Tag: Republicans

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is a moderate conservative whose crucial "no" vote helped killed her party's Obamacare repeal effort over the summer.

Lisa Murkowski supports repeal of Obamacare individual mandate, mum on tax plan

Naomi Lim · November 22, 2017 3:37 am

The House Intelligence Committee is one of three congressional bodies investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. According to the committee, three journalists were paid by the authors of the "Trump dossier" and are known to have reported on "Russia issues relevant to [the committee's] investigation." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fusion GPS paid journalists, court papers confirm

Todd Shepherd · November 22, 2017 1:39 am

The allegations were enough to convince Ivanka Trump, who told the Associated Press "there's a special place in hell for people who prey on children." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Trump defends Roy Moore, turns back on Ivanka Trump, Jeff Sessions, and Sean Hannity

Philip Wegmann · November 21, 2017 9:06 pm

McConnell called for Moore to step down as the Republican candidate in the Alabama special election for a vacant U.S. Senate seat following the allegations from multiple women that Moore pursued sexual relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. (AP)

Roy Moore calls for Mitch McConnell to resign: He didn’t learn his lesson when Alabama rejected his candidate

Mandy Mayfield · November 21, 2017 6:00 pm

A House lawmaker hopes House Speaker Paul Ryan will schedule a vote on a sexual harassment bill next week. The Member and Employee Training and Oversight on Congress Act, or the Me Too Congress Act, serves as a way to update the legislative body's protocols for dealing with harassment allegations. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Debbie Dingell calls on Paul Ryan to vote on sexual harassment bill next week

Anna Giaritelli · November 21, 2017 1:22 pm

"With the Democrats giving us no votes for tax cuts for purely political reasons -- obstructionists -- it will be up to the Republicans to come through for America. I think they will. I hope they will," Trump said before a Cabinet meeting at the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump vows to play a role in House-Senate tax negotiations

Sarah Bedford · November 20, 2017 5:19 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is expressing more doubts about a new policy allowing trophies of African elephants shot for sport to be imported. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump tells Republican senators to not ‘disappoint the American public’ on tax reform

Kyle Feldscher · November 20, 2017 2:32 am

U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to aerospace workers about the current congressional tax reform proposal in Mesa, Ariz., Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. The Republican told aerospace company workers that corporate tax cuts are needed to restore America's global competitiveness. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

Trump: Jeff Flake meant to get caught on hot mic ‘saying bad things about your favorite president’

Kelly Cohen · November 20, 2017 12:11 am

"We worked over the summer, we failed, I wish that wasn't the case but we have a tax bill now that will repeal the most hated and unpopular the individual mandate, which is no more than a tax on working families and poor Americans." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Tom Cotton defends using tax reform to repeal individual mandate

Kyle Feldscher · November 19, 2017 4:57 pm

"I haven't reached that conclusion yet because I think there are going to be further changes," Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Susan Collins is still not sure about GOP tax bill

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 3:37 pm

"I don't think that provision should be in the bill," Collins said. "I think the Senate should follow the lead of the House and strike it." (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Susan Collins wants repeal of Obamacare mandate out of Senate tax reform bill

Kyle Feldscher · November 19, 2017 2:40 pm

Many House Republicans, including Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, have been reluctant to embrace the repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate in the Senate tax reform plan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obamacare emerges as wildcard in tax debate

Susan Ferrechio · November 19, 2017 5:01 am