Tag: Bipartisanship

President Trump met with officials from the National Rifle Association Thursday night. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

NRA after ‘great’ meeting: Trump supports ‘strong’ due process, doesn’t want gun control

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 3:43 am

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., sent a letter to the House on Thursday asking for a "full retroactive" repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate. Meadows is concerned that Americans may not realize that they still face penalties if they don't have health insurance in 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Mark Meadows wants ‘retroactive’ repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate this tax season

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 12:49 am

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers setting out to rework the congressional budgeting process, a system he says "was never built to work." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

David Perdue: Time to punish lawmakers if they can’t do their jobs

Pete Kasperowicz · March 1, 2018 5:01 am

Republicans Gobsmacked by Trump's Gun Control Comments

Haley Byrd · March 1, 2018 2:22 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, lamented on Twitter Wednesday that too many of his fellow lawmakers are looking to President Trump to determine what legislation they enact. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Cornyn: I am concerned Congress ‘is unwilling to lead’ gun control debate

Naomi Lim · March 1, 2018 12:05 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department's inspector general will investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a move condemned by President Trump on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

13 Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · February 28, 2018 11:13 pm

President Trump met with lawmakers from both sides in the White House as part of his ongoing effort to get a bill through the House and Senate, and was told from both sides that his participation is critical. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmakers ask Trump to lead on guns: ‘It’s going to have to be you’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 28, 2018 9:13 pm

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in his letter to congressional leadership that the Treasury told him last week it wanted to cut the aid fund from $4.9 billion to $2.065 billion and impose special terms and conditions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Puerto Rico cries foul after Treasury delays, decreases hurricane disaster loan

Katelyn Caralle · February 28, 2018 2:31 pm

Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have made it clear they want more than the Fix NICS bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Partisan showdown on gun control stalls Senate background check bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 10:30 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump isn't the first commander in chief to propose privatizing federally owned utility companies, but the American Public Power Association hope he will be the last. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Utility industry descends on Washington with an ax to grind

John Siciliano · February 26, 2018 5:01 am

"Winners create losers and with everybody trying to just win and be right, we stop listening to each other," Glenn Beck said.

Glenn Beck: Americans should read Martin Luther King and be less obsessed with winning

Naomi Lim · February 25, 2018 7:45 pm