House conservatives almost topple tax vote

House conservatives almost topple tax vote-politico: House conservatives threatened to derail a key tax vote on Monday in an attempt to win more influence over the GOP's spending strategy, just four days before the deadline to fund the government.

As Tax Overhaul Looms, Senate Has Upper Hand

As Tax Overhaul Looms, Senate Has Upper Hand-rollcall: The Senate’s passage of a tax overhaul illustrated a fragile coalition of support that ironically provides the chamber with the upper hand headed into conference committee negotiations with the House.

Trump moves to block Romney from the Senate

Trump moves to block Romney from the Senate-politico: Donald Trump is going all out to persuade seven-term Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch to seek reelection — a push aimed in no small part at keeping the president’s longtime nemesis, Mitt Romney, out of the Senate.

Congress faces frantic week with possible shutdown, taxes, Russia

Congress faces frantic week with possible shutdown, taxes, Russia-politico: Congress faces another frantic week as GOP leaders and President Donald Trump wrestle with a possible government shutdown; immigration, tax and gun policies; multiple allegations of sexual harassment against lawmakers; and the probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

Republicans pursue two-week spending bill

Republicans pursue two-week spending bill-thehill: Congressional Republicans are pursuing a short-term bill that would avert a looming shutdown and fund the government through Dec. 22, GOP leadership aides said.

House 2018: Less Than a Year Out, Race for Control Is a Coin Flip

House 2018: Less Than a Year Out, Race for Control Is a Coin Flip-sabatoscrystalball: In the aftermath of the 2014 midterm election, when the party that didn’t hold the White House (the Republicans) gained ground in the House for the 36th time in 39 midterms since the Civil War, I wrote the following in the Center for Politics’ postmortem on the election.

GOP Tax Effort Gains Major Momentum With Support of Two Holdouts

GOP Tax Effort Gains Major Momentum With Support of Two Holdouts-rollcall: The endorsement of the GOP tax bill by two more Republican senators on Friday morning provides major momentum heading into an expected vote on the historic overhaul.