Tag: Republicans

Dozens of Republican lawmakers on Friday voted down a proposal offered by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., to chop congressional funding by 1 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP lawmakers help kill 1 percent cut to Congress funding

Pete Kasperowicz · June 10, 2016 4:17 pm

Donald Trump recycled a line used by Hillary Clinton in a tweet Friday evening, calling her a "loose cannon" who can't be trusted with intelligence briefings. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

GOP, Trump split on foreign policy

David M. Drucker · June 10, 2016 4:20 am

Republicans call for "adopting a wartime approach and keeping all options on the table." (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani, File)

GOP’s national security plan declares war on Islamic State

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2016 4:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan said none of the items in the Republican agenda are expected to receive floor debate or votes this year, because President Obama would veto them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans are unveiling the first part of their agenda this week

Susan Ferrechio · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

House Republicans charged HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell's department has refused to communicate with congressional investigators. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner File)

HHS replies to GOP subpoena with one blacked-out page

Joel Gehrke · May 31, 2016 7:27 pm

House Speaker's office says Democrats are politicizing a public health crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan: There is no Zika funding shortage

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 31, 2016 6:15 pm

"It's something we are considering," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP mulls curbing amendments after floor vote disaster

Susan Ferrechio · May 26, 2016 4:28 pm

Energy and Environment

GOP kills energy funding bill over LGBT measure

Kyle Feldscher · May 26, 2016 3:19 pm

According to a report released by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and his staffers may have illegally interfered with the state's insurance marketplace, ultimately ensuring it failed so the state could instead use Healthcare.gov. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

GOP report: Oregon wasted millions of Obamacare funds

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 25, 2016 1:57 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan announced the change Tuesday morning in a closed-door session with Republicans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House GOP moves to end surprise Democratic amendments

Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2016 11:01 pm

The bill seeks to expedite the use of pesticides in mosquito-prone areas to combat the Zika virus, which is carried by two types of mosquitoes. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

White House threatens to veto rebranded Zika bill

John Siciliano · May 24, 2016 3:08 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's oversight subcommittee, said the deals had been structured to send money to "liberal activist groups," an arrangement he referred to as "slush funds." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP: Bank settlements steered half a billion dollars to liberal groups

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2016 5:28 pm