Tag: Ted Cruz

Don Willett and Jim Ho are tremendously experienced and qualified lawyers and public servants whose intellect and legal skills are matched only by their integrity and commitment to the rule of law. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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On judicial nominees, Trump just keeps on #winning

Ilya Shapiro · September 28, 2017 7:32 pm

It should be axiomatic among Republicans that Obamacare must be repealed and replaced during the current Congress. The last opportunity to do so appears to be the Graham-Cassidy bill. That being so, it must pass, and it must be improved before it passes. Specifically, the bill's experiments in actual health insurance markets, need to be made more robust. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare overhaul sponsors aim to move forward

Robert King · September 26, 2017 9:36 pm

The Louisiana Republican said that Texas, home state of Sen. Ted Cruz, who wants changes to the legislation's waivers to win his support, would receive a lot of money under the bill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sponsor Bill Cassidy opposes more changes to waivers in Obamacare bill

Robert King · September 25, 2017 10:41 pm

A handful of Republicans, including Cruz, are undecided on the Graham-Cassidy bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ted Cruz wants more Obamacare waiver power in Graham-Cassidy bill

Susan Ferrechio · September 25, 2017 8:13 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders listens to a question during the daily press briefing, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House reduces expectations on Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill

Gabby Morrongiello · September 25, 2017 7:16 pm

The way the Affordable Care Act was written and the actions taken by Obama set the stage for the next administration to more easily unravel his work.

How Obama knee-capped his own health reform

Kimberly Leonard · September 25, 2017 4:02 am

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his return to the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Weekend wrap: Trump tweets about football as GOP’s Obamacare overhaul hangs on by a thread

Kyle Feldscher · September 25, 2017 2:35 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said that the bill does not do enough to lower the costs of health insurance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ted Cruz not won over on Obamacare overhaul

Kimberly Leonard · September 24, 2017 3:38 pm

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (pictured) staked out the position that full expensing should be part of the tax package. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady also have long advocated it, on the idea that it would spur business investment, the key to economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Battle lines drawn over $2.2 trillion corporate tax break

Joseph Lawler · September 22, 2017 4:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan and a bipartisan group of House lawmakers will go to Florida and Texas this week to see the damage caused by two hurricanes and to help determine the additional federal money that will be needed for the recovery. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Paul Ryan to visit Florida and Texas to survey hurricane damage

Susan Ferrechio · September 20, 2017 12:13 am

Four Republican senators introduced legislation to allow churches to receive disaster relief money from FEMA. The legislation was written in response to the devastating Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, where houses of worship are playing significant roles providing help to hard-hit communities. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

New bill would let churches access FEMA money

Susan Ferrechio · September 19, 2017 2:13 pm

Sean Spicer speaks at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

The 7 most political moments at the 2017 Emmys

Kyle Feldscher · September 18, 2017 3:10 am