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Risk-averse Democrats shouldn’t shy away from a shutdown

Democrats in Washington are blowing a big opportunity. Party leaders were seriously mulling a coordinated effort to block the GOP’s continuing resolution to fund the government and prevent a Friday shutdown, until Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer signalled that the Senate would not block passage of the bill. Schumer risks making a huge tactical error. […]Read More…

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Author: Emily Jashinsky

Dr. Mehmet Oz may have skirted paying Medicare and Social Security taxes, Democrats say

Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly underpaid his Social Security and Medicare taxes” in recent years, according to a memo prepared by Democratic staff on the Senate Finance Committee and obtained by CNN.

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Author: Tami Luhby