Tag: Republican Party

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., cast the tax reform bill as an example of delivering on Republican promises to voters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP isn’t spooked by Democrats’ dire warnings on tax reform

Al Weaver · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

Roy Moore lost, and Republicans need to rationally and maturely deal with the consequences. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s who deserves blame for the GOP’s Alabama Senate fiasco, and how to fix it

Christopher Reid · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

The spokesman added that "prudent management requires that agencies be prepared for the possibility of a lapse." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Final GOP tax bill raises tax on overseas profits, keeps deductions for medical expenses, student loans

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2017 10:43 pm

Ann Coulter criticized the GOP tax reform bill's child tax credit, saying it will affect single people. She said single people will "fund happy families with children who fill their days with joy." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ann Coulter: Republican tax plan forces single people with ’empty lives’ to ‘fund happy families’

Naomi Lim · December 15, 2017 10:22 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas., said the tax reform bill made public at a 5:30 p.m. event on Friday. "We have delivered for the American people," Brady said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Tax bill moving on to final passage

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2017 5:30 pm

Win or Lose, Democrats Are Performing Better Than Expected

Chris Deaton · December 15, 2017 4:55 pm

Don’t Let the Parties Off the Hook

Jay Cost · December 15, 2017 9:00 am

Good News, for Now

The Editors · December 15, 2017 9:00 am

Republicans have done well to get this far with tax reform. Now, they must take the last few steps to the finish line. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jingle all the way to the tax-cut finish line

Washington Examiner · December 15, 2017 5:01 am

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to reporters. He, along with other Senate Republican leaders, are trying to get more of their senators to vote for the tax reform bill. Cornyn said he expected to pass the final bill Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Winning over a few senators is all Republicans need to do to pass tax reform in a week

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2017 12:15 am

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, center, looks at election returns with staff during an election-night watch party at the RSA activity center, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

After the Alabama Senate race, conservatives must ditch their anger

Quin Hillyer · December 14, 2017 9:10 pm

Flake recently irked fellow party members when he announced he had donated $100 to Democrat Doug Jones in opposition to Republican Roy Moore. (@JeffFlake/Twitter)

Jeff Flake jokes a herd of elephants stampeding toward him years ago should have prepared him for his political fate

Anna Giaritelli · December 14, 2017 7:28 pm