Tipsheet: Trump feuds endangering tax reform

View in your browser     Trump feuds endangering tax reform By Jordain Carney   Republicans are warning that a growing war of words between President Trump and key GOP senators is threatening to undercut the party’s efforts to pass tax reform and move its agenda. While many GOP senators have offered supportive public words for Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who are both retiring amid feuds with Trump, they are also feeling fatigued by all the infighting and say it is time to move on. Read the full story here     Trump, GOP appear open to 401(k) changes in tax bill By Naomi Jagoda   Potential changes to 401(k) accounts appeared to get new life on Wednesday, with a key GOP chairman declining to rule out their inclusion in tax legislation and President Trump leaving room for negotiation.  Read the full story here     GOP seizes on new Clinton revelation By Jonathan Easley The revelation that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) funded an explosive dossier about President Trump has emboldened Republicans, who view it as a turning point in the investigations into Russia’s campaign meddling. Read the full story here     DNC, Wasserman Schultz say they were unaware of dossier payments By Jonathan Easley Current and past leaders of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) say they had no knowledge that the national party was helping to fund a dossier compiled by a British spy that contained scandalous accusations about President Trump. Read the full story here       Mark Kelly personally lobbied Rep. Steve Scalise on guns By Scott Wong Retired astronaut Mark Kelly late last month phoned House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on his first day back at the Capitol. Read the full story here     Judge won't force Trump to keep making ObamaCare payments By Nathaniel Weixel   A federal court in California has struck down an emergency motion that would have forced the Trump administration to continue making ObamaCare subsidy payments to insurers. Read the full story here     Trump officials face grilling from lawmakers over Russian cyber firm By Morgan Chalfant   Lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for more information on its effort to crack down on the use of software produced by Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab in the wake of reports that Russian hackers exploited the cybersecurity firm’s anti-virus product to steal U.S. spy secrets. Read the full story here     FBI informant in Obama-era Russian nuclear bribery cleared to testify before Congress By John Solomon The Justice Department on Wednesday night released a former FBI informant from a confidentiality agreement, allowing him to testify before Congress about what he witnessed undercover about the Russian nuclear industry’s efforts to win favorable decisions during the Obama administration. Read the full story here     Harassment, then helplessness, in state capitals By Reid Wilson   After being groped in public by a powerful committee chairman, one young state legislator in an eastern state, serving her first term in office, decided to take the political risk of reporting the assault. Read the full story here     White House eyes 7-cent gas tax hike for infrastructure plan By Melanie Zanona The White House may back the first hike in the federal gasoline tax in decades in order to pay for President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure package.   Read the full story here     This is the best first step to stop Russian meddling in our politics By Timothy Roemer and Zachary Wamp OPINION | The national security implications of foreign entities continuing to meddle in American elections are a clear and present danger to the United States. Read the full story here     Jeff Flake knows the GOP is in trouble, and so does the base By Jeffrey Lord OPINION | The hard fact of life is that, long ago, the Republican establishment sold out to the left. Read the full story here     The New York Times: GOP becomes party of Trump, and critics give in or give up By Jonathan Martin and Jeremy W. Peters President Trump has vocal critics, but the Republican Party is increasingly his own, with little room left for an older breed of internationalist conservative. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: GOP majority in Senate hangs in balance as McConnell allies declare open warfare on Bannon By David Weigel, Michael Scherer and Robert Costa Former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon’s attacks on establishment Republicans have prompted eruptions in once-sleepy races and on Capitol Hill, with retirements and acrimony following. The fallout may pose a threat to Republicans’ Senate majority, prompting Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s allies to launch personal attacks on Bannon to blunt his efforts. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: House GOP moves to pass budget, start tax debate By Andrew Taylor House Republicans are focusing squarely on tax cuts rather than deficit discipline as they look to shoehorn a GOP budget plan through the House. Read the full story here     USA Today: Exclusive: Trump to declare public health emergency for opioids, a partial measure to fight drug epidemic By Gregory Korte President Trump will order his health secretary to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency Thursday — but will stop short of declaring a more sweeping state of national emergency, aides said. Read the full story here     Reuters: EPA to review how clean air, water laws affect energy sector jobs By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it will review how bedrock laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act affect energy industry job losses, one of several measures U.S. agencies will take to “reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens” on business. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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