U.S. House tax committee will not seek Trump tax returns

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U.S. House tax committee will not seek Trump tax returns

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional tax oversight committee will not seek U.S. President Donald Trump's tax returns despite calls from Democrats for a review to determine possible business ties to foreign countries including Russia, the panel's Republican chairman said on Monday. "If Congress begins to use its powers to rummage around in the tax returns of the president, what prevents Congress from doing the same to average Americans?" House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady told reporters.

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Ex-US Rep. Clint Roberts, nicknamed "Marlboro Man," dies

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Clint Roberts, a South Dakota rancher who corralled cowboy roles on television and auditioned to be the "Marlboro Man," a nickname that stuck in Congress, has died. He was 82.

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Lawmakers question pricing of drug for genetic disease

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marathon Pharmaceuticals' pricing of a drug to treat genetic muscle deterioration in about 15,000 Americans, mostly boys, is raising concerns in Congress where lawmakers repeatedly have challenged drug companies.

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