Tag: John Cornyn

"This is an attempt to try to bring us to consensus on the major items," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the second-ranking GOP senator said after a Tuesday meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate group gets healthcare text but doesn’t patch up differences

Robert King · June 6, 2017 5:58 pm

Earlier Tuesday, Trump is meeting with congressional GOP leadership at the White House. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

National Security

Trump dining with several Republicans on Senate Intelligence Committee ahead of James Comey hearing

Alex Pappas · June 6, 2017 3:35 pm

Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., also recently have cast doubt over whether the Senate would be able to repeal the healthcare law this year.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Lindsey Graham: No Obamacare repeal this year

Kimberly Leonard · June 5, 2017 10:06 pm

"Unfortunately the president has, I think, created problems for himself by his Twitter habit," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on local WFAA-TV. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Sen. John Cornyn laments Trump’s ‘Twitter habit’

Robert King · June 4, 2017 10:01 pm

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, who did not set a timeline for debate on the measure, told a group of reporters in the Capitol Monday that a procedural vote to begin debate on the measure could happen as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn: Obamacare repeal will happen by July

Kimberly Leonard · June 1, 2017 1:19 am

Sen. John McCain's frustrations with Republicans' opaque process in developing a healthcare proposal delighted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate faces shrinking timeline for Obamacare repeal

Robert King · May 30, 2017 4:01 am

Mueller's appointment received bipartisan praise. But both sides remember past investigations led by special counsels implicated outside individuals. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

National Security

Republicans worry Mueller investigation could upend midterm elections

David M. Drucker · May 20, 2017 4:01 am

House members left unsatisfied following ‘unsettling’ Rosenstein briefing

Al Weaver · May 19, 2017 5:17 pm

Cornyn's support of Lieberman echoes that of several of his Republican colleagues Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Cornyn argues Joe Lieberman is the only FBI candidate who could get all 100 votes in the Senate

Daniel Chaitin · May 18, 2017 11:20 pm

It began Thursday when a reporter for CNN posted several Getty photos on Twitter of senators casually talking outside Senate buildings. (Courtesy Ben Sasse/Twitter)

Sasse says photos of him and Schumer make it look like they are ‘smoking reefer outside a wedding’

Alex Pappas · May 18, 2017 3:02 pm

Republicans have grown accustomed to Trump's tumult, downplaying it because the president has weathered past challenges. But this is different. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP fears Trump will take the Republican Party down with him

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · May 17, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump doesn't have much of a margin for error at the moment. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump needs a non-political FBI director

David Freddoso · May 16, 2017 9:27 pm