Tag: Republicans

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, announces that he will not run for re-election at the end of this term, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

A possible silver lining in the Paul Ryan retirement

Philip Wegmann · April 11, 2018 5:34 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, announces that he will not run for re-election at the end of this term, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Paul Ryan is dealing a titanic blow to House Republicans

David M. Drucker · April 11, 2018 3:55 pm

Ryan Retirement Sets Off Six-Month Race for New Speaker

Haley Byrd · April 11, 2018 3:17 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, a top conservative lawmaker, disputed that there is any movement inside the Freedom Caucus to oust House Speaker Paul Ryan or seek a change in leadership. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

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Jim Jordan suggests Paul Ryan is stepping down because tax reform was his ‘papal conversion’

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2018 2:02 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, announces that he will not run for re-election at the end of this term, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Paul Ryan to announce he won’t run for re-election

Naomi Lim · April 11, 2018 12:43 pm

"My feelings are regrets for not being there, but a bigger feeling of gratitude for not being there,â? said Rep. Dennis Ross.

Florida GOP Rep. Dennis Ross retiring from the House

Katelyn Caralle · April 11, 2018 10:39 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, meets with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate ready to change the rules to speed up Trump nominees

Susan Ferrechio · April 11, 2018 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks down an empty aisle after attending President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.

Mitch McConnell threatens weekend work on slowed nominations

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2018 8:12 pm

In this 2017 photo, former Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives for a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Good riddance to Blake Farenthold

Emily Jashinsky · April 9, 2018 10:30 am

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, heads to a closed-door session with former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Yates was the first to alert the White House to problems with ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Trey Gowdy pushes Trump to employ ‘more effective’ way of pressuring DOJ to comply with subpoena

Daniel Chaitin · April 8, 2018 3:56 pm

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GOP plans major votes on tax cuts, balanced budget, welfare reform

Susan Ferrechio · April 8, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump plans to sign two executive orders Monday announcing his intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trump's campaign promise to abandon NAFTA helped win over Rust Belt voters who felt left behind by globalization.

Conservatives push for anti-regulatory language in NAFTA deal

Sean Higgins · April 5, 2018 4:01 am