Tag: Ted Cruz

Beltway Confidential

Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

Freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has become a favorite of the media for his vocal defense of President Trump in the Russia investigation. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg)

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Matt Gaetz: The boy politician making the most of his Trump moment

Philip Wegmann · February 9, 2018 10:59 pm

House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, need political cover from President Trump, an immigration hawk beloved by the GOP base, if they're to risk crossing their most committed voters and supporting legislation that could provide amnesty to around 2 million people. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paul Ryan, cornered on immigration, defers to Trump

David M. Drucker · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

On Thursday, leaders from the House and Senate were on track to reaching a spending deal that would fund the government continuously for two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress on track for Thursday vote to avoid government shutdown, lay groundwork for budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2018 6:36 pm

Republican leaders said Wednesday they support the deal as a way to ensure more defense spending, and note it would also create a bipartisan committee that will try to recommend new budgeting reforms. (iStock photo)

Conservatives accuse GOP of ditching fiscal restraint with new spending deal

Pete Kasperowicz · February 8, 2018 12:54 pm

Mac Thornberry on budget deal: ‘If you vote ‘no,’ you are voting against fixing the military’

Travis J. Tritten · February 7, 2018 10:40 pm

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said Leandro Rizzuto, Jr., President Trump's nominee as ambassador to Barbados, "should feel free to put on his tinfoil hat and visit our office with evidence for his salacious conspiracy theories and cuckoo allegations." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ben Sasse thinks Trump’s nominee for Barbados ambassador has a ‘tinfoil hat’ and Senate ‘needs to know his views on the moon landing’

Anna Giaritelli · February 6, 2018 6:31 pm

The administration has canceled or delayed more than 1,500 regulatory actions planned under former President Barack Obama. About $570 million a year in costs, which comes out to $8.1 billion over a lifetime, has been eliminated as a result, the White House says. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski)

Trump cuts business free

James Langford · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Vice President Mike Pence will be a key fundraising and bankrolling figure as the Republican Party approaches what looks to be brutal midterm elections this year. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mike Pence prioritizes Trump loyalists, swing districts in 2018 fundraising

David M. Drucker · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Shock Poll: Could Democrats Flip Texas?

David Byler · January 31, 2018 10:40 pm

The Republican National Committee called on the Democrats to return donations from Harvey Weinstein after a report unveiled decades of sexual misconduct. But now that Steve Wynn has stepped down from his role as RNC finance chair in the face of similar allegations, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said: "[Wynn] should be allowed due process, and if he is found guilty of any wrongdoing, we will absolutely return 100 percent of that money." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Both parties are assuming the worst of each other, and it’s a big problem

Emily Jashinsky · January 31, 2018 9:04 pm

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump did not say he had any intention of eliminating any other part of Obamacare, after the law's individual mandate was repealed last year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican lawmakers take Trump’s Obamacare repeal snub in stride

Robert King · January 31, 2018 5:01 am