No McCaskill in Trump’s tax-reform outreach to centrist Senate Democrats
The rest, including Sen.
The dichotomy exposes a potential divide inside the Democratic caucus as Trump tries to push tax reform as his next big-ticket initiative.
Coming as it does after the Republican failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act earlier this year with
Trump scheduled a dinner Tuesday night with a half dozen senators -- three of them
Trump praised Heitkamp as a "good woman" in a tax-reform speech in
Trump buried Democratic nominee
A week earlier, speaking in a state he won by 19 percentage points in 2016, Trump took a tougher approach toward McCaskill at a speech in
The president lumped McCaskill in the camp of "obstructionists" he said are thwarting his agenda.
McCaskill did not respond.
Throughout her career in the
Shortly after Trump took office, she expressed a willingness to work with the new president, but has never met with him outside of widely attended social events. McCasklill missed an initial meet-and-greet Trump had with senators in February because she had conflicts with
In July, she was at a
"She hasn't yet had the chance to visit with the President one-on-one but we're sure she will soon," Press Secretary
In April, McCaskill voted against Trump's
Then, last month, those same three were the only
McCaskill was one of the 45 Democratic Senators to sign that letter. In general,
Senate Republican Leader
That 1986 reform, the last major one by
Getting any
Trump surprised Republican leaders in
A
"As the President has said repeatedly, his top priority is to provide tax relief to middle class Americans. The President welcomes both
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