BALTIMORE — The year ahead promises to be one of bold ideas in the House, if Speaker Paul Ryan gets his way, with lawmakers debating sweeping initiatives on taxes, health care and foreign policy. In the Senate, the focus will be on processing the 12 annual spending bills to fund government — a project Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Thursday "is not going to titillate the public." As congressional Republicans met in Baltimore for their annual issues retreat, the divergence between the two congressional majorities in an unpredictable election year was on display.
House, Senate going separate ways
Election year creates divide among Republicans


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