Tag: Bipartisanship

Senators split on how to negotiate bank bill with the House

Joseph Lawler · March 21, 2018 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, talks with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, before the start of an organizational meeting of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC).

Chuck Schumer praises Mitch McConnell over defense of Robert Mueller investigation

Al Weaver · March 20, 2018 7:28 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Michael Bonfigli/Christian Science Monitor

Adam Schiff calls on Republicans and Democrats to come together to protect Robert Mueller

Kyle Feldscher · March 18, 2018 2:44 pm

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Chris McDaniel’s feud with Mississippi governor delaying conservative support for his Senate campaign

Al Weaver · March 18, 2018 4:01 am

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

Beltway Confidential

White House opposes trading 3-year DACA extension for 3 years of border wall money

Sarah Bedford · March 14, 2018 6:33 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

The Congressional Budget Office estimates a new legislative package being shepherded by Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, would add a total of $671 million to federal deficits over the next 10 years. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Budget office: Senate bank regulatory relief bill would raise risk of a bailout

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2018 2:24 am

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing, or STOP, School Violence Act on Monday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Orrin Hatch introduces bill to improve school safety following mass shooting

Diana Stancy Correll · March 6, 2018 1:39 am

The differences between former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and evangelist Billy Graham, both Southern Baptist ministers, reflect the differences in society in the two men's times. (AP Images)

Billy Graham’s America — and Mike Huckabee’s

W. James Antle III · March 4, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2008 photo, former Indiana Rep. Tim Roemer testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Since 2011, Roemer has worked at the global lobbying firm APCO Worldwide, and he is now co-chair of the Reformers Caucus, a group that bills itself as the best hope for good government. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

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The Reformers Caucus: A good government front for DC politicians and corporate lobbyists?

Philip Wegmann · March 2, 2018 12:09 pm