Controversial conservative and former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore won the Republican primary for the state's Senate seat on Sept. 26, setting up a crisis within the GOP. The controversial former judge’s Washington debut as the Alabama GOP nominee was highly unusual. [Republicans are keeping Roy Moore and his controversial views at arm’s length]Rather than meeting with top GOP senators, Moore was on the House side of the Capitol on Wednesday. “The deadline for tax reform just became December 12th.”[Who is Doug Jones, and can he defeat Roy Moore in conservative Alabama?] McConnell’s office confirmed that Moore and the majority leader spoke briefly by phone the day after Moore’s victory.

Source: Washington Post October 04, 2017 23:31 UTC