Tag: Minusextra

President-elect Trump urged GOP lawmakers to "drain the swamp" after GOP members moved to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics in a closed-door vote Monday night. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump scolds House GOP for gutting ethics office

Gabby Morrongiello · January 3, 2017 3:30 pm

Most lawmakers wait a few weeks before announcing their new job on the other side of the revolving door. But for some, the moneymaking can't wait. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The great 2016 cashout: Payday for outgoing senators and congressmen

Timothy P. Carney · January 3, 2017 3:24 pm

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is scheduled to begin hearing arguments again for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 18. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama could appoint Merrick Garland to Supreme Court today, but experts say don’t count on it

Ryan Lovelace · January 3, 2017 3:20 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy discusses the move by House Republicans to eviscerate the independent Office of Government Ethics, during a network television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy doesn’t like the way ethics office was changed, but will vote for it anyway

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 2:53 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump says he'll reduce the costs of the Pentagon's weapons programs. He is also looking at a hiring freeze and potential jobs cuts. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

Federal workers eye $40,000 ‘buyout’ to duck Trump jobs freeze, cuts

Paul Bedard · January 3, 2017 2:47 pm

"My hope is what you will see is more transparency, you will see more individuals with the opportunity to know who is accusing them and we will see more matters resolved in a timely manner," Blackburn said. (Photo by Brian Dowling/Invision for ASCAP/AP Images)

GOP lawmaker defends gutting of ethics watchdog

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 1:58 pm

Kellyanne Conway, incoming White House counselor to President-elect Trump, said that pieces of a replacement for the Affordable Care Act have already been conceived. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Conway: ‘Pieces’ of Obamacare replacement are ready

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 1:19 pm

President-elect Trump threatened General Motors with an import tax if it didn't stop selling a Mexican-made model of the Chevy Cruze in the United States. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens GM over car production in Mexico

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 1:03 pm

The closest thing we have to this today in the U.S. is the Earned Income Tax Credit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Beltway Confidential

Friedmanism in Finland?

David Freddoso · January 3, 2017 1:00 pm

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Robert Lighthizer to be the next U.S. Trade Representative. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump picks Robert Lighthizer as US trade representative

Susan Crabtree, Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 11:38 am

The Obama administration is defying the Supreme Court and trying to force cap-and-trade on Americans (iStock by Getty Images).

A cap-and-trade scheme in disguise

Rep. Buddy Carter · January 3, 2017 5:04 am

The Democrats' saviors had done their side in. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The sins of the gods

Noemie Emery · January 3, 2017 5:03 am