Tag: Ted Cruz

The senators meeting with President Trump, from states with high numbers of refinery workers, are being led by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Group of 11 Republicans to confront Trump over increasing costs for refiners

John Siciliano · December 7, 2017 1:00 pm

Some refiners say leaving the Iowa Republican out of the meeting limits what can be achieved at the gathering. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s ethanol talks with Ted Cruz could miss out without Chuck Grassley

John Siciliano · December 7, 2017 12:38 am

Senate Republicans successfully passed tax reform legislation late Friday night. It now heads to a likely conference with the House, which has scheduled to vote at 6:30 p.m. Monday to appoint conferees. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Tax reform bill passes: Senate Republicans get win in early Saturday vote

Joseph Lawler, Susan Ferrechio · December 2, 2017 6:51 am

"The consensus was that we shouldn't be raising taxes, and the Republican conference coalesced behind that position," Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How Republicans learned to stop worrying about the deficit and love the tax bill

Joseph Lawler · December 1, 2017 9:35 pm

Afternoon Links: The Kate Steinle Verdict, Disney Goes to War, and Why the Kids Hate Jersey

Jim Swift · December 1, 2017 9:12 pm

Both Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., talk a big game about principles, and both fold at the first sign of a threat to their standing with their respective bases. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz and Kirsten Gillibrand are two peas in a pod

Becket Adams · December 1, 2017 4:07 pm

Watching Ted Cruz Spin on Roy Moore and Al Franken Will Make You Dizzy

Ethan Epstein · December 1, 2017 2:16 pm

Illegal immigrant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate's sentencing -- he was found not guilty of murder -- sparked reactions on both sides of the aisle, as well as from President Trump, who took to Twitter Thursday. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Trump condemns ‘disgraceful verdict’ in Kate Steinle murder case

Daniel Chaitin · December 1, 2017 4:06 am

"Anything you've heard, you can take off the table, because it's evolving," said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., (pictured right) the main proponent of a potential debt trigger. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Debt trigger provision still ‘evolving’ as Republicans sends tax bill to Senate floor

Joseph Lawler · November 30, 2017 12:08 am

"Bernie ran for president, he rolled out a tax plan. His tax plan was a massive tax increase," said Sen. Ted Cruz. (Screen shot)

Ted Cruz to Bernie Sanders: There aren’t enough ‘millionaires and billionaires’ to ‘pay for all the socialism’

Daniel Chaitin · November 29, 2017 11:00 am

The letter to the Air Force secretary is also signed by Sen. Marco Rubio and others, requests a reversal of Leland Bohannon's punishment as well as additional training on religious rights for Air Force leadership. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

GOP senators defend military officer disciplined for refusing to sign same-sex certificate

Diana Stancy Correll · November 27, 2017 10:49 pm

The top Facebook pages on Capitol Hill belong to no one party or position. (iStock)

The 9 most and least popular Capitol Hill politicians on Facebook

Caitlin Yilek · November 23, 2017 5:01 am