Tag: John Cornyn

Demonstrators gathered in Washington, at a "Reject and Protect" protest against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.ÃÂ Backers of the Keystone XL pipeline were optimistic that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would soon call for a vote to approve it. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Senate votes on Keystone XL, efficiency bill hang in the balance

Zack Colman · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP/Susan Walsh)

John Cornyn calls for broad probe into Obamacare spending, fundraising

Susan Crabtree · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP/Susan Walsh)

John Cornyn spent nearly $5.5 million beating back Republican primary challenger Steve Stockman

Rebecca Berg · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

In payback for nuclear option, Republicans block Harry Reid’s attempt to hurry up controversial judicial vote

Joel Gehrke · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. John Cornyn kicked off the second day of the Conservative Political Action Conference with the message that American decline is reversible with just a change in the White House. (AP Photo)

Rick Perry, John Cornyn: Change is just a GOP president away

Tim Mak · March 7, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Thoughts on the Texas primary results

Michael Barone · March 5, 2014 12:00 am

John Cornyn headed for primary victory Tuesday

Rebecca Berg · March 4, 2014 12:00 am

In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas speaks with reporters outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Measure would crack down on Social Security fraud by illegal immigrants

Kenric Ward · March 2, 2014 5:00 am

In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash that aired Thursday, the Texas Republican said leadership abandoned the party's fiscal conservative principles when it agreed not to filibuster the Democrats' debt limit bill to allow the measure to pass on a simple majority vote in the 100-member chamber. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz: GOP leadership used ‘trickery’ on debt limit vote

Sean Lengell · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, during maneuvering on the vote to extend the Treasury's borrowing authority. The debt limit measure was passed by the House Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bob Corker: GOP colleagues held up debt limit vote for fundraising gain

Sean Lengell · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Steve Stockman, above, is an acolyte of Sen. Ted Cruz -- but he didn't vote for him. (AP Photo)

Rep. Steve Stockman, the Senate primary candidate in Texas, doesn’t vote in primaries

Rebecca Berg · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

In post-nuclear Senate, Obama nominee Jeh Johnson thumbs nose at lawmakers

Byron York · December 18, 2013 5:00 am