Tag: Republicans

President Trump tweeted Monday, "There will be NO change to your 401(k). This has always been a great and popular middle class tax break that works, and it stays!" The tweet was aimed at cutting off the Republican debate over lowering the limits on pre-tax contributions to 401(k)s. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump jumps ahead GOP tax reform effort with 401(k) tweet

Joseph Lawler · October 24, 2017 12:58 am

The cards you are dealt do not matter, only the way you play your hand. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives would love to say good things about Mitch McConnell — but not until he delivers

Adam Brandon · October 23, 2017 11:01 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., posted a tweet Monday slamming Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who said Sunday that he was not aware of the scope of U.S. military presence in Niger. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Rand Paul: US in so many wars ‘warmonger’ Lindsey Graham ‘can’t keep track anymore’

Kara Zupkus · October 23, 2017 8:29 pm

Both the House and Senate next week will focus primarily on tax reform, which they hope to complete by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans push tax reform, Iran sanctions, and disaster aid

Susan Ferrechio · October 21, 2017 1:00 pm

Attempting to dump senators who provide reliable votes for the Trump agenda seems like a counterproductive strategy. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

Someone tell Steve Bannon that Trump needs more Republican senators, not different ones

Ford O'Connell · October 20, 2017 5:01 pm

Democratic donor Tom Steyer has said he's launching the campaign to "demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment" and says a GOP-led Congress previously impeached a president "for far less." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Democratic donor Tom Steyer launches campaign calling for Trump’s impeachment

Melissa Quinn · October 20, 2017 4:52 pm

President Trump is headed to Las Vegas this month to raise money from wealthy donors for his 2020 re-election bid. According to a copy of the invitation, individuals can purchase tickets for $35,000. Couples are invited to join the "host committee" for the event for $100,000. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Budget passage allows for ‘large scale tax cuts’

Anna Giaritelli · October 20, 2017 11:09 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are split on more than just conservative Thomas Farr's nomination to fill the judicial vacancy in North Carolina's Eastern District. Farr's nomination has become wrapped up in the battle over the Judiciary Committee's "blue slip" practice. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judiciary Committee advances nominee for judgeship vacant since 2005

Ryan Lovelace · October 19, 2017 6:03 pm

President Trump may have endorsed the idea of short-term compromise, but he still backs the concept of the healthcare reform package that failed narrowly this summer. That bill would have given states Medicaid funding in the form of block grants. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Republicans ‘within one vote’ of repealing Obamacare

Sarah Bedford · October 19, 2017 5:46 pm

President Trump plans to meet with Senate Republicans next week. Trump has been pushing Republicans to pass tax reform legislation, which will start with a vote on the fiscal year 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump to visit Senate Republicans next week

Susan Ferrechio · October 19, 2017 5:42 pm

Democrat Doug Jones is running against Republican former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat. In a new 30-second TV spot, Jones describes himself as a "right-to-lifer" only after a baby has been born. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Steve Bannon-backed PAC rips Alabama Dem for ‘extreme’ abortion views in first TV ad

Gabby Morrongiello · October 19, 2017 5:34 pm

Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, was passed over for House Ways and Means chairman when House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., moved up. Tiberi briefly considered a 2018 Senate bid, but concluded that winning the nomination might be too difficult. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Republican Rep. Pat Tiberi to resign in January

David M. Drucker · October 19, 2017 3:04 pm