Tag: Republicans

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she received an "ironclad commitment" from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and President Trump that two bills stabilizing health insurance markets would become law by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Susan Collins hints Trump’s backing could get Obamacare bills through House

Robert King · December 5, 2017 12:17 am

Senate candidate Roy Moore has been abandoned by the party's leaders in Washington, but groups, such as America First Policies, the political nonprofit designated as President Trump's official outside group, are not ruling out the Alabama Republican. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Trump’s Roy Moore endorsement triggers million dollar ad buy from official super PAC

David M. Drucker · December 5, 2017 12:05 am

The group Save My Care is trying to strike at a divide among Republicans that opposed Obamacare repeal back in May but backed tax reform in November. New radio ads are targeting New York Reps. Claudia Tenney and John Katko. (AP Images)

Pro-Obamacare group targets New York lawmakers on tax reform

Robert King · December 4, 2017 9:34 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, foreground, who also sits on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, heads to the Senate floor for votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are scrambling to change a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Grassley: Ending estate tax rewards wealthy who save money instead of wasting it on ‘booze or women or movies’

Caitlin Yilek · December 3, 2017 10:53 pm

In an interview with the Texas Star-Telegram, Terri Barton said she was very taken by Barton when they met in an online chatroom in 2001 but his personality severely changed after they got married. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Barton’s ex-wife calls him a serial cheater after nude photo leak

Eddie Scarry · December 3, 2017 9:05 pm

Hatch advisors recently reached out to Bannon and spoke with the Breitbart News executive chairman about 2018, signaling the senator could be having second thoughts about retiring. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Steve Bannon mulls Orrin Hatch endorsement to block Mitt Romney

David M. Drucker · December 3, 2017 7:49 pm

"Well, it's impossible to do that. You can't craft any bill that would guarantee no one was in a special category that might get a tax increase," McConnell said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: It’s ‘impossible’ to craft a bill that cuts taxes for every single person in the middle class

Kyle Feldscher · December 3, 2017 4:56 pm

"I'm sure they'll bring him back," Mike Rogers said of James Comey's role in the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

National Security

Former House Intelligence Committee chairman: ‘I think Comey will play another role’ in Russia investigation

Caitlin Yilek · December 3, 2017 4:14 pm

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said he's read "every aspect" of the bill before it was fully formed. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Tim Scott: I didn’t read ‘every single letter on every single page’ of the GOP tax bill

Caitlin Yilek · December 3, 2017 4:05 pm

"I don't think the president's said anything to me on the subject that I consider inappropriate, so I have no criticism of the conversations that we may have had about this or other issues," he said. "He hasn't said anything to me that I've thought was inappropriate. And the investigation's going forward in the Senate on a bipartisan basis." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Mitch McConnell: Trump has never said anything ‘inappropriate’ to me about Senate Russia investigation

Eddie Scarry · December 3, 2017 4:01 pm

"Yeah, we'll be able to get to an agreement in the conference," he said. "I'm very optimistic about it. We think this will make a big difference in getting our economy moving again and providing jobs and opportunity for the American people." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mitch McConnell ‘optimistic’ Senate and House will reach deal on tax reform

Eddie Scarry · December 3, 2017 3:51 pm

"There will be a conference committee, members of the House and Senate will get together to look for the best solutions. But we are not that far apart," he said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

John Barrasso: The House and Senate are ‘not that far apart’ on tax reform negotiations

Kyle Feldscher · December 3, 2017 3:25 pm