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Based on a little-known law, any committee that creates tax policy can request any specific person's tax filings from the IRS. Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) led efforts to get the House Ways and Means Committee to make this request for President Trump's tax returns.
By a vote of 23-15, Republicans just voted to not request President Trump's tax returns from the Treasury Department.
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Facing accusations about his dealings with Russia and misleading the Vice President and other top White House officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador, Michael Flynn has resigned as the National Security Adviser after less than a month on the job.
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Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform took a strong and public step towards a full investigation of Lt. General Michael Flynn, the administration's National Security Advisor.
“Today, all Democratic Members of the Committee write to you jointly to request that you either reconsider your decision and initiate this investigation, or step aside and allow the Committee to vote on conducting basic oversight going forward,” the Members wrote.
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After passage of HR 3293 the Republican Congress has moved one step closer to requiring all grants awarded by the National Science Foundation to meet the vague criteria of "promoting the progress of science in the United States."
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As a candidate, Trump regularly railed against lobbyists and led crowds in chants of “Drain the swamp!” But as president, Trump last month signed an executive order that weakened significant aspects of the Obama ethics policy, including scrapping a ban on lobbyists joining agencies they had recently lobbied.