feature of authoritarianism, including the one in North Korea.”
How will you fare if the GOP tax plan is enacted? Well, on net, most Americans will see a significant tax cut under the proposed plans from Republican lawmakers, including virtually all lower- and middle-income workers and a majority of upper-income earners.
The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a markup hearing for seven bills, including two to prevent future U.S. presidents from unilaterally imposing two Obama administration policies.
“What I’m proposing to do is to get rid of those regulations and to return to the bipartisan light-touch framework that governed the internet starting in the Clinton administration and continuing all the way to 2015.”
Antarctica went through a 1,900-year cooling trend before warming up a bit in the last century, according to a study showing that the South Pole has been much warmer in the past.