Tag: Republicans

Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Republicans plan to work "throughout the night" to cobble together a deal with Democrats to raise the nation's borrowing limit and fund the shuttered federal government, but they will likely have to agree to reopen the government as part of the compromise thanks to Senate Republicans. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans will have to include deal to reopen government

Susan Ferrechio · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

$House Speaker John Boehner planned to ask fractious Republican lawmakers on Thursday to support a six-week extension of the government's ability to borrow money, even as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Congress of "irrevocable damage" that an unprecedented federal default would risk. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)$

House GOP leaders seek short-term debt extension

Andrew Taylor · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, joined by fellow Republicans, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, following a closed-door GOP meeting. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House GOP debt limit move a shock to Senate Republicans

Byron York · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., questions national security and intelligence officials as they testify before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding NSA surveillance in Washington last year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House Republicans try to counter conservatives who forced shutdown

David M. Drucker · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

House GOP will offer Obama six-week extension of borrowing limit in exchange for major spending reforms

Susan Ferrechio · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

The White House is planning to meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on Thursday to set meetings on how to break through the budget standoff on Capitol Hill and reopen the federal government. (AP Photo)

President Obama to meet with House GOP leaders Thursday

Susan Crabtree · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Sarah Hall Ingram, director of the Affordable Care Act Office at the Internal Revenue Service, looks over papers while testifying before theÃÂ House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

House GOP grills Obamacare IRS official on scandals

Steve Contorno · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz.: "Most members feel like the voters in their districts are starting to understand what the battle's about." (Laura Segall/Getty Images)

House Republicans say their constituents not worried about shutdown

Rebecca Berg · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner will take up two bills this week aimed at pressuring Democrats into a favorable deal over restoring funding to end the federal government shutdown and raising the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House GOP turns up pressure on Democrats to negotiate shutdown deal

Susan Ferrechio · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

8 Reasons the Shutdown Won’t Hurt Republicans

Lucas Thompson · October 7, 2013 1:25 pm

Gelernter: Here’s What Republicans Should Be Saying

Daniel Halper · October 7, 2013 9:19 am

A poll of 24 Republican-held swing districts shows that a generic Democrat would beat a Republican incumbent in 17 of them -- the very number of seats Democrats would need to wrest from Republicans to take control of the House. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Poll: Republican House majority at risk because of shutdown

Tim Mak · October 7, 2013 4:00 am