Tag: Democrats

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks to reporters after a House Republican strategy meeting with Vice President Mike Pence ahead of President Trump's speech on funding a wall on the US-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.

Nervous but unified, GOP sticks with Trump in shutdown fight

Susan Ferrechio · January 10, 2019 10:00 pm

Jeremy Ornstein of Watertown, Mass., cheers on fellow environmental activists as they occupy the office of Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the incoming majority leader, as they try to pressure Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Greens begin push for nationwide 100 percent renewable energy mandate

John Siciliano · January 10, 2019 5:30 am

Billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference where he announced his decision not to seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

Tom Steyer bows out of 2020, announces plans to light his money on fire instead

Philip Wegmann · January 10, 2019 12:06 am

Rep. Andy Biggs: Democrats rigged the House rules to undermine GOP victories

Rep. Andy Biggs · January 10, 2019 12:00 am

From left, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., applaud as House Democrats unveil a comprehensive elections and ethics reform package that targets what they call a "culture of corruption in Washington," at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.

Putting GOP in tough spot, Dems have House counsel intervene in Obamacare lawsuit

Kimberly Leonard · January 9, 2019 10:31 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, right, speaks as she stands next to Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, left, following their meeting with President Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.

Pelosi, Schumer botched their rebuttal to Trump, say House Dems

Al Weaver · January 9, 2019 9:39 pm

President Trump speaks to the National Association of Manufacturers in Washington.

Trump seeks increased input from top business groups on China deal

Joe Williams · January 9, 2019 4:14 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference.

Beltway Confidential

On automatic felon voting, Pelosi commits a crime against common sense

Quin Hillyer · January 8, 2019 9:46 pm

Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass., during a debate at the University of Massachusetts, in Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018.

Freshman Dem scolds Trump on the House floor: ‘I see right through you’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 8, 2019 7:39 pm

Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walk to speak with reporters after meeting with President Trump about border security in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington.

Pelosi ratchets up the pressure on GOP to abandon Trump’s wall fight

Susan Ferrechio · January 8, 2019 7:17 pm

House Leader Nancy Pelosli, D-Calif., right, watches as Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., speaks to the media during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘Enough is enough’: Dems prep gun vote in the House

Susan Ferrechio · January 8, 2019 5:00 am

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., stand together on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, on the first day of the 116th Congress with Democrats holding the majority.

Beltway Confidential

Contra Ocasio-Cortez, I’m not longing for the days of the 70 percent income tax rate

Nicole Kaeding · January 7, 2019 9:10 pm