Tag: Republican Party

At the beginning of the cycle, the bulk of seats in play were GOP-held. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP lawmakers jockeying for key House committee chairs

Nicole Duran · November 22, 2016 6:10 pm

President-elect Trump has promised to enforce existing immigration laws. Critics have accused him of planning to round up undocumented families and deport them, an idea Trump appears to have abandoned. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

White House: GOP to blame for immigration ‘obstruction’

Sarah Bedford · November 22, 2016 5:47 pm

When several conferencegoers in the nation's capital flash unmistakable Nazi-style salutes, people just might get offended. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Trump spokesman, alt-right leader, restaurant deal with Nazi-style salutes

Jeremy Lott · November 22, 2016 5:27 am

Hill staffers preferred Tim Ryan over Nancy Pelosi for minority leader, according to a report. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans better hope Nancy Pelosi defeats Tim Ryan

Philip Wegmann · November 21, 2016 8:34 pm

On Tuesday morning attorney general-designate Jeff Sessions will become the first Trump nominee to undergo a Senate confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Poor Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

Daniel Allott · November 21, 2016 6:09 pm

How D.C. Can Get Taxation With Representation in the Trump Administration

abram-shulsky · November 19, 2016 12:00 pm

National Security

Pompeo receives GOP praise after CIA pick

Al Weaver · November 18, 2016 7:01 pm

Many Dems would like nothing better than to have the confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump's attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions resemble the 1986 battle in which the Alabama Republican was actually rebuffed as a judicial nominee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

Both parties face a filibuster dilemma

W. James Antle III · November 18, 2016 5:25 pm

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich proposed on Wednesday that the Affordable Care Act was designed to crush the private sector healthcare industry and role out socialized medicine to Americans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

GOP still deciding what Obamacare ‘repeal and replace’ means

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 18, 2016 5:39 am

The influential Republican Study Committee elected first-term Rep. Mark Walker of North Carolina chairman for the 115th Congress on Thursday. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Freshman GOP lawmaker will lead Republican Study Committee

Nicole Duran · November 17, 2016 7:54 pm

Many Republican senators are still in the dark on what Donald Trump is planning to do about immigration, aside from his well-known plan to build a border wall and focus on border security along the southwestern U.S. border. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

After the wall, GOP unclear on Trump’s immigration plans

Al Weaver · November 17, 2016 5:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., convinced his conference on Wednesday to drop proposals to ease the earmark ban imposed by his predecessor from a package of rules that will govern how the House operates in the next Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Republicans reject earmarks — for now

Nicole Duran · November 16, 2016 11:41 pm