Tag: Bipartisanship

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told MSNBC's Hugh Hewitt Saturday that Congress remains dedicated to President Trump's six-month window to pass legislation allowing recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to remain the U.S. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell expects bipartisan DACA-legal immigration deal

Al Weaver · November 4, 2017 12:30 pm

Last week, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus balked at the idea of inviting Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla, (pictured above, speaking) to join their group. The caucus tabled the vote, deciding to ask the House Administration Committee for clarification about their bylaws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hispanic Democrats will invite two Latino Florida Republicans to join caucus

Laura Barrón-López · November 2, 2017 6:50 pm

Trump reminded Pelosi he was a "good" supporter of hers during his Democratic donor days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Trump told Nancy Pelosi ‘you’re somebody that gets things done, better than anybody’ after election: Report

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 2:34 pm

Sen. George Murphy, R-Calif., was a former movie star with a sweet tooth who brought some bipartisanship to Congress in 1964 with his famed Candy Desk. The institution survives today and remains a place where lawmakers of any ilk are welcome to a handful of sweets. (AP Photo/John Rous)

Beltway Confidential

No matter how nasty it gets, senators still bond over candy

J. Mark Powell · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have charged their Republican colleagues with attempting to chip away at Obamacare programs after past attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act failed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House panel advances child insurance, Obamacare bills to full vote

Robert King · November 1, 2017 10:33 pm

Paul Manafort's unsavory dealings with Russian interests were being discussed long before last November's election -- even before last year's Republican convention. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Foreign agents deserve more scrutiny — and often scorn

Washington Examiner · November 1, 2017 4:01 am

House Democrats wrote a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., asking him to throw his support behind special counsel Robert Mueller as concerns grow that President Trump could try and sabotage Mueller's ongoing investigation into the 2016 elections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Democrats urge Paul Ryan to ready action plan should Trump try to disrupt Mueller probe

Daniel Chaitin · November 1, 2017 3:24 am

Dyslexia affects 20 percent of students, impairing their ability to process basic spoken and written language. However, less than a quarter of the plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act address screening and additional resources for the disorder. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Bill Cassidy says federal education law is failing 1 in 5 students

Charyssa Parent · October 31, 2017 8:57 pm

After failing in their last push to repeal and replace Obamacare, Republican senators are weighing their options to eliminate the policy's individual mandate. Experts disagree whether the mandate is effective at encouraging enrollees to sign up for health insurance coverage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican senators renew call for repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate

Kimberly Leonard · October 30, 2017 10:43 pm

Nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state and arrived in Bangladesh since Aug. 25 to avoid persecution that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

President Trump, heed the plight of the Rohingya

Murat Guzel · October 29, 2017 4:01 am

While it is forbidden under Obamacare from making a proposal that would "ration healthcare, raise premiums or Medicare premiums," Independent Payment Advisory Board can cut payments to doctors, hospitals, and other providers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats joining bipartisan push to kill Obamacare’s rationing board

Elizabeth Wright · October 28, 2017 4:01 am

Whitefish Energy Holdings workers are now restoring power lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Whitefish CEO Andy Techmanski said previous work restoring transmission lines damaged by wildfires in the western U.S. has prepared them for the Puerto Rico contract. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Top Republicans demand information about Whitefish’s Puerto Rico contract

Josh Siegel · October 26, 2017 8:40 pm