Tag: Democratic Party

"That's what Thomas Jefferson did, that's what Lincoln did, that's what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that," Dershowitz said.

Alan Dershowitz: ‘You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power’

Anna Giaritelli · December 4, 2017 1:14 pm

"I was disappointed to see that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to oppose good ideas simply because they don't like the current occupant of the White House." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Mitch McConnell ‘disappointed’ in Democrats for opposing tax reform

Pete Kasperowicz · December 4, 2017 12:46 pm

Democrats are refuting a crude, straw man argument that says if corporate rates are cut, businesses will have more money, and out of the goodness of their corporate hearts, they'll give it to workers. One only has to state the argument to know it's rubbish. It refutes itself. Of course, businesses don't have to behave that way. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats’ straw man fights tax cuts

Washington Examiner · December 4, 2017 5:01 am

The Democratic narrative is not hard to decipher - Republicans are cutting taxes for their rich cronies at the expense of the poor and middle class. While this narrative is probably good for Rachel Maddow's ratings, the data show that it is not accurate; Census findings from 2016 show that the Democrats are actually the party of the rich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats are now the party of the rich — so why not tax the rich?

Steven Moore · December 3, 2017 5:01 am

In the span of one week, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has gone from ceding his post as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee to defiantly brushing off calls for him to resign by leaders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democratic leaders grapple with standoff over embattled John Conyers

Laura Barrón-López · December 2, 2017 8:22 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., found that one of the handwritten amendments on the tax reform bill was so hard to read, he couldn't even submit it as an exhibit in the Congressional Record. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Democrats rail against illegible, handwritten amendments to Republicans’ tax bill

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2017 12:35 am

Then-CFPB director Richard Cordray argued that the previous system entrapped low-income Americans in a "cycle of taking on new debt to pay back old debt" that could wreak havoc on their finances. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Bipartisan House group moves to kill CFPB payday lending rule

Joel Gehrke · December 1, 2017 10:03 pm

Democrats only need to switch 24 seats on net to wrestle the gavel away from Paul Ryan and banish him from the Speaker's lobby. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Speaker Nancy Pelosi? Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicts control of the House comes down ‘to a coin flip’

Philip Wegmann · December 1, 2017 4:13 pm

Both Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., talk a big game about principles, and both fold at the first sign of a threat to their standing with their respective bases. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz and Kirsten Gillibrand are two peas in a pod

Becket Adams · December 1, 2017 4:07 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been peddling theories that the U.S. is not only meddling with his business allies, but in the 2018 Russian elections and even the upcoming Olympic games. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file)

Kremlin: US trying to turn oligarchs against Putin

Joel Gehrke · November 30, 2017 11:06 pm

Democrats rush to call for John Conyers to resign after Nancy Pelosi opens the floodgates

laura-barronlopez, Melissa Quinn · November 30, 2017 8:29 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., one of Congress' most outspoken members on the scourge of sexual assault, has yet to speak out publicly against the former mayor. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Beltway Confidential

Patty Murray stays silent on Democratic accused sexual abuser Ed Murray, former Seattle mayor

Emily Jashinsky · November 30, 2017 7:23 pm