Tag: Democratic Party

Demonstrators urging the Democratic Party to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act program. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats think ‘chain migration’ is a racist term — but they said it themselves in October

Angela Morabito · February 1, 2018 10:03 pm

In this photo from Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., listen as President Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

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Here are all the times Democrats sat during Trump’s State of the Union address

Siraj Hashmi · February 1, 2018 7:50 pm

The House is expected to take up the measure that would fund the government through March 22 early next week. Lawmakers from both moderate and conservative factions said they anticipate the bill will pass despite increasing resistance to the short-term funding pattern, which has been particularly harmful to the military. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP sets up vote next week to fund the government through March 22

Susan Ferrechio · February 1, 2018 7:21 pm

"I am deeply troubled by allegations that the Department of Labor may have withheld estimates that workers would lose billions in tips each year under the department's proposed rule. If true, this would not only reflect a departure from the normal process, but raise serious questions about the integrity of the department's rulemaking process," Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats call on Labor Department to drop change to tip rule

Sean Higgins · February 1, 2018 6:21 pm

"They sat there stone cold, no smile, no applause," President Trump said. "You would have thought that on that one [low minority unemployment] they would have sort of at least clapped a little bit." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Trump calls out Democrats who ‘sat there stone cold, no smile’ during State of the Union

Steven Nelson · February 1, 2018 6:16 pm

A woman carries a sign reading "Resist" during a Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Casper, Wyo. (Josh Galemore/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The math says Democrats can’t #Resist their way to a majority

Philip Wegmann · February 1, 2018 5:08 pm

With topics such as the DACA program and infrastructure now under consideration, the Democratic Party's calculated decision to align with the Resistance only makes it easier for Republicans to cast them as obstructionists in competitive midterm races. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump turns #Resist around on Democrats

Emily Jashinsky · February 1, 2018 4:55 pm

The GOP Is Gaining in the Generic Congressional Ballot. Does That Mean Anything?

David Byler · February 1, 2018 4:40 pm

Republicans are set to released the classified memo written by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., as early as Thursday, over the objections of Democrats who say releasing it would be damaging. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

House Democrat: Nunes memo will erode America’s confidence in the FBI

Pete Kasperowicz · February 1, 2018 12:30 pm

President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Michael Barone: Toward a Trump Republicanism

Michael Barone · February 1, 2018 5:01 am

More than 70 percent of Americans who watched President Trump's State of the Union speech Tuesday said they favored the basic immigration proposals that he laid out. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Trump’s immigration deal is, well, the real deal

Washington Examiner · February 1, 2018 5:01 am

After Vice President Mike Pence attacked Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., (pictured above) on Twitter for voting against several Republican policies, Manchin disagreed with Pence's assessment, defending his willingness to be bipartisan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Manchin ‘shocked’ and ‘disappointed’ by Mike Pence’s attacks

Daniel Chaitin · February 1, 2018 12:24 am