Tag: Republicans

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., fended off his primary opponent, Brian Ellis, by 14 percentage points Tuesday night. Everything was going swimmingly -- until the incumbent made his victory speech. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

Justin Amash’s unconventional victory speech

Ashe Schow · August 6, 2014 3:10 pm

Washington Secrets

John Boehner strikes back: House sent 350 bills to do-nothing Senate

Paul Bedard · August 4, 2014 7:30 pm

A U.S. Border Patrol agent patrols the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Friendship Park on November 17, 2013 in San Diego, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The border bill House Republicans should have passed

Hugh Hewitt · August 3, 2014 9:00 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators' state Capitol day event in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Dan Pfeiffer: Ted Cruz ‘has the power’ in the House

Brian Hughes · August 3, 2014 3:41 pm

Central American immigrants answer questions from a U.S. Border Patrol agent after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States on July 24, 2014 near Mission, Texas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Republicans in Congress should move to block President Obama’s executive amnesty

Niger Innis · August 3, 2014 2:27 pm

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., left, and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., make their presentations ready on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, as the House Rules Committee met to take the procedural steps to bring a new legislative package to the floor to deal with the influx of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House tumult shows immigration still flummoxes GOP

Charles Babington · August 3, 2014 12:40 pm

The House on Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing President Obamaâs use of executive authority to slow deportations of young people who arrived here as children.

House votes to end Obama’s deferred deportation program

Susan Ferrechio · August 2, 2014 2:42 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and incoming Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, following a Republican strategy session. Boehner discussed various topics including that he dismisses suggestions that Republicans are planning to impeach President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican House passes border bill with few defections

Susan Ferrechio · August 2, 2014 12:50 am

VIDEO: Obama blasts House GOP over border bill

Ed Sykes · August 1, 2014 8:12 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La.

‘A new dawn’ for House leadership, GOP lawmakers say

Sean Lengell · August 1, 2014 6:43 pm

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., said Friday after a conference meeting that unless a few specific demands are met, he won't vote for the measure. And he added that about two dozen other conservative House members in an immigration working group with him share his worries. (AP/Matt York)

Kumbaya over border bill? Not so fast, says Arizona’s Paul Gosar

Betsy Woodruff · August 1, 2014 4:30 pm

Anti-immigration reform activists plan to target lawmakers hosting town halls during the August recess.

Ready to rumble: Activists to raid congressional town hall meetings to fight immigration

Paul Bedard · August 1, 2014 4:01 pm