Tag: House of Representatives

House Votes to End Government Shutdown

Haley Byrd · January 22, 2018 11:22 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said his greatest frustration with the partial government shutdown is that both parties had been involved in talks about codifying the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program prior to the budget vote late Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Watch: Paul Ryan calls out Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin over 2013 government shutdown comments

Anna Giaritelli · January 22, 2018 1:57 pm

Charles Koch and his wife Elizabeth each donated $247,7000 to Ryan's joint fundraising committee. Five other donors, including billionaire businessmen Jeffery Hildebrand and William Parfet, each contributed $100,000 in the last quarter of 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Paul Ryan gets massive donations from billionaires after helping pass tax reform: Report

Kelly Cohen · January 21, 2018 5:33 pm

"We are still in shutdown. We are waiting for the Senate Democrats to open the government back up," House Speaker Paul Ryan said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan: House ready to accept deal to re-open government until Feb. 8

Kelly Cohen · January 21, 2018 4:51 pm

Some of the Republicans who appear frequently on television, like Jim Jordan and Ron DeSantis, have reacted strongly to the memo's contents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Amid shutdown, House GOP shows intense interest in Trump dossier memo

Byron York · January 21, 2018 1:10 pm

Government Shuts Down, and Congress Plays the Blame Game

Haley Byrd · January 20, 2018 6:46 am

President Trump has developed a tendency to push his party off message without warning, as evident Thursday after he nearly upended the GOP's whole strategy to avoid a government shutdown with a tweet. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Trump’s tendency to move Republicans off message is a major midterm concern

David M. Drucker · January 19, 2018 5:01 am

On Thursday, the House Intelligence Committee, chaired by Devin Nunes, R-Calif., voted to make a memo detailing potential government surveillance abuses available to all members of the lower chamber. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans rally for public release of memo on FISA abuses

Daniel Chaitin · January 19, 2018 4:56 am

House Republicans passed the temporary spending bill after an internal fight over military spending and immigration reform that they resolved about an hour before the vote. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House passes monthlong spending bill, sends shutdown drama to the Senate

Susan Ferrechio · January 19, 2018 12:37 am

Mitch McConnell Is Running Out of Time to Avoid a Government Shutdown

Haley Byrd · January 18, 2018 8:55 pm

"Sole impediment to a DACA fix is the speaker's unwillingness to schedule Dream Act or any other solution for a floor vote," Sanchez said in an interview with Latino reporters Thursday. "I think once we did pass something the political pressure would make it very likely that the president would sign something." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Linda Sanchez: Paul Ryan should stop playing ‘Catholic card’ and bring up DACA vote

Laura Barrón-López · January 18, 2018 6:38 pm

Earmarks can't bring back that the trust Congress has squandered, Sen. Mike Lee writes. Only transparency and accountability can do that. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Sen. Mike Lee: Say no to the return of the Swamp Thing (aka earmarks)

Mike Lee · January 18, 2018 5:01 am