Tag: Elizabeth Warren

Democrats sent a letter on Tuesday to National Labor Relations Board member William Emanuel Tuesday, asking him why he did not recuse himself from a case as his former law firm represented one of the clients. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Democrats demand to know why NLRB member didn’t recuse himself in major case

Sean Higgins · February 7, 2018 12:53 am

There's no room for lower taxes, economic expansion, and free market principles in today's Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elizabeth Warren: Mick Mulvaney giving consumers the ‘middle finger’ at CFPB

Joseph Lawler · February 5, 2018 10:11 pm

A report by the Government Accountability Office found that 26 states couldn't report the number of critical safety or quality incidents at an assisted living facility. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

States having big problems tracking safety issues at assisted living facilities, GAO finds

Robert King · February 5, 2018 10:03 pm

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., both signed a letter pushing President Trump to end the investor-state dispute settlement system established under the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Liberals urge Trump to stick with NAFTA reforms

Sean Higgins · February 2, 2018 9:45 pm

The draft legislation is led by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who is aiming to pass a bipartisan overhaul of the housing finance system and revamp Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Civil rights, affordable housing groups bash bipartisan Fannie, Freddie reform bill

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2018 2:00 pm

There's no room for lower taxes, economic expansion, and free market principles in today's Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

The Democrats aren’t the party of the people, they’re the party of Elizabeth Warren

Jake Kastan · February 2, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump will speak to a joint session of Congress Tuesday at his first State of the Union address. (Jim Lo Scalzo / Associated Press)

4 big ways Democrats plan to protest Trump’s State of the Union

Laura Barrón-López · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

"Since World War II, we've had three Democratic supermajorities in the Senate. The first gave us the New Deal, the second gave us the Great Society, the third gave us Obamacare and Dodd-Frank," said Sen. Ted Cruz. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ted Cruz touts his ‘relatively unusual position in the Senate’

Timothy P. Carney · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

Proponents of the legislation, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, say that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks, but opponents argue with that assessment and say that women who have abortions late in a pregnancy tend to be faced with test results that reveal when a baby is born it with die or face lifelong disabilities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate rejects bill banning abortion after 20 weeks

Kimberly Leonard · January 29, 2018 11:15 pm

"For too many senators, the most desperate and terrible fear is that they won't be re-elected, because being in office has become their identity. When they look in the mirror, it defines who they are," Sen. Ted Cruz said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz on #MeToo and lawmakers’ abuse of power: ‘Suddenly, you’re handsome and witty and wise’

Emily Jashinsky · January 25, 2018 9:43 pm

In a statement responding to questions about women's rights, Missouri Republican Senate primary candidate Courtland Sykes said: "I want to come home to a home cooked dinner at six every night, one that she [Sykes' fiancee] fixes and one that I expect one day to have daughter learn to fix after they become traditional homemakers and family wives — think Norman Rockwell here, and Gloria Steinem be damned." (Picture via SykesforSenate / Twitter)

GOP Senate candidate on women’s rights: ‘I want to come home to a cooked dinner every night’

Mandy Mayfield · January 25, 2018 7:33 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., suggested prohibiting insurers from providing narrow networks of doctors who patients can see, dropping coverage for a prescription in the middle of the year, or leaving the Obamacare exchanges. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elizabeth Warren: ‘Time for us to go on the offense’ on healthcare

Kimberly Leonard · January 25, 2018 7:08 pm