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Tipsheet: Lawmakers seek end to taxpayer-backed sexual harassment settlements

 
 
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Lawmakers seek end to taxpayer-backed sexual harassment settlements

By Cristina Marcos
 
  
Momentum is building fast in Congress to ban the use of taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment cases — particularly after news that a total of well over $100,000 has been paid in recent cases against lawmakers.

Prohibiting such settlements is proving to be a popular idea among fiscal conservatives and liberal Democrats alike as Congress grapples with how to reform its complicated workplace policies.
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Listen to the HillCast AM View: GOP aims to put final touches on tax overhaul and today's latest news
By Alexis Simendinger
Republicans in Washington this week want to put the final touches on a massive GOP tax measure, while both parties seek a path to keep the government funded after Friday. During Monday's AM View hosted by Alexis Simendinger, The Hill's Reid Wilson also speaks with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
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The GOP has divided America
By Juan Williams
OPINION | In advance of Michael Flynn’s guilty plea last week, President Trump started acting out.

He retweeted a fake and vulgar message about Muslims. He sabotaged a meeting with Democrats on a budget deal and then spread word that shutting down the government might help him politically.
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Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB
By Judd Gregg
OPINION | When the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill was first marked up, back in 2010, the conference of the House and Senate Banking Committees started at 2 p.m. one day and ended at 5:30 a.m. the next.
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This week: Congress seeks to avoid a shutdown
By Cristina Marcos and Jordain Carney
Four days remain until government funding expires and it still isn’t entirely clear how Congress will avoid a shutdown.
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Comey back in the spotlight after Flynn makes a deal
By Mallory Shelbourne
Former FBI Director James Comey is back in the spotlight of the Russia investigation now that former national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the bureau.
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Trump lawyer: Flynn tweet ‘my mistake’
By Brett Samuels
President Trump’s personal lawyer said on Sunday that it was “my mistake” that the president sent out a tweet about firing former national security adviser Michael Flynn, prompting speculation that it showed evidence of obstruction of justice.
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DOJ failed to interview FBI informant before it filed charges in Russian nuclear bribery case
By John Solomon
While he was Maryland’s chief federal prosecutor, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s office failed to interview the undercover informant in the FBI’s Russian nuclear bribery case before it filed criminal charges in the case in 2014, officials told The Hill.
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FCC's net neutrality repeal sparks backlash
By Harper Neidig
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plan to scrap net neutrality rules governing how internet providers handle web traffic has unleashed a wave of intense opposition.
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Dems plan ambitious campaign for red-state governorships
By Reid Wilson
The man who will lead Democratic efforts to win back governorships in key states next year says his party is poised to capitalize on a political environment so favorable it will make the Republican wave of 1994 look small.
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TwitterGate: What did Trump tweet and when did he tweet it?
By Jonathan Turley
OPINION | It is truly a scandal for our times, the weekend many in Washington were asked, ”What did President Trump tweet and when did he tweet it?” The Watergate-esque question has arisen after yet another Trump tweet gone horribly awry, smashing into an only recently reconstructed defense by his legal team.
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There is no military option to take out North Korean nuclear program
By Todd Rosenblum
OPINION | North Korea’s most recent provocation, this time test firing a ballistic missile likely able to reach all of the continental United States, is an incremental change in a bad status quo. It is making fast advances in its 30-year quest to hold the American homeland hostage, but already crossed thresholds that make it deeply threatening to our security.
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The New York Times: Trump lashes out on Twitter, saying FBI is in ‘tatters’
By Michael D. Shear 
 
In an extraordinary attack on the top law enforcement body in his own government, President Trump accused the F.B.I. and its career investigators of having a bias against him.
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The Associated Press: Trump to scale back 2 national monuments in trip to Utah
By Catherine Lucey and Ken Thomas
 
President Donald Trump is announcing plans to scale back two sprawling national monuments in Utah, responding to what he has condemned as a “massive federal land grab” by the government.
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CNN: McConnell: 'Let the people of Alabama make the call' on Moore
By Jasmine Lee
 
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell changed his tone Sunday on whether he thought Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore should be in the Senate, saying he would "let the people of Alabama make the call" in the state's special election December 12.
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The Wall Street Journal: Passage of Senate tax bill puts R&D tax credit in doubt
By Richard Rubin
Unintended consequence of late decision to keep the corporate alternative minimum tax could be loss of some tax breaks; companies push back.
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The Washington Post: Kushner says Trump sees Mideast peace as essential to thwarting extremism
By Karen DeYoung and Loveday Morris
 
Amid reports that Trump plans to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the president’s son-in-law and adviser made a rare public appearance but provided no details of where the administration’s push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians is heading.
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