Tag: Democrats

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, speaks with reporters after his meeting with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Grover Norquist: For 8 years, the GOP held the line against earmarks. Now corrupt Democrats might bring them back

Grover Norquist · November 14, 2018 6:02 pm

Tim Ryan, other Democratic defectors predict Pelosi’s downfall after first caucus meeting

Tim Ryan, other Democratic defectors predict Pelosi’s downfall after first caucus meeting

Laura Barrón-López · November 14, 2018 5:04 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to supporters gathered at The Champions of Liberty Rally in Hebron, Ky., Friday, Aug 11, 2017. Rep. Jordan was joined at the fundraising event by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, U.S. Rep Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky.

Jim Jordan: GOP must fight ‘every single minute’ against wave of Democratic investigations

Pete Kasperowicz · November 14, 2018 12:41 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, Josh Harder the Democratic candidate for the California 10th Congressional District, talks with supporters Rebecca, left, and Michelle Tennell, right, in Modesto, Calif. Harder is trying to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Jeff Denham for the 10th Congressional District seat in the November election.

Harder flips another House district blue with 2 California seats still in the air

Katelyn Caralle · November 14, 2018 3:16 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference.

A new speaker for Democrats? Anti-Pelosi faction agitates, but others say leader will stay

Laura Barrón-López · November 14, 2018 12:08 am

"Americans shouldn't be forced to endure another year of this miserable experience," Kevin Brady said about the current tax system.

GOP tax writer hopes to work with Democrats on middle class tax cuts

Colin Wilhelm · November 13, 2018 11:58 pm

Pearl Harbor Survivors Nelson Mitchell, 91, left, and Marvin Rewerts, 89, right, walk past the USS Arizona Memorial after placing a wreath there at the Peal Harbor Remembrance Day ceremonies.

House votes to separate Pearl Harbor, WWII memorials in Hawaii

Pete Kasperowicz · November 13, 2018 9:59 pm

The court ruled law enforcement officers cannot detain prisoners on immigration holds in the state.

Illegal alien charged with triple murder was a ‘dreamer’

Paul Bedard · November 13, 2018 7:09 pm

President Trump and former President Ronald Reagan.

Beltway Confidential

Like Trump, Reagan faced pressure to undo tax cuts — he stayed the course and won

Bruce Thompson · November 13, 2018 5:53 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is photographed while being interviewed in Rockefeller Center, Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in New York. The 28-year-old political newcomer who upset U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democrat primary on Monday says she brings an "urgency" to the fight for working families.

Ocasio-Cortez joins climate activists’ protest near Nancy Pelosi’s office

Maria Biery · November 13, 2018 5:29 pm

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.

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Will Democrats bring back the corrupt and secretive earmarks?

Sarah Anderson · November 13, 2018 1:30 pm

The road block to fixing transit: How to pay for it

Diana Stancy Correll · November 13, 2018 5:00 am