President Joe Biden has proposed a 28% corporate tax rate that he said would pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
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Senate Democrats will likely seek a 25% corporate tax rate, Axios reported.
It's lower than the 28%...
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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone commenting on the unconstitutional nature of the way Senate republicans have approached a bill stripping MLB's antitrust exemption:
Republican lawmakers: “Fuck...
The bill, which is now headed to the GOP-controlled state Senate, progresses in the wake of a new wave of gun violence in the US and numerous mass shooting incidents that have taken place over the last month.
Democratic lawmakers hoping to launch multiple investigations into the Jan 6th Capitol riot that led to members of the Senate and House from both parties fearing for their lives, are seeing their efforts to proceed thwarted by Republicans who fear...
Sen. Ted Cruz asks a question during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on March 9, 2021.
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Sen. Ted Cruz accused Rep. Maxine Waters of inciting violence at protests against police...
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Rep. Karen Bass on Sunday said she's optimistic on the prospects of striking a bipartisan deal on police reform legislation that has passed the House but faces a high hurdle in the Senate.Bass, a California Democrat and former chair of the...
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“A parliamentarian ruling touted as a breakthrough for the Democratic agenda is putting the Senate in uncharted territory and sparking confusion,” The Hill reports.
“More than a week after Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough...
Politico: “The four swing-state Senate Democrats likeliest to face the toughest reelection fights — Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada — each raised more...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and a group of Senate Republicans speak to reporters outside the White House in February.
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Infrastructure talks are gaining steam in Congress, and Republicans are floating new road taxes on...
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Democrats in the House and Senate on Thursday introduced legislation to expand the number of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to 13, a proposal hailed by progressive advocacy groups as a critical step in combating the conservative takeover...
The Republican Senate primary in North Carolina has been essentially frozen for months as Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, publicly considered a bid in her native state.
But now some Republicans aren't waiting for her decision....
The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill this week that would give legal protections to drivers who hit protesters with their vehicles while fleeing during a riot. The legislation would also create new penalties for rioters.
House Bill 1674, as...
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"Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance accused Bloomberg, the Washington Post, and numerous other media outlets of shaping a false narrative about his exit from the board of an agricultural tech company as he contemplates a run for U.S. Senate in Ohio....
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is done wearing a face mask at the Capitol now that he has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. "At this point I've been vaccinated. Everybody working in the Senate has been vaccinated," Cruz told CNN on Thursday. "CDC has...
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The post-Trump Republican Party is on the verge of sweeping away the last vestiges of the tea party era. But not before a big internal fight.
Republicans largely abandoned their mantle of fiscal conservatism under former President Donald Trump,...
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Jake Johnson, staff writerLetter urges president to "prioritize people over pharmaceutical company profits."
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Kenny Stancil, staff writer"This bill is a disgrace to our state."
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Censorship is not freedom of speech. It is the opposite.
This is something that never was fixed when the Republicans held the Presidency, the House, and the Senate. Wonder why? Big Tech has been targeting and censoring conservatives for...
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Comments before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on April 15th, 2021 on Public Transportation Infrastructure Investment and FAST Act Reauthorization.
Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Toomey, and fellow Members:
My name is Baruch...
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks during a news conference with a group of bipartisan lawmakers to unveil a COVID-19 emergency relief framework in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020.
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