Tag: Ted Cruz

On Obamacare, 217 Republicans voted for partial repeal, while just 20 — a little under ten percent of the House GOP conference — voted against it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Spending bill, not Obamacare, reveals deep GOP division

Byron York · May 5, 2017 10:59 am

They don't have anywhere near the votes the Democrats had to pass the healthcare law in the first place. But their House majority is big enough. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

How many Republicans does it take to repeal Obamacare?

W. James Antle III · May 4, 2017 4:01 am

Indiana predicted Trump victory in the presidential election, winning Rust Belt states that hadn't gone Republican since the 1980s. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Trump’s takeover of the GOP, one year later

W. James Antle III · May 3, 2017 4:01 am

Phan-Gillis was arrested in 2015 on charges of having spied for the United States in 1996. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

National Security

Trump’s 100th day: China returns US citizen

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2017 3:50 pm

Republican lawmakers have repeatedly introduced legislation to break up the 9th Circuit, which they view as having a liberal tilt. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. Ted Cruz: Breaking up 9th Circuit ‘certainly a possibility’

Daniel Chaitin · April 27, 2017 4:45 pm

"Chuck Schumer's left wing, radical base is demanding that they oppose everything so I think Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want a shutdown," Cruz said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Ted Cruz: Senate Democrats want a shutdown to appease their base

Kyle Feldscher · April 26, 2017 2:16 pm

Cruz's bill, if implemented as conceived, would provide the $14 billion subject to confiscation from El Chapo as well as money taken from drug lords arrested in future cases. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Ted Cruz: Take El Chapo’s $14 billion to pay for the wall

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2017 8:19 pm

"You better believe the American people could elect President Elizabeth Warren," Cruz said. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz thinks Elizabeth Warren could beat Trump in 2020. Here’s why

Philip Wegmann · April 19, 2017 3:54 pm

Sheldon Adelson donated to Ted Cruz following GOP convention debacle

Daniel Chaitin · April 14, 2017 12:42 am

Estes won the special election race to replace former Rep. Mike Pompeo, who took over as CIA director. (April 11, 2017)

Republicans hold Kansas House seat with late Trump support

Al Weaver · April 12, 2017 2:49 am

GOP Leaders Urge Trump to Work With Congress on Syria

Jenna Lifhits · April 7, 2017 4:10 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, declined to say Thursday whether he would support the elimination of the legislative filibuster. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ted Cruz won’t rule out ending the legislative filibuster

Al Weaver · April 6, 2017 6:11 pm