Tag: Democratic Party

"Neither Republicans or Democrats can claim they are fiscally responsible anymore." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Howard Dean: Democrats of my generation should ‘get the hell out of politics’

Naomi Lim · December 29, 2017 3:32 am

"'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

In light of Doug Jones' rise to the U.S. Senate, Democrats should open their primaries to independents. But if they don't take the lessons of Alabama's special election seriously, they may not necessarily have the upper hand in 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democrats are making a mistake in failing to open their primaries to independents

adam-morfeld · December 28, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. John Cornyn said passing a third 2018 stopgap bill, or continuing resolution, may be all the two parties can agree on by the end of next week because of the significant and numerous disagreements. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

A comprehensive bipartisan solution to healthcare reform is probably impossible

Emily Jashinsky · December 27, 2017 12:09 am

Many Democrats in Congress supported a spending bill in order to avoid a government shutdown, planning to take up the task of negotiating DACA protections only weeks later in January. The delay was enough to rankle hardline liberal immigration activists. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Beltway Confidential

How Democrats could ruin their own chances of protecting Dreamers

Emily Jashinsky · December 26, 2017 7:42 pm

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Trump believes Republicans and Democracts will come together to develop a new healthcare plan, after the GOP tax bill repealed the Obamacare individual mandate.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

President Trump's approval rating continues to hover far below 50 percent and has dipped as low as 32 percent during his first year, a historic low for a first-year president. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump: The media never talks about ‘how Big and Strong our base is’

Kyle Feldscher · December 24, 2017 2:34 pm

Roughly an hour after it was reported that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe would retire in early 2018, President Trump tweeted about how McCabe's wife ran for a Virginia senate seat in 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump slams FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for donations to wife’s campaign

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2017 8:57 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

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer ssaid, "If President Obama called me today and said 'hey come mow my lawn,' I'd do it because I think that there's something that we all should come together as Americans and want to support our leaders, our elected officials, Republican [or] Democrat." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sean Spicer: If Obama asked me to mow his lawn, I’d do it

Caitlin Yilek · December 22, 2017 1:04 pm

Republicans rounded up enough support to pass the bill despite abandoning a plan to include full fiscal 2018 defense spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes short-term spending bill to avoid shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · December 21, 2017 9:56 pm

"The only major thing they can point to is the tax bill and even on that bill the public doesn't like it," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. "I believe it will be an anchor around the ankles of every Republican who voted for it." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer to GOP: Expect a ‘reckoning next November’

Laura Barrón-López · December 21, 2017 6:57 pm