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If the spending bill does not pass, the government will be forced to halt all spending until spending legislation is approved. The full weight of the blame would fall on Republicans - particularly Congressional Republicans, many of whom have to stand for re-election in 18 months time.

Previously, a contractor hired to work on the removal quit after receiving death threats . Workers could be seen wearing bulletproof vests, helmets, and covering their faces to avoid potential backlash. "But let me be clear, we will not be deterred", he said . In August 2016, the Jefferson Davis statue was removed from the University of Texas campus in Austin.

Martin had been speaking with staff and an elderly male resident on the third floor, when the "emotionally disturbed" man fled up the stairs. Video from the department-issued body camera shows Martin racing up the stairs and onto a rooftop terrace, six stories up.

The North Mason School District reported about 12:40 p.m. that no shots were fired and police found no signs of a shooter. The sheriff's department reported there were "lots of rumors flying around", but said they hadn't found any injuries.

During the review, the Interior Department can suggest that monuments be resized, revoked, or left alone, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said at a briefing on Tuesday. That declaration was criticized by proponents of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository because the national monument cut off a possible rail route for transportation of waste through Utah.

During the campaign, Trump called for the rates in the three brackets to be lower than the House plan, at 10, 20 and 25 percent. Small businesses would see their top tax rate go from 39.6 percent to the proposed corporate tax rate of 15 percent, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a Wednesday morning speech.

Two Democratic senators from Hawaii were among the first ones to slam the attorney general - the man once denied federal judgeship during the administration of President Ronald Reagan over the accusations of racial discrimination and prejudice.

Republican lawmakers removed the funds allocated for the Mexico border wall from their budget, given that the Democrats were unwilling to agree to back the budget with it and after President Donald Trump softened his stance on the matter. Asked if Congress would opt instead to pass a stopgap measure to buy more time to negotiate, McConnell said he was optimistic that lawmakers would reach an agreement on legislation that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, on 30 ...

The payments are made directly to insurers and will cost the federal government an estimated $7 billion this year. Something had to be done, the Tennessee senators figured, when Humana, the Knoxville area's one remaining ACA insurer, pulled out of the exchange for 2018 and fears that the same thing could happen elsewhere in Tennessee continued to grow.

Democratic votes are invariably needed to pass catchall spending bills, which typically are resented by many tea party Republicans. A 21-day shutdown during the Clinton Administration began December 15, 1995 and lasted until January 6, 1996.

Trump's plan may also include a proposal to let multinationals bring foreign profits being held overseas into the United States at a steeply discounted income tax rate, another long-standing goal of the corporate tax lobbying community.