Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, says the GOP super committee members’ offer of about $300 billion in new tax revenue is a “breakthrough,” The Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez reports.
“I assume good faith,” Durbin told reporters. “I think that’s the best starting point. And I assume that what we heard from Republicans is a breakthrough that can lead to an agreement, and that’s what we need.”
Planned Parenthood is leaving the federal government’s Title X program, which funds family planning services for low-income people, due to…
Following the ousters of the Homeland Security secretary and Secret Service director, and the withdrawal of the would-be ICE director’s…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday called for ousted Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles to testify before…
Nielsen: "I just want to thank the President, again." pic.twitter.com/5m8WSU9Xej — TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) April 8, 2019
