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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pauses while speaking during a midterm election night party hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Politics Nov 07

5 things we learned from the midterm elections

By Daniel Bush

Republican members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, including U.S. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), walk out to speak to reporters after their meeting about proposed changes in the tax code with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC11FFBFE400

How the Senate tax bill affects rich and poor, in three charts

Lower-income people stand to lose the most in the Senate GOP tax plan.

By Lisa Desjardins

Senate GOP, Trump aim for tax vote this week, but still need more support

President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans scrambled Monday to make changes to a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of the year.

By Stephen Ohlemacher and Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters about allegations made against Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1E05293F80

Can Republican leaders control the party’s outsider candidates in 2018?

Republican leaders may have trouble controlling the GOP primary process in the 2018 midterm elections.

By Daniel Bush

Senator Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, makes an opening statement during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing n Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Corker, a key player in the congressional debate over the nuclear deal with Iran, told Secretary of State John Kerry that the Obama administration is engaging in hyperbole to sell it. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Republican Sen. Corker says he won’t seek re-election

Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations Committee and a political force on financial issues, announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election. File photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. WASHINGTON —…

By Donna Cassata, Richard Lardner, Associated Press

WATCH: Republicans say no vote this week on health care

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The setback marks the end for the latest drive to overturn the law, a promise the GOP has made to voters for seven years.

Senate Republicans slowly turning their backs on Trump

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

Senate Republicans are reasserting their independence, which looked sorely diminished in the aftermath of Trump's surprise election win.

The GOP repeal failed. What happens to Obamacare now?

By PBS NewsHour

Senate Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare suffered a stunning defeat overnight, prompting renewed calls for bipartisanship in the aftermath. The historic drama unfolded as Sen. John McCain cast a decisive vote against the "skinny" bill unveiled just hours earlier. Lisa…

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Trump: Not ‘that far off’ from passing health overhaul

By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press

Trump's optimism runs counter to the public opposition of five Republican senators so far to the Senate GOP plan that would scuttle much of former President Barack Obama's health law.

Senate Republicans still lack consensus on health care bill

By Daniel Bush

Several Senate Republicans expressed concerns over the health care bill unveiled Thursday, suggesting the caucus still remains short of the votes it needs to pass the legislation.