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The TAKE with Rick Klein This is quite the way to celebrate a year in office. As we move past midnight tonight, the Trump presidency turns one year old.

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Capital Source The administration is seeking a replacement.  capital source Gabriel Gomez is sending out signals he is considering changing his Republican Party affiliation and running against Warren as an independent.   capital source Jay Gonzalez has hired Healey’s pollster. Healey has repeatedly affirmed she is running for reelection as attorney general.  That fund-raising cements his status as a serious contender for the seat that US Representative Niki Tsongas is vacating.   Capital Source Joseph Gargan, Kennedy’s close cousin, died Dec.

There’s a ghost haunting Elizabeth Warren: her enduring and undocumented claims of Native American ancestry.  “If this is a short shutdown, I don’t believe there will be much disruption of any kind,” Baker told reporters.  President Trump directly contradicted his chief of staff on Thursday and said his position on building a wall between the United States and Mexico had not “evolved.”  Trump hotel reviews now flooded with a certain expletive on Yelp  Cardiologists not associated with the White House said Wednesday that President Trump’s physical exam revealed serious heart concerns. 

There’s a ghost haunting Elizabeth Warren: her enduring and undocumented claims of Native American ancestry.  “If this is a short shutdown, I don’t believe there will be much disruption of any kind,” Baker told reporters.  President Trump directly contradicted his chief of staff on Thursday and said his position on building a wall between the United States and Mexico had not “evolved.”  Trump hotel reviews now flooded with a certain expletive on Yelp  Cardiologists not associated with the White House said Wednesday that President Trump’s physical exam revealed serious heart concerns. 

There’s a ghost haunting Elizabeth Warren: her enduring and undocumented claims of Native American ancestry.  “If this is a short shutdown, I don’t believe there will be much disruption of any kind,” Baker told reporters.  President Trump directly contradicted his chief of staff on Thursday and said his position on building a wall between the United States and Mexico had not “evolved.”  Trump hotel reviews now flooded with a certain expletive on Yelp  Cardiologists not associated with the White House said Wednesday that President Trump’s physical exam revealed serious heart concerns. 

The Senate adjourned Thursday night without resolving the fate of a House-passed funding bill, extending the drama about a possible government shutdown until the last possible day. Government funding will expire after 11:59 p.m. on Friday and Senate leaders will only have 13 hours to negotiate a solution after Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) adjourned the Senate without a deciding vote. Democrats say they have the votes to block debate on the four-week government spending measure, which would extend funding for the Children’s

Senate Democrats say they have the votes to block a government funding stopgap measure that is expected to pass the House on Thursday evening, but they’re hoping to avoid a government shutdown that could inflict political damage on their vulnerable incumbents.  Senate Democratic Leader MORE (R-Ky.) won’t have “near enough” votes to pass the four-week stopgap under consideration in the House that would extend funding for CHIP by six years and delay three unpopular ObamaCare taxes. “We want Republicans to need to negotiate,” said the aide, who added that Democrats would

The House on Thursday night approved a stopgap measure to keep the government open less than 36 hours before a possible shutdown, shifting the drama to a Senate where Democrats are threatening to block the GOP bill. The final vote was 230-197, with six Democrats voting for the measure and 11 Republicans voting against it. The Senate is expected to vote on a procedural motion later Thursday to take up the House bill.

Lawmakers drifted closer to a shutdown of the federal government late Thursday after the House approved a funding bill on a largely party-line vote, with Democrats in the Senate vowing to defeat the measure. Senate Majority Leader Friday without scheduling a vote on the House measure, giving lawmakers just 13 hours to reach a deal to avert a shutdown. A Senate vote to advance the House funding bill is expected to fail with Democrats and some Republicans lining up against the measure.