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Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Republicans hope to have a new bill draft for an Obamacare repeal effort by the week's end, before Congress departs for July 4 vacation. Even without the Democrats, the GOP still lacks enough votes. (Associated Press)

Obamacare repeal delayed until after July 4 recess

Senate Republican leaders set a new Friday deadline for getting agreement among themselves on an Obamacare repeal -- though they acknowledged they're struggling to find ideas that can bridge the gap between conservatives on one side who want to go further in repeal and moderates who say the GOP is already going too far.

June 28, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens to a question while speaking with the media after he and other Senate Republicans had a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell: We can’t afford to delay on health care

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday pledged that work would continue on Republicans' Obamacare repeal efforts, a day after he was forced to delay action on a Senate bill without enough support in his conference to pass it.

June 28, 2017
House Budget Committee Chairwoman Diane Black, Tennessee Republican, said she sees a path to writing a 2018 spending plan but added that it will take more time. (Associated Press/File)

House Republican budget to miss target vote

House Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting Tuesday signaling that they will miss another self-imposed target to vote on a budget this week, as long-running disputes between conservative budget hawks and powerful committee chairmen leave the party politically crippled.

June 27, 2017
House Budget Committee Chairwoman Diane Black, Tennessee Republican, said she sees a path to writing a 2018 spending plan but added that it will take more time. (Associated Press/File)

Deal eludes House GOP on 2018 budget plan

House Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting Tuesday indicating there are still significant divisions within the GOP conference on the party's 2018 budget plans, which leadership had hoped to use as a vehicle for tax reform efforts.

June 27, 2017
In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, the American flag flies above the Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

TARP’s final price tag is $33 billion: CBO

The government's TARP bailout, meant to rescue Wall Street and the auto industry from the 2008 crash, will end up costing taxpayers a net $33 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday.

June 23, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., arrives for a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Republicans are two months behind writing budget

House Republicans say they're already behind on this year's budget and spending bills, raising the chances of a major year-end crush and the kind of massive omnibus bill that's left the GOP steaming in recent congresses.

June 21, 2017
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is pushing for a trillion-dollar border tax that has met a cool reception from the White House, Senate Republicans and even some in the House Republican conference. (Associated Press/File)

Paul Ryan: We will get tax reform done in 2017

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan vowed Tuesday that Congress will approve a broad-based overhaul of the federal tax code this year, laying down a firm deadline for Republicans as he tries to smooth over intraparty differences that have plagued the effort thus far.

June 20, 2017
The lower stream of income to the U.S. Treasury is one reason administration officials say the government will run out of room under the federal debt ceiling earlier than expected. (Associated Press/File)

Tax revenue down with Republican rate cuts expected

Uncle Sam's tax revenue has taken a surprising dip, coming in lower than expected — and analysts say one reason could be that taxpayers are looking for ways to push their IRS payments into the future, banking on Republicans to deliver tax cuts that would save them money in the long run.

June 18, 2017
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2016 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are united on repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law, but ideologically and practically speaking, they’re in different camps over replacing it. Getting the factions together won’t be easy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House committee advances nuclear power tax credit bill

The House Ways and Means Committee -- Congress's chief author of tax laws -- advanced legislation Thursday that would extend a tax credit for nuclear power, saying facilities in the works in the southeastern U.S. likely need the government subsidy to get off the ground.

June 15, 2017