Tag: Republican Party

Republicans need to tailor immigration reform as narrowly as possible. Not everything needs to be fixed at once. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Keep immigration simple, Republicans, and get it done

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2018 10:07 pm

"A banquet for everyone up here. Crumbs for people down here. I'll repeat that," Nancy Pelosi said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

‘I’ll repeat that’: Nancy Pelosi won’t back down from calling GOP tax cuts ‘crumbs’

Al Weaver · February 15, 2018 7:16 pm

White House official attacks Lindsey Graham, questions competence of GOP senators supporting immigration compromise

Steven Nelson · February 15, 2018 2:56 pm

Hosted by the American Conservative Union, the Conservative Political Action Conference has always been the crown jewel of right-wing political advocacy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

At CPAC, conservatives should evaluate Trump honestly

Brad Polumbo · February 15, 2018 5:01 am

"We have an opportunity to elect candidates who won't allow kids to go to school and get shot. It is disgusting how many times this has happened and Republicans do nothing. You all have blood on your hands," comedian Chelsea Handler tweeted on Wednesday. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Chelsea Handler after Florida shooting: Republicans have ‘blood’ on their hands

Naomi Lim · February 15, 2018 12:32 am

Just as the news broke indicating Mitt Romney (pictured above) will announce his candidacy for Orrin Hatch's, R-Utah, Senate seat on Thursday, Utah's Republican Party chairman, Rob Anderson, slammed the former presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Beltway Confidential

Slammed by Utah GOP chairman, Mitt Romney’s Senate candidacy could be rougher than expected

Emily Jashinsky · February 14, 2018 9:21 pm

The combination of a gas tax that hasn't changed in 25 years and the greater fuel efficiency of cars has led to chronic shortfalls of more than $70 billion since 2008 in funding for the Highway Trust Fund. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Trump endorses 25-cent gas tax increase

Josh Siegel · February 14, 2018 9:17 pm

President Trump floated the idea of a 25 cent gas tax during a bipartisan meeting with senior administration officials and a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Trump threatens to light Republican majorities on fire with 25-cent gas tax

Philip Wegmann · February 14, 2018 9:09 pm

Utah Republican Party chairman Rob Anderson spoke out against Mitt Romney's candidacy in an Wednesday interview, saying: "I think he's keeping out candidates that I think would be a better fit for Utah because, let's face it, Mitt Romney doesn't live here, his kids weren't born here, he doesn't shop here." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah Republican Party chairman slams Romney’s expected Senate run: ‘Mitt Romney doesn’t live here’

Al Weaver, Melissa Quinn · February 14, 2018 8:16 pm

Infrastructure Week is Here

TWS Podcast · February 14, 2018 5:45 pm

Earlier this week, the Trump administration floated a proposal to change conventional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits into a program where poor families would instead get "a USDA foods package," a government-assembled, government-sanctioned box of food the government believes you should eat. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump’s ‘Blue Apron’ food box idea is terrible for freedom, and probably really popular with the Right

Kristen Soltis Anderson · February 14, 2018 4:44 pm

We have to not be afraid to use terms that some might say, that's politically charged. Why is it politically charged to say climate change?" Sen. Lisa Murkowski asked. "I see in my state the impact we have from warming temperatures." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Energy and Environment

Lisa Murkowski challenges her fellow Republicans: ‘Why is it politically charged to say climate change?’

Josh Siegel · February 14, 2018 3:11 pm