Tag: Republican Party

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has overseen the crafting of a bill that does more to rescue Obamacare than reform and repeal it, and many conservatives now realize they cannot expect the "root and branch" removal of the law they were promised. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans can’t pass an inoffensive healthcare bill — they need an effective one

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2017 4:01 am

While Republicans in the Senate are weighing a debt ceiling vote in July, the issue has not reached the top of the House GOP agenda. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski)

Republicans face first debt ceiling showdown in Trump era

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2017 4:01 am

Sasse described the bill as "largely a Medicaid reform package." (AP)

Ben Sasse: ‘I have nothing to announce’ on healthcare bill

Pete Kasperowicz · June 25, 2017 6:40 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, an effective speaker of the House for Democrats, has become an invaluable symbol for Republicans looking to motivate their base. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi, once invaluable for Democrats, has become invaluable for Republicans

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2017 4:01 am

Heller also signaled support to keep the Medicaid expansion in place. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Dean Heller becomes fifth Republican to oppose Senate healthcare draft

Robert King · June 23, 2017 7:07 pm

She made a conscious decision to accuse her colleagues of intentionally taking "blood money" from sick Americans and giving it to their "rich buddies." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Are we supposed to take Elizabeth Warren’s ‘blood money’ rhetoric seriously or literally?

Emily Jashinsky · June 23, 2017 6:59 pm

The bill walks a tight line between these diverse factions and at the same time makes room for some major reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The buckets of the Senate Republican healthcare bill — not all hot air and cold water

Charles Sauer · June 23, 2017 6:32 pm

President Trump wants House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in her Democratic leadership post because she is good for Republican politics, he said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump: ‘Very sad for Republicans’ if Nancy Pelosi stepped down

Anna Giaritelli · June 23, 2017 11:46 am

The "mean" and "meaner" comparisons aren't being touted by just one or two Democratic lawmakers. This is the party line (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Democratic message discipline is a thing to behold

Becket Adams · June 22, 2017 11:58 pm

Without a president to take the lead, painstaking work must be done by legislative leaders to attract such a rally. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Senate Republicans need to work on selling their healthcare bill to voters

Quin Hillyer · June 22, 2017 8:54 pm

Obama called the Senate bill "a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Obama: Senate legislation is ‘not a healthcare bill’

Kimberly Leonard · June 22, 2017 8:38 pm

Republicans need "Read the Bills" as a check on themselves. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Rand Paul wants to put the brakes on closed-door legislating

Jeremy Beaman · June 22, 2017 8:07 pm