Tag: Republicans

For many Democrats, voting against the individual mandate, even delaying the mandate, is tantamount to repealing Obamacare altogether. (Thinkstock)

GOP should try again to delay Obamacare’s individual mandate

Byron York · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

In the 48 hours before the House vote on a budget compromise, Boehner twice publicly castigated Tea Party-aligned groups for rejecting the budget compromise before even seeing it, and charged that the groups were profiting from the controversies they help create. (AP Photo)

John Boehner’s attack on conservative groups was mix of simmering frustration and strategic calculation

David M. Drucker · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

The Battle of 2014

Jay Cost · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio answers questions about the Ryan-Murray budget deal as Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., looks on, in Washington on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

John Boehner rips conservatives for prematurely bashing budget deal, but rushes bill to floor

Philip Klein · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11 as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans say votes are there to pass budget compromise

David M. Drucker · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Good Deal

William Kristol · December 11, 2013 3:32 am

Beltway Confidential

Ann Kuster refuses to answer or discuss Benghazi at town hall

Joel Gehrke · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

The Federal Communications Commission might be ready to permit cellphone calls in flight. (AP/Matt Slocum)

House Republican Chairman proposes bill to ban in-flight cellphone calls

Susan Ferrechio · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

A portion of a page of emails that the White House released Wednesday, May 15, 2013, that document how the Obama administration crafted its public talking points immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, is seen at the White House in Washington.ÃÂ Classified hearings Friday with survivors of the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, have further convinced at least some House Republicans that the investigation should continue.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP: Testimony from Benghazi survivors raises more questions about attack

David M. Drucker · December 8, 2013 5:00 am

Many of Obamaâs key second-term priorities, including immigration reform and jobs and infrastructure spending, have failed to progress in the GOP-controlled House. House Republicans have also voted 46 times to defund or block elements of his signature health care reform bill.

Obama: House GOP should be ’embarrassed’ by their record

Meghashyam Mali · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama has abused his oath, by refusing to enforce duly passed laws, by issuing executive decrees for which he has no authority, and by unilaterally changing statutes to suit his political needs of the moment. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Memo to House GOP: Forget ‘impeachment’; defunding and elections are the Constitution’s remedy for presidential abuses

Mark Tapscott · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

John Boehner hires new immigration adviser to help tackle reform issue next year

David M. Drucker · December 3, 2013 5:00 am