Tag: Republican Party

This May 7, 2014 file photo shows Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Tea Party foe floats speaker run

Rudy Takala · October 10, 2015 9:29 pm

The Kevin McCarthy shakeup is about much more than a temporary intra-party squabble, and it marks a major change in the party, according to what appears to be theÂ preferred media narrative. (AP Photo)

Press sounds the alarm: Is this the end of the GOP?

Becket Adams · October 9, 2015 5:08 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Down the House speaker dunk tank

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2015 5:00 pm

Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wis. dropped out of the House Freedom Caucus on Thursday.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Freedom Caucus loses another member

Daniel Chaitin · October 9, 2015 1:28 am

The tumult that has brought down John Boehner and derailed Kevin McCarthy is the same tumult that has brought about a government shutdown, threatened to hit the debt limit and jumbled up the presidential field. (AP Photo)

Creative destruction comes to Congress

Timothy P. Carney · October 8, 2015 10:49 pm

Rep. Darrell Issa says Boehner may be asked to postpone retirement while the GOP scrambles for a leader.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Boehner to stick around for a while

Susan Ferrechio · October 8, 2015 5:56 pm

McCarthy says he wasn’t derailed by skeletons in his closet

Pete Kasperowicz · October 8, 2015 5:10 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during an eventÂ in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Sanders: ‘You’d be surprised’ how many Republicans support me

Ryan Lovelace · October 8, 2015 12:08 pm

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks during a news conference in Ankeny, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

MSNBC’s Scarborough: ‘Carson is not qualified to be president of the United States’

Ryan Lovelace · October 8, 2015 11:50 am

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

In speaker fight, conservatives seek rules changes

Susan Ferrechio · October 7, 2015 10:08 pm

Rep. Ross discusses the future for the GOP

Lisa Ruhl · October 7, 2015 4:52 pm

Cracking GOP whip: Back speaker or become outcast, lose jobs

Pete Kasperowicz · October 7, 2015 2:10 pm