Tag: Republican Party

The Republican Repeal-and-Replace Reboot Is on Its Way

TWS Podcast · March 29, 2017 9:30 pm

Democrats led by Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., brought up a "resolution of inquiry" in the committee on Tuesday, which would force the committee to use a law that lets the Treasury Department compel anyone to divulge their tax returns to Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republicans block Democratic move to release Trump’s tax returns

Nicole Duran · March 29, 2017 12:48 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

"We are just going to see how that works out," McConnell said. "We believe it will not work out well." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell warns Obamacare ‘regretfully’ will stay in place ‘at the moment’

Susan Ferrechio · March 28, 2017 7:42 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

Hoyer predicted House GOP and the Freedom Caucus would continue to battle over major policy decisions. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Steny Hoyer: Democrats are happy to let Republicans ‘duke it out’

Al Weaver · March 28, 2017 4:37 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

Dent said it's up to the House, not Trump, to show it can function. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dent, Kasich say GOP needs to work with Democrats

Nicole Duran · March 27, 2017 10:20 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan praised the Restoring Americans' Health Care Freedom Act, but that didn't end up reaching President Trump's desk. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The House healthcare debacle didn’t have to be this way — here’s what Paul Ryan could have done instead

Adam Brandon · March 27, 2017 8:16 pm

It's not logical to claim Trump's lack of experience exempts him from blame. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump defenders inconsistent in excusing him from healthcare failure

Emily Jashinsky · March 27, 2017 8:05 pm

In 1850, Sen. Henry Clay devised a grand compromise that couldn't be passed as one whole; it had to be broken into pieces with each passed by a different coalition. (AP photo)

Beltway Confidential

On healthcare reform, Congress needs to learn how a legislature actually works

John Bicknell · March 27, 2017 3:33 pm

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who left the House Freedom Caucus over its opposition to the GOP plan to repeal and replace parts of Obamacare, says it's time for Republicans to lead and stop saying "no." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ted Poe: House Freedom Caucus can’t ‘say no to everything’

Kyle Feldscher · March 27, 2017 12:40 pm