Tag: Bipartisanship

President Trump will meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at Camp David next weekend, where the three will huddle over legislative priorities for the new year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump and GOP leaders face uncertainty over 2018 legislative agenda

Sarah Bedford · January 2, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump met with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer earlier this month to discuss the spending bill. Trump will meet the bipartisan leaders next week as DACA talks begin. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via Bloomberg)

Trump to huddle with congressional leaders next week as DACA talks begin

Gabby Morrongiello · December 29, 2017 6:14 pm

"'Hey, let's get together, let's do bipartisan,'" Trump said, imitating the West Virginia senator. "I say, 'Good, let's go.' Then you don't hear from him again." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump tears into Joe Manchin: ‘He talks. But he doesn’t do anything’

Daniel Chaitin · December 29, 2017 2:03 am

Republican senators have argued that any bill that offers relief to those protected by Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals must also address "negative side effects." President Trump has endorsed their efforts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Under Trump, immigration hawks learn the ‘Art of the Deal’

W. James Antle III · December 27, 2017 5:01 am

President Trump believes Republicans and Democracts will come together to develop a new healthcare plan, after the GOP tax bill repealed the Obamacare individual mandate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: GOP, Democrats will ‘eventually come together and develop’ a new healthcare plan

Mandy Mayfield · December 26, 2017 1:12 pm

On the campaign trail in 2016, President Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that has yet to materialize one year into his presidency. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

White House legislative director: Trump to tackle infrastructure in January

Kelly Cohen · December 24, 2017 4:38 pm

Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration will now move "vigorously" on an infrastructure package and welfare reform. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Mike Pence: Trump administration will move ‘vigorously’ on welfare reform and infrastructure

Caitlin Yilek · December 22, 2017 1:46 pm

President Trump recently met with the congressional leaders from both parties to negotiate on a long-term budget deal. Trump said on Friday that he wishes to work with Democratic leaders to advance policy issues, starting with infrastructure. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via Bloomberg)

Trump predicts he’ll work with Democrats: ‘Infrastructure would be a perfect place to start’

Diana Stancy Correll · December 22, 2017 1:35 pm

Republican leaders in the House and Senate have needed Democratic support for spending bills in the past. Not this year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP gains leverage over Democrats in January spending battle

Susan Ferrechio · December 22, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump on Wednesday commuted the prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, who was convicted in 2009 on 86 counts of financial fraud. (AP Photo/ Andrea Melendez, Pool)

Immigration hawks protest Trump giving Sholom Rubashkin first prison commutation

Steven Nelson · December 21, 2017 11:56 pm

The White House has given Congress until March to craft legislation to address the fallout from President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta).

White House, bipartisan group of senators ease way for DACA deal in January: Report

Naomi Lim · December 20, 2017 3:25 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the final stimulus plan in 2009. But what was the result of the grand bipartisan moment? Resentment from rank-and-file Democrats. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats had blown up bipartisanship long before they opposed the Republican tax plan

Philip Wegmann · December 18, 2017 5:40 pm