Tag: Republican Party

"The fact that the Senate does not have the courage to do some of the things that every Republican in the Senate promised to do is absolutely repugnant to me," Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Blake Farenthold blames ‘some female senators from the Northeast’ for failed efforts to repeal Obamacare

Melissa Quinn · July 24, 2017 6:51 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined by congressional Democrats unveil the Democratic Party's new agenda called "Better Deal." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

GOP mocks Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ campaign: ‘That sounds familiar’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 24, 2017 5:37 pm

In 2018 and 2020 Trump's focus should not be on electing Republicans to Congress. Instead, it should be on electing individuals who share his America First vision. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Time to replace the Republican Party with a pro-Trump party

Joseph Murray · July 24, 2017 4:14 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer recently said, "When you lose to somebody who has 40 percent popularity, you don't blame other things -- [James] Comey, Russia -- you blame yourself ... So what did we do wrong? People didn't know what we stood for, just that we were against Trump. And still believe that." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump: Chuck Schumer was right, Democrats should blame themselves, not Russia

Anna Giaritelli · July 24, 2017 11:38 am

Ricardo Rossello, governor of Puerto Rico, is interviewed at the governor's official residence (La Fortaleza) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 28. Puerto Rico's economy has been contracting for a decade. Last year, almost 65,000 residents left the island, keeping pace with the previous two years, when the exodus reached the worst since at least the 1980s. (Alejandro Granadillo/Bloomberg)

Gov. Ricardo Rossello wants to put Puerto Rico on Congress’ agenda

Anna Giaritelli · July 24, 2017 4:02 am

The reality is, President Trump could finish the year with no grand legislative accomplishments. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: In Trump future: Small ball and the executive action presidency

Byron York · July 24, 2017 2:21 am

"It's very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

Trump: GOP does ‘very little to protect their president’ over Russia

Al Weaver · July 23, 2017 8:23 pm

"These people don't believe in the marketplace like they ought to," Rand Paul said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Rand Paul on board for full repeal of Obamacare but still won’t back Senate GOP bill

Kyle Feldscher · July 23, 2017 2:03 pm

"We are trying too hard to govern for just 35 to 40 percent of the country and it just isn't working," said a Republican strategist who advises mainly centrist candidates. "You can't win with just 35 to 40 percent of the vote." (Illustration by Nate Beeler for the Washington Examiner)

How Washington forgot how to govern

W. James Antle III · July 23, 2017 4:01 am

Democrats have a huge job in front of them. And it is unclear whether Tom Perez, the Clinton-backed candidate who won the DNC chairmanship in a divisive battle with Rep. Keith Ellison earlier this year, is the man to do it. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Why are Republicans trouncing Democrats in fundraising?

Byron York · July 23, 2017 2:18 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, who did not set a timeline for debate on the measure, told a group of reporters in the Capitol Monday that a procedural vote to begin debate on the measure could happen as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Next week: Healthcare, border wall and a fight over war powers

Susan Ferrechio · July 22, 2017 4:01 am

The low fundraising numbers are the latest in a string of poor performance months for the party. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Democrats still struggling to raise money under Trump

Anna Giaritelli · July 21, 2017 3:21 pm