Tag: Republican Party

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on the floor that economic growth is the most important piece of tax reform, and that the new tax system must be simple, and fair by lowering everyone taxes. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Ted Cruz: Major Republican priorities not ‘solvable’ without stronger economic growth

Pete Kasperowicz · October 25, 2017 4:43 pm

How Charlie Baker Thrives in Blue Massachusetts

Chris Deaton · October 25, 2017 3:56 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said "Let's be honest, getting Democrats unanimously to fund Obamacare is not a real heavy lift in exchange for pretty minor additional flexibility on what's already part of the law." (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Ron Johnson wants Republicans to focus on a ‘higher hurdle’ than Alexander-Murray

Emily Jashinsky · October 25, 2017 2:54 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Republicans are moving with "urgency" on tax reform bill. He said, "The reason we're trying to do it with this timeline is, we want to get a 3 percent economy." (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

Paul Ryan: GOP moving with ‘urgency’ on tax plan in pursuit of 3 percent growth

Pete Kasperowicz · October 25, 2017 1:38 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said he's "certain" President Trump has lied before, but said "my purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform the government and make it work for the people, rather than the other way around." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mike Lee ‘certain’ Trump has lied, but downplays intra-party fighting

Pete Kasperowicz · October 25, 2017 1:00 pm

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is the embodiment of the worst stereotypes and he will absolutely be tied around the GOP's neck as a giant, cowboy-hatted albatross. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Lee sidle up to the anti-liberty Roy Moore

Becket Adams · October 25, 2017 1:00 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas., suggested that the way to address lawmakers' fears that some their constituents would see tax hikes would be a combination of adjustments to the bill. He said that could include re-calibrating the income levels for the three new tax brackets, dialing up the child tax credit, and adding some kind of break for property taxes. (Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor)

Kevin Brady: GOP will reach deal with blue-state Republicans on state taxes

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2017 12:41 pm

Republican Party is a broken marriage

Washington Examiner · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump began Tuesday clashing with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who described him as an "untruthful president." Hours later, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., abruptly announced he would not seek re-election next year, decrying the "coarseness of our leadership" from the Senate floor. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party meets continued resistance

W. James Antle III · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had on a big smile Tuesday after a reporter asked him, "Can Democrats win Arizona?" Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake earlier in the day said he would not be running for re-election. (screenshot)

Chuck Schumer flashes big smile after learning Jeff Flake won’t seek re-election

Daniel Chaitin · October 24, 2017 11:54 pm

When Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona announced he would not seek re-election, he pinned his decision on a GOP that has become "reckless, outrageous, and undignified." The DNC could have used that to its advantage. It didn't. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Beltway Confidential

The DNC is comically bad at its job

Becket Adams · October 24, 2017 11:14 pm

The base's desire is a base desire, and an inchoate one. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Flake folds to Trump in the face of a debased base

Timothy P. Carney · October 24, 2017 10:58 pm