The president is insisting that he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to “do something” but McConnell has only said he would discuss the issue.
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Trump official says Statue of Liberty should welcome masses ‘who can stand on their own two feet’
Ken Cuccinelli made the comments to defend the Trump administration’s announcement that the government would consider an immigrant’s use of social safety net programs when deciding their permanent legal status.
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Democratic ‘dark money’ group targets Susan Collins
Maine Momentum has reserved at least $722,000 worth of advertising through early January to ‘educate’ voters about Maine’s senior senator as she heads into a re-election year.
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Confusion – more than usual – reigns over people’s veto votes in Maine
The ballot measures could go to voters during the March primary, but it could be June until they vote.
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Protesters greet Collins before fundraiser at Mount Desert Island home
The event was held at the Northeast Harbor home of a man known for advising President Trump on his judicial nominations.
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Former Sen. George Mitchell denies contact with alleged Epstein victim
A woman who said she was kept as a sex slave for financier Jeffrey Epstein named Mitchell among a group of powerful men she said Epstein ‘instructed her to go to.’
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Trump claims support for stronger background checks, at odds with Republican statements
Mitch McConnell, the Republican who is Senate majority leader, underscores the difficulty of reaching consensus on gun-control issues.
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Organizers turn to churches in effort to undo abortion and assisted-suicide laws
Large conservative Christian congregations are being enlisted in the drive to put the new laws on hold before they take effect in September.
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McConnell says Senate will consider gun background checks
Republicans face enormous pressure to do something in the aftermath of two mass shootings that killed 31 people.
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Republicans freeze Twitter spending after McConnell account locked
His campaign account shared a video in which some protesters spoke of violence outside his Kentucky home.