One of the biggest hurdles that the state had to overcome on its road to legalizing online gambling was coming up with a tax rate that was agreeable by both the Senate and the House. After much back and forth, the tax rate issues came to a resolution, and both parties settled ononline...
December 20, 2017, the Republican majority in the House and Senate delivered on Trump's promise, to the amazement of their liberal opponents.The vote was 224-201 and came hours after the Senate's early morning passage along party-lines. ...
CHICAGO (CBS) --The Senate has passed a nearly $1.5 trillion Republican tax bill that's historic in scope and an urgent political priority for President Donald Trump and the GOP. The vote was 51-49, largely along party lines. Not a single Democrat voted in favor of the legislation, which...
“The overall numbers (for gender & race) will certainly be skewed a bit more white & male due to the GOP having its highest number of US Reps in 80+ years plus having a majority in the Senate,” the University of Minnesota’s Eric Ostermeier told TPM in an email. By House Democratic...
Meanwhile, the company fanned out its donations: All but three members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee took home a check from Comcast in the 2014 election cycle, according to an analysis of donor records. All but two members of both the Senate Commerce Committee and the Senate Judi...
CHICAGO (CBS) --The Senate has passed a nearly $1.5 trillion Republican tax bill that's historic in scope and an urgent political priority for President Donald Trump and the GOP. The vote was 51-49, largely along party lines. Not a single Democrat voted in favor of the legislation, which...