Tag: Freedom Caucus

While Trump might think he can reach across the aisle, hopes of bipartisanship are fleeting delusions. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Beltway Confidential

Trump only helps Democrats by cannibalizing the Freedom Caucus

Philip Wegmann · March 30, 2017 5:16 pm

Gohmert notes many of the same lawmakers came to his defense when others attacked him. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gohmert suspects Priebus authored Trump anti-Freedom Caucus tweet

Susan Ferrechio · March 30, 2017 5:01 pm

A year ago, it would have been unthinkable for Republicans to publicly restrain their opposition to Obamacare. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Paul Ryan defends Trump’s Freedom Caucus attack: ‘I understand the president’s frustration’

Susan Ferrechio · March 30, 2017 4:02 pm

President Trump is taking a harsher tone with the conservative House Freedom Caucus, calling for their defeat in the 2018 midterm election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: We ‘must fight’ Freedom Caucus in 2018 midterm elections

Caitlin Yilek, Keith Koffler · March 30, 2017 1:22 pm

Freedom Caucus member Louie Gohmert sympathizes with the parts of the country that panicked and just wanted the American Health Care Act to pass, flawed as it was, he admitted Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Freedom Caucus member: We’ll ‘hold our nose and vote’ if healthcare premiums will go down

Mairead McArdle · March 30, 2017 3:42 am

Freedom Caucus members are working to determine where they might be willing to compromise with House moderates. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House aims for second Obamacare repeal effort in April or May

Susan Ferrechio · March 29, 2017 8:06 pm

House Republicans struggled Tuesday to revive legislation to repeal Obamacare but were no closer to bridging the intraparty differences that killed the initiative just days earlier. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Renewed Republican healthcare effort plagued by same old conflicts

David M. Drucker · March 29, 2017 4:01 am

Party leadership can no longer control the message. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republicans haven’t learned how to govern in Tea Party era

Timothy P. Carney · March 28, 2017 9:03 pm

Rep. David Brat, R-Va., told reporters that he would "guess in a few weeks" that a new bill could be created on Obamacare repeal after the prior bill was pulled by House leadership Friday due to insufficient support. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dave Brat hoping for new Obamacare repeal bill in weeks

Robert King · March 28, 2017 8:46 pm

The Freedom Caucus rejected funding levels hammered out by President Barack Obama and then-House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in 2011, forcing an 11th-hour scramble to keep the lights on. In 2013 they refused to back off and the government did close for two weeks. In both cases, Republicans bore the brunt of the blame in voters' eyes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP sweats Freedom Caucus’ potential to shut down the government

Nicole Duran · March 28, 2017 5:08 pm

It’s another thing to struggle to explain your stated position, and then refuse to expound on it when pressed. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

Beltway Confidential

Freedom Caucus founder blindsided during MSNBC healthcare interview

Becket Adams · March 28, 2017 5:06 pm

Many on Capitol Hill think there will be more defections from the group. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Angering Trump, the Freedom Caucus may have overplayed its hand

Nicole Duran · March 28, 2017 4:19 pm