Tag: Democrats

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

Democrats maintain a lead over the GOP on the generic ballot, with 47 percent of registered voters saying they'd support Democratic candidates over Republicans if the election were held today. Forty-five percent of voters would support GOP candidates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democratic lead in generic House ballot collapses from 15 percent to just 2 percent: Poll

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 7:37 pm

Rep. Bob Brady made the announcement Wednesday during a meeting with Philadelphia ward leaders at the Democratic City Committee's headquarters. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Democratic Rep. Bob Brady to retire from Congress

Al Weaver · January 31, 2018 5:56 pm

Nancy Pelosi specifically spoke about Trump's efforts to narrow the "nuclear family" to only spouses and children under 21 as he pushes for changes on chain migration — a term Pelosi and Democrats deem "insulting," preferring "family reunification" — as part of a potential deal to give a legislative fix for Dreamers. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Nancy Pelosi: Trump’s State of the Union ‘brings tears to the eyes of the Statue of Liberty’

Al Weaver · January 31, 2018 4:50 pm

Trump Mixes Calls for Unity With Divisive Comments on Immigration

Jenna Lifhits · January 31, 2018 5:52 am

Donald Trump Jr. told Fox News's Sean Hannity Tuesday night that congressional Democrats wanted to, but couldn't, stand to applaud his father during President Trump's State of the Union. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Donald Trump Jr.: Democrats wanted to stand and applaud Trump during State of the Union, but ‘the derangement is real’

Daniel Chaitin · January 31, 2018 4:51 am

"I was hoping to get through my life without having to witness an outwardly, explicitly racist American President. My luck ran out.," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., shortly after walking out on President Trump's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Luis Gutierrez walks out of Trump’s State of the Union as progressives write off bipartisanship permanently

Philip Wegmann · January 31, 2018 4:29 am

Tucker Carlson asked a House Democrat why he would use the opportunity of boycotting the State of the Union to focus on illegal immigration rather than the struggles of U.S. citizens suffering from the opioid crisis or joblessness.

Tucker Carlson kicks Democrat off program amid heated debate over illegal immigration

Eddie Scarry · January 31, 2018 1:56 am

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