David M. Drucker

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Luther Strange also came to Sessions' defense, but his statement avoided direct criticism of Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Mo Brooks faces House primary if he loses Senate bid

David M. Drucker · July 17, 2017 6:11 pm

The Corker campaign, which this month will report $6.6 million in cash on hand for the 2018 campaign, said it takes all challengers seriously. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sen. Bob Corker could face conservative primary challenger

David M. Drucker · July 17, 2017 4:33 pm

Of the "Big Six" Republicans meeting periodically on Capitol Hill to hash out tax reform, only House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady of Texas are wedded to passing permanent legislation that would rewrite how Washington collects taxes to generate enough revenue to fully pay for the ambitious cuts imagined for businesses and individuals.

The big tax questions facing the Big Six

Joseph Lawler, David M. Drucker · July 17, 2017 4:02 am

In an email promoting the vice president's fundraiser, Marc Lampkin, managing partner of the Washington office for the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, says that "over 100 members of Congress" are expected to attend. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mike Pence hosting DC fundraiser in July for leadership PAC

David M. Drucker · July 15, 2017 12:01 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, who did not set a timeline for debate on the measure, told a group of reporters in the Capitol Monday that a procedural vote to begin debate on the measure could happen as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate Republicans don’t trust leaders’ Obamacare repeal process

David M. Drucker · July 14, 2017 4:01 am

Schmitt, 42, was scheduled to sit down with Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, chairman of the NRSC. (Kile Brewer/The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP, File

GOP Missouri treasurer Schmitt in town to talk Senate challenge to McCaskill

David M. Drucker · July 13, 2017 3:20 pm

Most Republican governors declined to implement Medicaid expansion, but several, along with all Democratic governors, did. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How Republican Medicaid flip-flops made Obamacare repeal so much harder

David M. Drucker · July 12, 2017 4:01 am

Ted Cruz remakes his image in Texas ahead of re-election race

David M. Drucker · July 11, 2017 4:01 am

The Senate majority leader is accelerating his campaign to defeat Rep. Mo Brooks in a special Senate election in Alabama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell super PAC working against Mo Brooks in Alabama Senate race

David M. Drucker · July 10, 2017 3:54 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, Representative-elect Ralph Norman, R-S.C., right and his wife Elaine Rice Norman, center, participate in a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. Norman, a staunch conservative, had a 3 percentage point victory last week in a South Carolina race in a district that went for President Donald Trump last year by 18 percentage points. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Paul Ryan’s super PAC knocks on more than 1 million doors

David M. Drucker · July 10, 2017 4:06 am

The rise and fall (but mostly fall) of the border adjustment tax

Joseph Lawler, David M. Drucker · July 10, 2017 4:01 am

For an event billed as a town hall meeting, it was more like a controlled forum designed to elicit an audience of military veterans with questions that relate to the unique issues they face. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Ted Cruz faces tough Obamacare questions at otherwise friendly town hall

David M. Drucker · July 6, 2017 2:30 am