Tag: Governor

Beltway Confidential

House conservatives threaten to upend leadership over immigration

Susan Ferrechio · February 14, 2018 1:06 pm

A Kansas resident filed paperwork over the weekend for his dog to run for the Kansas governor position after reading that six teenage boys were running, according to reports. (Ty Wright/Bloomberg)

Kansas officials ban dog from running for governor

Mandy Mayfield · February 13, 2018 4:52 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has maintained the Republican Party is committed to bringing down the national debt, but timing is everything. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

John Cornyn: GOP hasn’t given up on reducing deficits and debt

Al Weaver · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks after a Chamber of Commerce breakfast in St. Louis Park, Minn. Pawlenty. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Washington Secrets

Tim Pawlenty sets stage for run for third term as Minnesota governor

Paul Bedard · February 12, 2018 12:54 pm

Beltway Confidential

Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

Freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has become a favorite of the media for his vocal defense of President Trump in the Russia investigation. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Matt Gaetz: The boy politician making the most of his Trump moment

Philip Wegmann · February 9, 2018 10:59 pm

The Chief of staff and counsel to Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati said leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly are nearing completion of the new map. The map with the newly drawn congressional districts will then be sent to Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, who has until Feb. 15 to approve the map and send it to the state Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Chris Knight, File)

Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers poised to meet deadline for new congressional map after state Supreme Court order

Melissa Quinn · February 9, 2018 9:42 pm

House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, need political cover from President Trump, an immigration hawk beloved by the GOP base, if they're to risk crossing their most committed voters and supporting legislation that could provide amnesty to around 2 million people. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paul Ryan, cornered on immigration, defers to Trump

David M. Drucker · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

On Thursday, leaders from the House and Senate were on track to reaching a spending deal that would fund the government continuously for two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress on track for Thursday vote to avoid government shutdown, lay groundwork for budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2018 6:36 pm

Republican leaders said Wednesday they support the deal as a way to ensure more defense spending, and note it would also create a bipartisan committee that will try to recommend new budgeting reforms. (iStock photo)

Conservatives accuse GOP of ditching fiscal restraint with new spending deal

Pete Kasperowicz · February 8, 2018 12:54 pm

Mac Thornberry on budget deal: ‘If you vote ‘no,’ you are voting against fixing the military’

Travis J. Tritten · February 7, 2018 10:40 pm

A group of bipartisan governors want a tax credit for technologies used at coal plants and other fossil-fueled facilities to cut carbon dioxide emissions, called carbon capture. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Energy and Environment

Energy governors press Congress to back climate-friendly technologies that help coal, oil

John Siciliano · February 7, 2018 7:30 pm