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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onMarch 7, 2019
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Renée Graham Trump is no First Amendment champion. The only speech he wants free is anything that promotes his beliefs.  SCOT LEHIGH The Great Trumpkin worried that the scales were falling from his supporters’ eyes.   JOAN VENNOCHI Democratic lefties are trying to squeeze Joe Biden off the 2020 road.  Mayor Martin J.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onMarch 7, 2019
by admin
Renée Graham Trump is no First Amendment champion. The only speech he wants free is anything that promotes his beliefs.  SCOT LEHIGH The Great Trumpkin worried that the scales were falling from his supporters’ eyes.   JOAN VENNOCHI Democratic lefties are trying to squeeze Joe Biden off the 2020 road.  Mayor Martin J.

Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onMarch 7, 2019
by admin
Renée Graham Trump is no First Amendment champion. The only speech he wants free is anything that promotes his beliefs.  SCOT LEHIGH The Great Trumpkin worried that the scales were falling from his supporters’ eyes.   JOAN VENNOCHI Democratic lefties are trying to squeeze Joe Biden off the 2020 road.  Mayor Martin J.

Trump signals White House won't comply with Democratic probes | TheHill

posted onMarch 6, 2019
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MORE on Tuesday signaled the White House will not comply with a barrage of congressional investigations, accusing Democrats in the House of launching the probes to hurt his chances of winning reelection in 2020. “It's a disgrace to our country. I'm not surprised that it's happening. Basically, they've started the campaign.

Trump's claims of defeating ISIS roil Congress | TheHill

posted onMarch 6, 2019
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In MORE’s telling, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has suffered a 100 percent territorial defeat. Trump for the past month has adopted the mantra that the militant group has lost its caliphate in the Middle East even though no formal declaration has been made by his own administration, causing consternation among lawmakers and foreign policy experts. Trump said last Saturday during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that officials would make the announcement “probably today or tomorrow” that “we will actually have 100 percent of

Breadth of Trump probe poses challenge for Dems | TheHill

posted onMarch 6, 2019
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The House Judiciary Committee’s newly launched probe into MORE’s administration, business and campaign is likely to dominate the panel’s work over the coming months. The investigation threatens to dog the president well into the 2020 race, and Trump is already lashing out at House Democrats for “playing games” and trying to bruise his reelection chances. The probe also faces its own hurdles, including the likelihood the White House will assert executive privilege to evade portions of the broad swath of document requests unveiled Monday, a move that could trigger a len

House Dems delay vote on resolution rebuking Omar over Israel remarks | TheHill

posted onMarch 6, 2019
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House Democratic leaders are delaying a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that had been slated to take place on Wednesday, according to a Democratic aide.   The resolution comes in the wake of Rep. MORE (D-N.Y.) tweeted. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

Senate GOP eyes big vote against Trump | TheHill

posted onMarch 6, 2019
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Opposition to MORE (R-Ky.) to scramble for a way to avoid a major embarrassment for the president.  While McConnell has long viewed a resolution of disapproval backed by Democrats as likely to pass the Senate, support for the measure is growing. Some senators and aides say they think it could get as many as 15 Republican votes, which would put it in striking distance of a veto-proof majority. “Members of the Senate ought to have a real problem and not be flippant about allowing the president so blatantly to go around the Article I power of the purse.

GOP/Dems Lobby to Import Twice As Many Low-Skilled Foreign Workers

posted onMarch 6, 2019
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Eleven Republican and Democrat Senators, including Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), are seeking to convince Nielsen to once again increase the number of H-2B foreign workers who are admitted every season to take U.S. jobs that would otherwise go to young and working-class Americans. Every year, U.S. companies are allowed to import 66,000 low-skilled H-2B foreign workers to take blue-collar, non-agricultural jobs.