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House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady is leading this week’s markup of the House Republican tax bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress Begins Digesting Tax Bill Outlines

By Ryan McCrimmon
Posted November 2, 2017 at 11:29am
House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, seen here during the September rollout of the GOP’s tax overhaul framework. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House GOP Tax Bill Keeps 39.6% Rate for High Earners, Cuts Corporate Rate to 20%

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 2, 2017 at 10:03am
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., invented a pair of softball pants that her husband’s company sells. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Murphy Criticized for Husband’s Company Manufacturing in China

By Eric Garcia
Posted November 2, 2017 at 9:36am
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown walks to the federal courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida, in May to testify in her fraud and corruption trial. (Bob Self/Florida Times-Union via AP file photo)

Prosecutors Rip Corrine Brown Sentencing Delay Request

By Eric Garcia
Posted November 2, 2017 at 9:01am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wants President Donald Trump to send the New York truck attacker to Guantanamo Bay. Trump signaled Wednesday the suspect will head to the criminal justice system. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)

New York Attacker Won’t Be Sent to Guantanamo, Trump Says

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 2, 2017 at 8:36am
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP leaders want to pass a tax bill by Thanksgiving, a compressed time frame for major legislation that has not been introduced yet. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rushed Tax-Writing Process Draws Few Complaints — For Now

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted November 2, 2017 at 5:05am
Staffers, lobbyists and reporters wait in the so-called Gucci Gulch outside a hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 2005. (Scott J. Ferrell/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Gucci Gulch Can’t Hold All Lobbyists Engaged in Tax Fight

By Kate Ackley
Posted November 2, 2017 at 5:03am
A new website launched by an organization dedicated to voting rights could to help former felons navigate confusing voting laws in states like Alabama, where December’s special Senate election was decided by 20,000 ballots. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Behind the Scenes, Filmmakers Capture a Candid ‘11/8/16’

By Jason Dick
Posted November 2, 2017 at 5:01am
Steve Grasz, nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senators to Grill ABA on Rare Thumbs-Down for Grasz

By Todd Ruger
Posted November 2, 2017 at 5:00am
Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore faces questions from reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Republicans Don’t Break With Tradition on Roy Moore

By Joe Williams
Posted November 2, 2017 at 5:00am