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With President Donald Trump's massive tax break for billionaires at the expense of Medicaid and crucial public services passing the House on Thursday afternoon, Democratic officials condemned the legislation — and vowed that Trump and his supporters would rue the day.
As the vote inched closer, Democrats paid tribute to their own leadership for doing everything in their power to hold up the bill and prevent the GOP from passing it in the dead of night.
Democrats are blasting Sen. Mitch McConnell as “heartless” after comments he made in a closed-door meeting about Medicaid cuts in the GOP spending bill.
House Democrats are demanding information from the Department of Defense about an incident in which Marines detained a civilian in Los Angeles last week.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to condemn the forcible removal of his colleague Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after disrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles.
House Democrats have organized an official caucus of military veterans — who are Democrats.
The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump’s domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn’t realize what they voted for.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, wearing a dark dress, stands before a microphone at a metal lectern. To her right is an American flag.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at a town hall meeting in April. She is one of several lawmakers who learned after voting for the president’s policy bill that it contained measures they oppose.Credit...Nicole Craine for The New York Times
A top House Democrat is needling Republicans who helped pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the lower chamber last month but have since voiced regrets upon learning of certain provisions they didn’t know were included in the 1,037-page package.
U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) is urging House Republicans to bring up a vote on whether or not President Donald Trump should accept a luxury jet from the government of Qatar.
Trump has said he “would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer” and explained: “I could be a stupid person and say, ‘no, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’”
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to defend his party's strategy to oppose Republicans' proposed budget bill and to block President Trump's agenda.