Tag: Republican Party

A supermarket displays stickers indicating it accepts food stamps in West New York, New Jersey, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

Farm Bill’s defeat is a huge win for the welfare state

Jennifer Anju Grossman · May 21, 2018 8:57 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to supporters gathered at The Champions of Liberty Rally in Hebron, Ky., Friday, Aug 11, 2017. Rep. Jordan was joined at the fundraising event by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, U.S. Rep Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky.

Beltway Confidential

More than 100 conservative leaders sign letter urging Jim Jordan to run for speaker

Philip Wegmann · May 21, 2018 6:20 pm

Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., greets President Trump at the National Building Museum, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington.

Trump weighs coup against Paul Ryan: Report

Steven Nelson · May 20, 2018 6:02 pm

Vickers Cunningham is pictured in an interview.

Texas newspaper revokes endorsement of GOP candidate who stipulated his kids marry white people to get trust fund money

Laura Barrón-López · May 19, 2018 2:46 pm

President Trump listens in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Trump ‘disappointed’ with farm bill’s failure in the House

Gabby Morrongiello · May 18, 2018 7:15 pm

The Capitol Building as seen in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. A day ahead of a government shutdown deadline, Congress scrambled on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, to wrap-up unfinished business, voting decisively to send President Barack Obama a defense policy bill but facing obstacles on a stopgap spending measure.

GOP split sinks House farm bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 18, 2018 4:05 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., holds a press conference.

Beltway Confidential

Republican leaders cornered on immigration

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 18, 2018 3:25 pm

Don’t Hold Your Breath: the Collapse of the Republican Party Isn’t Imminent

Philip Terzian · May 18, 2018 4:31 am

In this May 4, 2018 photo, technicians works on the wiring of a twin-engine Lakota helicopter, at the Airbus Helicopters, Inc., manufacturing facility in Columbus, Miss. U.S. factories cranked out more appliances, computers and aircraft last month, lifting manufacturing production for only the second time in five months. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday, May 16, that factory output rose 0.5 percent in April after a flat reading in March.

Republicans, don’t blow the midterms by scaring off the working class

Michael Balzano · May 18, 2018 4:00 am

Michael Williams, a Republican candidate for governor in Georgia, talks about his "Deportation Bus" in a video.

‘Deportation bus’ of Georgia gubernatorial repaired after breaking down

Diana Stancy Correll · May 17, 2018 11:38 pm

Beltway Confidential

How the press might come to love Trump in public

Philip Wegmann · May 17, 2018 8:02 pm

"We need someone who is steady and secure in his principles, someone who can cut through the noise and make a compelling case for conservatism. Mike Pence is that man," Paul Ryan said. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The major immigration battle brewing in the House

Susan Ferrechio · May 17, 2018 4:00 am