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As they celebrate the passage of their ambitious rewrite of the tax code, Republicans are moving closer to a government shutdown -- without a clear plan to fund the government past midnight Friday. House GOP leaders have not scheduled a vote on a previously drafted proposal to fund the government through mid-January and the military for a full year, which would give more time for negotiators to work out a spending cap deal. That agreement met resistance in the House over concerns about voting for $81 billion in disaster relief without offsets to the spending and the potential addition of a

First daughter Ivanka Trump went to Washington — accepting a pioneering role as senior presidential adviser — with an eye on promoting policies to empower women as mothers and in the workplace. One of her top priorities, she said, was changing the tax code to better support young families — specifically, securing an increase in the child tax credit, aimed at helping parents afford child care while they are on the job. "American families need relief.

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For pols who shunned Donald Trump’s candidacy, 2017 has been an annus horribilis. Except, of course, for Governor Baker.   Some Boston residents received a poll in recent days asking questions about a hypothetical matchup between Ayanna Pressley and Michael Capuano.  capital source The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez.  One of the City Council’s most high-profile acts of the year still sits in the hands of Mayor Martin Walsh.  capital source Wednesday’s meeting was the council’s last of the year, before a new council is sworn in on Jan. 1.

Lelling was sworn in on Thursday as the state’s chief federal law enforcement officer.  The Republican-led Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill Thursday to avert a government shutdown.  Congress has again failed to approve long-term funds for a popular program that provides health insurance for nearly 9 million low-income children, leaving each party blaming the other for Christmas-season gridlock and states scrambling to decide how to parcel out dwindling money.  House Republicans have unveiled a new, stripped-down spending bill to prevent a shutdown this weekend and allow

Lelling was sworn in on Thursday as the state’s chief federal law enforcement officer.  The Republican-led Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill Thursday to avert a government shutdown.  Congress has again failed to approve long-term funds for a popular program that provides health insurance for nearly 9 million low-income children, leaving each party blaming the other for Christmas-season gridlock and states scrambling to decide how to parcel out dwindling money.  House Republicans have unveiled a new, stripped-down spending bill to prevent a shutdown this weekend and allow

Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday that he will bring legislation to address a key Obama-era immigration program up for a vote if negotiators can reach a deal by the end of January.  “If negotiators reach an agreement on these matters by the end of January, I will bring it to the Senate floor for a free-standing vote.

MORE on Wednesday hailed the passage of the GOP’s tax overhaul, calling it the “largest” tax cut in history and declaring that it would supercharge the U.S. economy. Speaking from the South Lawn of the White House, an ebullient Trump was flanked by scores of beaming GOP lawmakers who gathered to celebrate the party’s first major legislative victory since he became president. “We broke every record,” Trump said. “It's the largest, I always say the most massive, but it’s the largest tax cut in the history of our country and reform.

House Republican leaders are moving ahead with a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open for a few more weeks, even as they struggled on Wednesday to secure the necessary GOP votes for the plan. Members of the House Freedom Caucus and the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) huddled separately with Speaker midnight if Congress doesn’t intervene. In an encouraging sign for Ryan and his top lieutenants, Freedom Caucus Chairman MORE (R-N.C.) said several members of his group flipped from “no” to “yes” after striking a deal with leadership on a tem

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