Tag: Republican Party

Upset with President Obama's immigration policy, about 250 people marched to the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office with a goal of stopping future deportations on Oct. 14 in Phoenix.ÃÂ A surge in the number of illegal immigrants seeking asylum after crossing the U.S. border is likely to become a major area of contention as Washington gears up for another clash over immigration reform.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Number of immigrants seeking asylum spikes

Brian Hughes · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel blasts Obama’s ‘grand bargain’ as ‘foolish,’ hints at higher office

Paul Bedard · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue, shown above with President Obama on Feb. 7, 2011, expressed displeasure with Tea Party Republicans over the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Angry business groups consider challenging Tea Party incumbents

Rebecca Berg · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Republicans fear that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., could survive re-election in 2018 if the party nominates a flawed candidate.

Joe Manchin: The maverick from West Virginia

Steve Contorno · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

In 2012, the Obama campaign harnessed social media and synthesized data much more effectively than Republicans. Data Trust hopes to reverse that trend in the future. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Outside firm key to success of GOP’s digital future

David M. Drucker · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Washington Secrets

GOP threatens subpoena, says Kathleen Sebelius either lied or was ignorant of Obamacare woes

Paul Bedard · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Patty Murray, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, is expected to put her staff into Obamacare. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Democrats expected to exempt staff from Obamacare

Paul Bedard · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

This photo taken Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 shows Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad speaking during his weekly news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Fed up with being pushed aside, veteran Iowa Republicans are quietly working to wrest control of the state GOP from the evangelicals, tea partyers and libertarians they blame for alienating longtime party loyalists and diminishing the stateÃ?s coveted presidential caucuses. Led by Branstad, these Republicans want to grow the state party __ led lately by ideological crusaders __ by bringing back into the fold voters seeking pragmatic solutions to a host of problems and attracting people of diverse political stripes, including women and younger voters. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Veteran Iowa Republicans seek state GOP makeover

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Kristol: Republicans Should Pass Bill that Says, ‘If You Like Your Current Health Care Plan, You Can Keep It’

Daniel Halper · October 23, 2013 11:51 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney Wednesday said President Obama still firmly believes that an immigration bill can make it through Congress and reach his desk by the end of the year. (AP Photo)

White House: Obama ‘firmly believes’ immigration reform can pass by year’s end

Susan Crabtree · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi believes the new health care law should move forward without delay and said that "sabotage" by Republicans, and not just computer glitches, is hindering implementation. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: Republican ‘sabotage’ hindering health care law

Susan Ferrechio, Sean Lengell · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Early this summer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was willing to agree with House Speaker John Boehner to let the sequester spending cuts continue with slight modifications, without demanding tax increases in return. (Photo: Thinkstock)

In shutdown fight, the dog that didn’t bark: Taxes

Michael Barone · October 23, 2013 4:00 am