Tag: House of Representatives

The Republican plan would keep the current top individual tax rate on very high incomes, according to one person who attended a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan on the tax plan Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans plan to keep 39.6 percent top rate, but other key details unresolved

Joseph Lawler · October 31, 2017 10:39 pm

Speculation has been building on Capitol Hill that the Texas Republican would not seek a ninth term. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Jeb Hensarling, House Financial Services chairman, to retire in 2018

David M. Drucker · October 31, 2017 6:22 pm

Republican Rep. Tom Reed was part of the New York delegation that called White House officials on Monday to discuss potential treatment of the state and local deduction, which disproportionately benefits people in high-tax states such as New York and New Jersey. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Republicans reworking approach on state and local taxes, ahead of legislation’s release

Joseph Lawler · October 31, 2017 5:13 pm

A former score projected that 32 million more people would be uninsured in a decade. (iStock by Getty Images)

Republicans drop Medicare premium hikes in children’s health insurance bill

Robert King · October 31, 2017 3:49 pm

"John Boehner supported my run for chairman of the [House] Oversight Committee. I wouldn't have been the chairman if it weren't for John Boehner." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jason Chaffetz: I’m surprised John Boehner called me an ‘a–hole’

Naomi Lim · October 31, 2017 1:54 am

Dale Brumfield, field Director for Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, left, and Jack Payden-Travers, right stand under a rainbow as the Greensville Correctional Center Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Jarratt, Va. The two arrived for a vigil in opposition to the execution of William Morva who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for the 2006 killings of a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

When capital punishment ends, Republicans will be the ones who end it

Marc Hyden · October 30, 2017 4:01 am

"No," Pelosi said when asked whether she felt any sympathy when her GOP congressional colleagues struggled in the job she held from 2007 to 2011. "Pity." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Nancy Pelosi: I pitied Paul Ryan, John Boehner whenever they struggled as House speaker

Naomi Lim · October 29, 2017 7:43 pm

Thae Yong-ho served as the second-highest ranking North Korean diplomat in the United Kingdom until last year, when he defected to South Korea. Lawmakers in the U.S. are touting his "valuable insights" into the vulnerabilities of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. (Ed Jones, Pool Photo via AP)

Top North Korean defector to testify in Congress

Joel Gehrke · October 27, 2017 8:04 pm

The Democrats believe they have a real chance at obtaining more House seats, but challenges still remain. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Three reasons Democrats think they’ll win the House in 2018

Laura Barrón-López · October 26, 2017 10:23 pm

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

House Speaker Paul Ryan noted that he has been working his entire adult life toward tax reform and emphasized the need to not waste the opportunity provided by a unified GOP government. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Paul Ryan plots with outside allies on tax reform following budget vote

Joseph Lawler · October 26, 2017 7:40 pm

House Narrowly Approves Senate Budget Proposal

Andrew Egger · October 26, 2017 6:12 pm