Tag: Republican Party

According to one Republican, who requested anonymity, Mnuchin told the GOP, "I'm running the government like a piggy bank." (AP)

Conservatives irritated with Steven Mnuchin after tense meeting on the debt ceiling

Susan Ferrechio · September 8, 2017 3:27 pm

President Trump criticized congressional Republicans for failing to rescind Obamacare even though the GOP controls the Senate. "Republicans, sorry, but I've been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn't happen!" Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Republicans need to get to work on tax reform ‘ASAP’

Anna Giaritelli · September 8, 2017 1:04 pm

"And believe me, as a Republican, so am I. As a citizen, I am too." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney: Trump ‘probably is’ annoyed with congressional Republicans

Naomi Lim · September 7, 2017 11:49 pm

The blonde American idol knows how to build a devoted audience, how to fill the biggest stadiums, and how to completely disrupt an entire industry. But to really understand that golden-haired phenom, to actually grasp the essence of Donald Trump, one needs to consider Taylor Swift. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Bad Blood: Donald Trump is now the Taylor Swift president

Philip Wegmann · September 7, 2017 11:21 pm

The Capitol is seen at as Congress returns from the August recess to face work on immigration, the debt limit, funding the government, and help for victims of Hurricane Harvey, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Let’s agree to agree: Here are ‘no-brainer’ bills that can bridge the divide in Congress

Nan Swift · September 7, 2017 7:59 pm

Reconciling their differences seems impossible. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

When have Paul Ryan and the Freedom Caucus not been bickering?

Philip Wegmann · September 7, 2017 5:52 pm

Republicans sought a longer extension, but groups like the RSC demand spending cuts in return for more federal borrowing authority, and the GOP has been split for years over what level, and what kind of cuts to put forward. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican Study Committee comes out against debt deal struck by Trump, Democrats

Al Weaver · September 7, 2017 4:15 pm

Members of Congress don't like to be embarrassed, but that's exactly what Trump has accomplished. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s debt deal kicks the can — and Republicans — down the road

Tom Rogan · September 6, 2017 6:46 pm

McConnell said he supported the deal just moments after Democrats claimed they reached a deal with President Trump to delay fights over the debt ceiling and spending until December 15, over objections from several congressional Republicans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mitch McConnell: Trump and Democrats agreed to spending, debt deal

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2017 6:23 pm

"The meeting careened off topic. Republican leaders were visibly annoyed by Ivanka's presence," a Democratic aide said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican leaders ‘visibly annoyed’ after Ivanka Trump enters Oval Office during debt ceiling talks

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2017 6:02 pm

The Republican Party has seen its support from Hispanic and other nonwhite voters diminish precipitously since the 2004 presidential election. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Republicans worry about eroding Hispanic support after Trump’s DACA rollback

David M. Drucker · September 6, 2017 4:01 am

By keeping the terms of DACA in place as policy for the next six months, the Trump administration has deliberately set the stage for a legislative deal that can finally give DACA recipients the certainty about their situation and their future that they deserve. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP)

Will Democrats deal on DACA? Dream on

Washington Examiner · September 5, 2017 11:02 pm