Congressional Glance
The Senate Judiciary Committee has dropped a subpoena against Paul Manafort and plans are underway for the former Trump campaign chairman to speak to investigators, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
Manafort separately provided information to the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday on a June 2016 meeting he participated in with a Kremlin-connected lawyer who had promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Senate Judiciary Committee panel drops Manafort subpoena
Senate advances health care bill as McCain makes dramatic return, Pence breaks tie
Senate Republicans voted to advance to floor debate on their efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking vote.
In a dramatic moment, Sen. John McCain returned from Arizona to applause from fellow senators. He case a necessary Republican vote for the motion after two GOP senators sided with all Democrats in opposition.
As the vote began, protesters in the Senate gallery shouted "kill the bill" and "shame, shame, shame!"
Kushner to Senate staffers: 'I Did Not Collude' with Russia
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, plans to testify to the Senate intelligence committee on Monday morning that he "did not collude" with Russia or any other foreign government.
"I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government," Kushner states in prepared testimony submitted to the committee and made public ahead of the meeting Monday. "I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on Russian funds to finance my business activities in the private sector."
TVNL Comment: Watch for updates as the Kushner testimony continues.
Update: 11:00 am: President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, released new details Monday about his contacts with Russian officials, including a previously undisclosed encounter with Ambassador Sergei Kislyak in April 2016.
Jared Kushner Will Not Face Senate Intelligence Committee Under Oath
Kushner will later meet with the House Intelligence Committee in private the next day. Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will not testify under oath either when they meet with the Senate later this week, CNN reported. (Regardless of sworn oaths, it is still illegal to lie to Congress.)
Chuck Schumer Says Senate Democrats Are Open To Single-Payer Health Care
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) argued Sunday that it’s time for the Democratic party to take a “bold” approach on economic issues, adding a single-payer health care system is “on the table.”
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Schumer previewed the economic agenda his party plans to roll out this week. He acknowledged that Democrats failed to win over voters in the 2016 election with a clear economic message, and said his coalition plans to change that.
Russia sanctions deal reached without changes Trump sought
Negotiators in both parties on Saturday released a sweeping sanctions deal that does not include changes President Donald Trump's administration sought to make it easier for him to ease penalties against Russia.
The accord on a package of sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea is set for a House vote on Tuesday, according to the announcement from Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's office. To resolve a partisan clash over giving House Democrats the power to force a vote blocking Trump from easing sanctions on Moscow, the deal expedites House consideration of any anti-Trump vote that the Senate has already passed.
Trump Jr., Manafort reach deal to avoid public hearing next wee
Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort have reached a deal with the Senate Judiciary Committee to avoid appearing at a public hearing next week, lawmakers announced Friday.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a joint statement that they would not immediately subpoena President Trump's eldest son or his former campaign chairman to testify at the Wednesday hearing.
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