Business_Finance

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Democrat Dreamers (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said there are aspects of a national online sales tax that the president "likes a lot." (Associated Press)

House Budget Committee member Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. questions Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, during the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, before a House Agriculture Committee hearing on "State of the Rural Economy." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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"For many, many years they've been talking immigration, they never got anything done. We're going to get something done, we hope," President Trump said. (Associated Press/File)

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Andy Williams, founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, had six business accounts terminated from 2011 to 2015. Banks are reluctant to accept deposits from businesses that sell marijuana because the drug remains outlawed at the federal level. (Associated Press/File)

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The Boring Company sold 10,000 flamethrowers within 48 hours. Billionaire Elon Musk joked on Jan. 29, 2018, via Twitter that he is not trying to orchestrate a zombie apocalypse. (Image: The Boring Company via Ars Technica)

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Moore

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Arkansas State Senator Jakes C. Files admitted that he used his senate office to obtain government funds for personal gain through fraudulent means. He admitted to authorizing and directing the Western Arkansas Economic Development District to award $46,500 in General Improvement Funds to Fort Smith, Arkansas, the Justice Department said.

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gave Florida a waiver out of the offshore drilling proposal. Now more states are also trying to get passes out of the energy plan. (Associated Press)

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Chart to accompany Moore article of Jan. 29, 2018.

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Rep. Terri A. Sewell, Alabama Democrat.

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Rep. Yvette Clarke, New York Democrat.

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President Donald Trump listens during a dinner with European business leaders at the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland. He was joined by SAP CEO Bill McDermott (from left), Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. (Associated PRess)