Sunday shows - Moore allegations roil Washington

View in your browser     Toomey calls on Moore to step aside: 'Accusations have more credibility than the denial' By BRETT SAMUELS    “We’ll probably never know for sure exactly what happened. But from my point of view, you know, I have to say I think the accusations have more credibility than the denial. I think it would be best if Roy would just step aside,” Sen. Pat Toomey said on NBC’s “Meet The Press." Read the full story here     Scott: ‘The denial was not as strong as the allegations’  By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    Republican Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) said in a Sunday show interview that Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore’s (R) denial of the sexual misconduct allegations levied against him was not as strong as the accusations unveiled last week.  Read the full story here     White House aide: 'No Senate seat more important than ... pedophilia' By BRETT SAMUELS    White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short on Sunday condemned individuals who commit crimes against children, while arguing Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore should be able to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct involving teens.  Read the full story here     Mnuchin: Moore should 'step down' if allegations prove to be true By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “What I say is people should investigate this issue and get the facts. And if these allegations are true, absolutely. This is incredibly inappropriate behavior.”  Read the full story here     Top Dem calls on Trump to speak out about Moore By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) argued Trump has a responsibility to “say more and do more.” Read the full story here     Kasich: Write-in campaign possible in Alabama Senate race By BRETT SAMUELS   "[Sen.] Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) won as a write-in candidate in Alaska and she won, so let’s see where it goes,” Kasich said on ABC's "This Week." Read the full story here     Senator denies double standard in Democratic response to Moore allegations By OLIVIA BEAVERS    Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Sunday dismissed the notion that Democrats are applying a double standard in their responses to allegations of sexual assault against former President Bill Clinton and the recent allegations that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) had a sexual encounter with an underage woman. Read the full story here     Key GOP chairman: House will not accept 'total elimination' of property tax deductions By OLIVIA BEAVERS    House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said Sunday the lower chamber will not accept the total elimination of state and local property tax deductions as part of the final tax reform bill. Read the full story here     Mnuchin: House and Senate tax bills have 'absolute same objectives' By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday that the tax bills in the House and Senate have the “absolute same objectives,” despite the upper chamber's plan to postpone the cut in the corporate tax rate. Read the full story here     Toomey: 'No good reason' to subsidize high-tax states By JOSH DELK    Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said Sunday that there is "no good reason" for the Senate tax reform legislation to include a federal tax deduction for local taxes, a deduction included in the House version of the bill.  Read the full story here     Brennan: Trump called us hacks to delegitimize intelligence report By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “Well first of all he was referring to us and political hacks because he was trying to delegitimize the intelligence community assessment that was done,” the former CIA director told CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here     Clapper: 'Naive' to think Russia has best intentions toward US By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “I think it’s very naïve, and again, in fact, perilous to this country, to make an assumption that Russia is going to behave with the best interests of the world or the United States in mind. They’re not,” Clapper told CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here     Conway: North Korea's Kim Jong Un insulted Trump first By BRETT SAMUELS    “I think that was the president just responding the way he does to somebody who insulted him first,” Conway said. Read the full story here     Dem senator on wins: Voters were motivated after GOP tried to take away their health care By OLIVIA BEAVERS   “I can tell you a lot of people were very upset that Donald Trump and Republicans tried to take away their access to affordable healthcare,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” Read the full story here     Tom Perez: 'I am not talking about impeachment' By BRETT SAMUELS     Perez said Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer, who has launched a multi-million-dollar ad campaign calling for Trump’s impeachment, can do "whatever he feels he needs to do." Read the full story here     DNC chief vows to make Dem primaries fair in 2020 By MAX GREENWOOD   Tom Perez, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, is pledging to make the party's primary process fairer and transparent in the wake of the deeply divisive 2016 nominating contest between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.