Tag: Democrats

"I don't think anyone got to Donald Trump. Donald Trump studied the proposal that Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham put before him and realized it didn't address any of our key priorities." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Tom Cotton denies sinking bipartisan immigration deal negotiation

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 5:26 pm

"What we're trying to do is find a solution to a shutdown, which we believe is a Trump shutdown. You've heard it over and over," Durbin said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dick Durbin: Trump’s negotiation and leadership skills found wanting in shutdown negotiations

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 5:03 pm

Trump spent time talking to congressional Republicans and Cabinet secretaries on Saturday, an official said. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

White House: Trump is engaged in shutdown negotiations, even if he’s not talking directly to Democrats

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 4:40 pm

"That would be the end of the Senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our Founding Fathers," Dick Durbin said. "We have to acknowledge our respect for the minority, and that is what the Senate tries to do in its composition and procedure." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Dick Durbin: Ending the filibuster would ‘end’ the Senate

Kelly Cohen · January 21, 2018 4:11 pm

"The other night, Mitch McConnell walked on to the floor of the Senate, and he knows the rules better than anybody. He did not have 60 votes. He barely had 50 votes," Bernie Sanders said.

Bernie Sanders puts the blame for the shutdown on Mitch McConnell

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 3:52 pm

"It's gamesmanship and partisanship. I gave them the answer how you solve this today: Promise, guarantee in writing to the Democrats that there will be one week's debate on immigration and a vote on an immigration bill some time in the next month in the House and the Senate," Rand Paul said. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Rand Paul wants bipartisan agreement to vote on an immigration bill that would end shutdown

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 3:45 pm

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, left, speaks as Marc Short, White House director for legislative affairs, stands nearby during a press briefing at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mick Mulvaney says Democrats are shutting down government for a ‘massive spending bill’ that won’t get done

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 3:13 pm

On Friday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., (pictured center) said, "It turns out that Donald Trump's campaign talk about helping the 'forgotten men and women' was just that - talk." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats berate Trump for ‘severely’ testing US democracy in his first year

Anna Giaritelli · January 19, 2018 7:50 pm

As Goes Trump, So Goes the GOP

David Byler · January 19, 2018 4:25 am

According to four individuals present for the meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, White House chief of staff John Kelly (pictured) assured the room President Trump does not intend to let those protections lapse, and would be willing to back legislation that would address two of the "four high-priority areas" on immigration. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Kelly floated immigration deal without merit-based reform in ‘constructive’ meeting with Democrats

Gabby Morrongiello · January 18, 2018 6:45 pm

Nancy Pelosi likened the inclusion to a "bowl of doggy-doo" disguised as a sundae, pointing to a series of issues that are not included in the bill that would make CHIP work more effectively, including funding for community health centers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi: GOP including CHIP in funding deal is ‘a bowl of doggy-doo, put a cherry on top and call it a chocolate sundae’

Al Weaver · January 18, 2018 6:04 pm

"Certain things are said during the campaign that are not fully informed," John Kelly allegedly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., who chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Bloomberg)

John Kelly: Trump’s immigration campaign promises were ‘not fully informed’

Naomi Lim · January 17, 2018 10:53 pm