Tag: Republican Party

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

Top Republicans Don’t Know Where Trump Will Be on Ukraine

Jenna Lifhits · November 16, 2016 7:50 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was re-elected to the top leadership post unanimously Wednesday morning by Republican lawmakers in a closed-door meeting. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

McConnell re-elected as Senate majority leader

Susan Crabtree · November 16, 2016 3:14 pm

For all its dysfunction and possible collapse, people do like many different aspects of Obamacare. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans, beware the Obamacare repeal minefield

Kevin Glass · November 16, 2016 2:51 pm

President-elect Trump's decisive victory sets up a possible nuclear showdown in the Senate next year over his Supreme Court nominee. However, Senate Republicans may not have the firepower among their own members to drop that bomb. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senate GOP may lack firepower for nuke option

Susan Crabtree · November 16, 2016 5:01 am

Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama is listed as sponsors on the amendment, the Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal reported on Tuesday. (Screen shot)

Beltway Confidential

Why would House Republicans vote to make earmarks great again?

Philip Wegmann · November 16, 2016 1:31 am

Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, is chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Stivers beats Williams in bid to run NRCC

Al Weaver · November 15, 2016 8:21 pm

House Republican lawmakers were greeted by Trump's signature "make America great again" red baseball caps placed on the chairs in a basement conference room where the group met. (Photo courtesy the office of Cathy McMorris Rodgers)

House GOP finally embraces Trump

Susan Ferrechio · November 15, 2016 4:54 pm

Was Trump the only Republican who could have won this year?

W. James Antle III · November 15, 2016 6:23 am