Tag: House of Representatives

Beltway Confidential

Stuck between a rock and a hard place. Paul Ryan’s town hall remarks on Charlottesville were pitch perfect

Emily Jashinsky · August 22, 2017 3:42 am

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee out-raised its Republican counterpart in July for the third month in a row as they look to turn the tide and win back the House in 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats out-raise Republicans for third straight month amid Trump summer tumult

Al Weaver · August 21, 2017 1:57 pm

Speaker Paul Ryan continued building a campaign war chest for House Republicans ahead a possibly treacherous midterm election, transferring another $1.5 million to the National Republican Congressional Committee in July. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan gives huge fundraising boost to House Republicans

David M. Drucker · August 21, 2017 1:00 am

Even as some Republicans criticized Trump for his comments about the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va., key players suggested that the push for tax reform would proceed apace. Big businesses are putting "100 percent support behind, basically the consolidated Republican position," said Grover Norquist, a conservative activist who as head of Americans for Tax Reform has pushed for a reform of the tax code for years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Despite CEO exodus, Republicans think tax reform is inoculated from Trump race controversy

Joseph Lawler · August 17, 2017 11:12 pm

House and Senate Democrats like Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., are pushing bills to strip the names of Confederate generals from Army base names and other military properties. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

National Security

Democrats move to strip military bases of Confederate names

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2017 9:39 pm

"Pure evil in #Barcelona. We stand with the people of Spain, and send our prayers to the victims of this horrible terrorist attack," Ryan, R-Wis., tweeted. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Paul Ryan: Barcelona terrorist attack is ‘pure evil’

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2017 5:56 pm

Republican Darrell Issa of California on Thursday called for a hearing at the House Judiciary Committee on white supremacy following last weekend's rally in Virginia that left one woman dead and 19 injured. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Darrell Issa calls for white supremacy hearing in House Judiciary Committee

Pete Kasperowicz · August 17, 2017 4:58 pm

On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., gave an interview with local San Francisco TV station KRON. When asked about her calls for a group to be denied a permit which wanted to exercise their First Amendment rights at a national park, her argument was strange. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Nancy Pelosi calls for Confederate statues to be removed from Capitol

Melissa Quinn · August 17, 2017 4:32 pm

A trio of House Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, unveiled a congressional resolution to censure President Trump for his comments about the violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

National Security

House Democrats unveil resolution to censure Trump

Joel Gehrke · August 16, 2017 10:09 pm

Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio on Tuesday reprimanded President Trump for equating the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville and the protesters who took to the streets of the Virginia college town for a counter demonstration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House GOP congressional campaign arm chair Steve Stivers denounces Trump

David M. Drucker · August 15, 2017 11:08 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan called on political leaders to be clear in condemning white supremacy after President Trump on Tuesday resorted to previous comments minimizing the evil of such groups. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Paul Ryan: ‘We must be clear. White supremacy is repulsive’

Josh Siegel · August 15, 2017 10:24 pm

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., demanded on Tuesday that the Florida government hold a special session on whether to replace a statue of a Confederate general at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz demands action against Floridian Confederate general statue at US Capitol

Matthew Trunko · August 15, 2017 7:27 pm