Tag: Democrats

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., wrote: "No one threatens my guest. You'll have to go through me and break my bones first. #ProtectDREAMers." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gerry Connolly responds to Paul Gosar calling for illegal immigrants to be arrested and deported at State of the Union

Katie Leach · January 30, 2018 9:08 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, center, old House Democrats on Tuesday not to disrupt President Trump's "slobbering self" during his State of the Union speech. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi tells Democrats to behave during ‘slobbering’ Trump State of the Union: Report

Caitlin Yilek · January 30, 2018 6:40 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., center, told reporters Tuesday that even though government funding will expire after Feb. 8 — right in the middle of the Democratic retreat — they will still leave the Capitol and head to the shore for their annual gathering. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats still plan on attending annual retreat despite next week’s funding battle

Al Weaver · January 30, 2018 5:48 pm

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, under the chairmanship of Devin Nunes, R-Calif., have voted to make public a memo they say details surveillance abuses of the Obama administration. Democrats on the committee and elsewhere were against the move. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Memo war: GOP to release memo aimed at Justice Department, while Dems push memo aimed at GOP

Byron York · January 30, 2018 5:52 am

Sen. Joe Manchin said he told Sen. Chuck Schumer during the shutdown he thinks the Senate "sucks." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Manchin: Chuck Schumer didn’t have ‘the stomach’ to continue government shutdown

Kyle Feldscher · January 28, 2018 4:27 pm

Rep. Trey Gowdy said he wants Trump to talk to Robert Mueller because he can give information on important events like few other people in the investigation can. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Trey Gowdy: It may not be in Trump’s best interest to talk to Robert Mueller because Democrats won’t be a ‘fair jury’

Kyle Feldscher · January 28, 2018 3:17 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., are touting competing House Intelligence memos: the Democratic memo said to refute surveillance abuses outlined in the Republican one. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dueling House Intelligence memos could be released as early as next week

Kelly Cohen · January 27, 2018 5:01 am

Endangered Species

John McCormack · January 26, 2018 9:22 am

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, (pictured above) announced that he would invite Stephen Willeford, a man who confronted the Sutherland Springs shooter in Texas, to watch the State of the Union address on Tuesday. The congressman's office said he will also pay for travel accommodations for Willeford and his wife. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Texas Democrat invites man who confronted Sutherland Springs shooter to State of the Union

Melissa Quinn · January 25, 2018 8:55 pm

It Won’t Be Easy for the Democrats to Take the Senate in 2018

David Byler · January 25, 2018 4:40 pm

The talks have not gone well for the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican officials negotiating the NAFTA free trade deal. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Democrats slam Mexico on labor rights, urge tough NAFTA stance

Sean Higgins · January 25, 2018 12:24 am

In a statement, Rep. Adam Schiff said Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are seeking to "selectively and misleadingly characterize classified information" in an effort to "protect" President Trump. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

House Intel Democrats preparing own memo to counter GOP’s ‘misleading’ FISA memo on Trump

Kelly Cohen · January 24, 2018 8:49 pm