Tipsheet: Tax bill raises red flags for Senate GOP

View in your browser     Tax bill raises red flags for Senate GOP By ALEXANDER BOLTON    The House Republican tax reform package has put Senate Republicans in a tough spot, much like the House-passed ObamaCare repeal bill did earlier this year.  The legislation is expected to pass the House, starting a tougher battle in the Senate, where Republicans control 52 seats and can’t pass a bill if they suffer more than two defections and Democrats remain unified. At least a half dozen Senate Republicans have already raised concerns about various proposals in the tax measure, setting the stage for arduous negotiations in the upper chamber.  Read the full story here     Trump arrives in Japan for first leg of Asia trip By JACQUELINE THOMSEN  President Trump landed in Japan Sunday morning to kick off the first leg of his 12-day trip to Asia. Read the full story here     Trump plans to meet with Putin during Asia trip By BROOKE SEIPEL    President Trump said shortly before landing in Japan Sunday that he expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his 12-day Asia trip.  Read the full story here       FBI turns over new Clinton investigation documents to Congress By JOHN SOLOMON  The FBI has begun turning over to Senate investigators hundreds of pages of memos regarding the bureau's probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server, sources told The Hill. Read the full story here     Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home: police By MAX GREENWOOD    Kentucky State Police have arrested a man accused of assaulting Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at his home in Bowling Green, the senator's office confirmed on Saturday.  Read the full story here     Trump attorney: We’ll challenge Mueller if he investigates old real estate deals By JOHN BOWDEN    An attorney representing President Trump in the ongoing investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia said in an interview published Saturday that his team would challenge special counsel Robert Mueller if the probe began looking at Trump's former business deals. Read the full story here     SNL's Trump and Manafort discuss indictments in the shower By BROOKE SEIPEL "Saturday Night Live" returned this week and so did actor Alec Baldwin's impression of President Trump. Read the full story here     Poll: Majority of Americans says Trump has achieved little By JOSH DELK As the one-year anniversary of his election win approaches, President Trump has hit a record low approval rating, and a majority of Americans says he has achieved little in office. Read the full story here     Trump wins visas to hire 70 foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago By JOHN BOWDEN The Trump Organization has won the permission to hire 70 foreign workers to serve as maids, cooks and servers for the 2017-2018 tourist season, according to data from the U.S. Labor Department. Read the full story here     Harrison Ford: ‘We’ve got people in charge of important s--- who don’t believe in science’ By MAX GREENWOOD   Actor Harrison Ford took a swipe at Washington, blasting lawmakers and leaders who deny climate change.  Read the full story here     The heightened risk that Puerto Rico will become a new base for Mexican cartels By JAMES DURSO, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR OPINION | Puerto Rico’s wrecked infrastructure and dysfunctional finances and politics make it a target for Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations (“narcotraficantes” or “narcos”) looking to diversify their transport channels to North America. Read the full story here     The party is over: Time for Democrats to clean house By DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR OPINION | The recent revelations by Donna Brazile that Hillary Clinton rigged the 2016 Democratic primaries through corrupt financing come as no surprise to me, especially as someone who before the election said he could not, despite longstanding ties to the Clintons, support Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Former DNC chair Donna Brazile says she seriously considered Biden to replace Clinton By PHILIP RUCKER In her explosive new memoir, “Hacks,” the former acting chair of the Democratic National Committee reveals that she considered setting in motion a process to replace Hillary Clinton after Clinton collapsed in New York on Sept. 11, 2016 — in part because Clinton’s campaign was “anemic” and had taken on “the odor of failure.” Read the full story here     The New York Times: Democrats envision ‘blue wall’ of West Coast Dominance By ALEXANDER BURNS AND KIRK JOHNSON A special election in Washington State could give Democrats a free hand to enact liberal policies, including on climate, across the entire West Coast. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: With tensions high, Trump, Abe strengthen bond on the links By JONATHAN LEMIRE AND JILL COLVIN With a round of golf, a custom cap and a hamburger of American beef, President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia began with a taste of home. Read the full story here     Reuters: Manafort pledges $12 million in assets in bid to avoid house arrest: document By DAVID SHEPARDSON President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort offered to post more than $12 million in real estate and life insurance assets and to limit his travel in a bid to avoid continued house arrest, according to court documents filed on Saturday. Read the full story here     CNN: Election 2017: Readers' guide to Virginia and New Jersey governor's races, other key contests By ERIC BRADNER A year into Donald Trump's presidency, elections Tuesday in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere will offer the best window yet into how voters view his job performance -- and whether Democrats have corrected the problems that plagued them in 2016. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         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.