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In a bipartisan letter to President Trump, Senators Shaheen, Rubio, and Isakson say return of Russia’s diplomatic compounds would “embolden” President Putin and “invite a dangerous escalation in the Kremlin’s destabilizing actions against democracies worldwide”
President Trump created the commission after making unsupported claims that there were millions of illegal votes cast in the 2016 presidential election.
Donald Trump sold two condos to Eric in April 2016 at a steep discount. But he doesn’t appear to be on the hook for gift taxes.
In a letter sent today, more than 30 Democratic senators, including U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, rebuked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for scaling back civil rights enforcement at the Department of Education.
CONCORD – For the first time in 14 years, New Hampshire has a wholly Republican budget, crafted by the GOP-controlled Senate and House and the party’s first governor since 2004.
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith, and 21 other original co-sponsors introduced the Fostering Unity Against Russian Aggression Act of 2017.
The Working Families Tax Relief Act would expand access to and increase the value of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC), and help ensure that no worker can be taxed into poverty by the federal tax system.
Sen. Shaheen: “The latest procedural roadblock cited by House Republicans is nothing short of a delay tactic that ignores the gravity of the Kremlin’s actions against the United States and against democracies worldwide.”
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a group of bipartisan Senators to urge the Trump Administration to press Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the worsening human rights situation and restrictions on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt.