Tag: Republicans

Ryan weighs Dem punishment for sit-in

Susan Ferrechio · July 7, 2016 4:32 pm

The bill would allow that spending only in the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

GOP proposes $390 million in new Zika funding for 2017

Pete Kasperowicz · July 7, 2016 12:25 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said he is "confident" the legislation will be ready for a vote this week or next week. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Gun language stalls House GOP’s anti-terror bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 6, 2016 3:41 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "With no indictment occurring, a discussion, or a call for administrative action, is the least we can do, given how [Hillary Clinton] was so reckless in handling classified material and sending classified information on an unsecured server." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

GOP mulls congressional action to punish Clinton

Susan Ferrechio · July 6, 2016 3:01 pm

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gohmert: Gun vote rewards Dems for bad behavior

Pete Kasperowicz · July 6, 2016 12:49 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan met with key House Democrats Tuesday night to talk about gun control legislation. Democrats' demands for votes on guns shut the House down last month. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Ryan meets with Dems on gun legislation

Susan Ferrechio · July 6, 2016 11:10 am

House Republicans on Tuesday delayed by one day an effort to advance legislation aimed at requiring the government to take a tougher stance on radical Islamic terrorism. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

GOP delays action on gun bill

Susan Ferrechio, Pete Kasperowicz · July 5, 2016 6:49 pm

"I don't think that type of behavior should be rewarded in any manor," Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans: No votes on Dem gun control measures

Susan Ferrechio · July 5, 2016 5:49 pm

"We will be looking at all the facts and then deciding what should be done," McCarthy said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House GOP may punish Dems over gun protest

Susan Ferrechio · July 5, 2016 4:28 pm

"The real story of Benghazi is truly a tale of two cities. In Benghazi, where our people were valiantly fighting for their lives, and Washington, D.C., where administration officials sat on a teleconference and talked for two hours," said a group of Republicans. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool, File)

GOP: Obama officials ‘sat on a teleconference’ instead of helping in Benghazi

Anna Giaritelli · July 2, 2016 10:00 am

National Security

Benghazi Republicans: Admin deployed talking points, not military

Sarah Bedford · June 28, 2016 2:53 pm

The nature of the legislative process has enabled President Obama to outflank Republicans who wanted to restrain his various executive orders or regulatory actions repeatedly. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The next way Republicans are trying to block the White House from getting around Congress

Joel Gehrke · June 27, 2016 4:01 am