Tag: John Cornyn

The faster pace followed intense pressure from conservative groups, including one that threatening to launch an expensive and unflattering advertising campaign about the glacial pace of confirmations under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

After threats, Mitch McConnell wins praise on confirmations

Susan Ferrechio · November 6, 2017 5:01 am

Law enforcement officials work the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Sutherland Springs church shooting is ‘heartbreaking,’ ‘devastating’: Lawmakers

Naomi Lim · November 5, 2017 9:25 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told MSNBC's Hugh Hewitt Saturday that Congress remains dedicated to President Trump's six-month window to pass legislation allowing recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to remain the U.S. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell expects bipartisan DACA-legal immigration deal

Al Weaver · November 4, 2017 12:30 pm

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and David Perdue, R-Ga., confirmed the president's wishes and made clear that any DACA fix would have to wait until 2018. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Conservatives cheer Trump’s call to leave DACA fix out of spending bill

Al Weaver · November 3, 2017 6:30 pm

DACA gives nearly 800,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children the ability to work and stay in the U.S., but Republicans say that kind of program should have been created by legislation, not unilaterally by President Obama. (Chieko Hara/The Porterville Recorder via AP)

DACA fix won’t be included in year-end spending bill

Al Weaver · November 2, 2017 6:31 pm

"I look forward to working with him to pass legislation that will effect meaningful change for all Americans," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Cornyn to back Roy Moore for Senate

Al Weaver · October 25, 2017 8:10 pm

Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa worked together to get the Trump administration to cave on ethanol. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans keep taking White House nominees hostage and Trump keeps caving

Philip Wegmann · October 23, 2017 2:20 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are writing a far-reaching, $5-trillion plan they say would simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Now comes the hard part on tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

The ransom? More federal funding for Hurricane Irma relief. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

John Cornyn holds top White House nominee for ransom

Philip Wegmann · October 20, 2017 8:01 pm

"Now's when the real work begins," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn, a top Budget Committee member, said. "This is like giving us the green light to start." (iStock)

Senate paves the way for tax reform by passing a budget

Joseph Lawler, Susan Ferrechio · October 20, 2017 1:34 am

Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah, and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island introduced the Corrections Oversight, Recidivism Reduction, and Eliminating Costs for Taxpayers In Our National System Act. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Push for criminal justice reform grows in Senate

Kelly Cohen · October 19, 2017 10:37 pm

None of the funding approved so far is offset with cuts or revenue increases, which means it will add to the annual budget deficit and the total national debt. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Senate won’t add more money to $36.5 billion disaster aid package

Susan Ferrechio · October 19, 2017 8:36 pm