Tag: Republican Party

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow states to define marriage however they see fit, even as gay rights proponents push legal challenges to traditional marriage laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's invalidation of the Defense of Marriage Act.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What Republican rebels will do next in shutdown fight

Byron York · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

K Street, Washington D.C. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Want to find three GOPers to criticize Tea Partiers? Call K Street

Timothy P. Carney · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Attempts by Presideont Obama and congressional Democrats to shift blame for the government shutdown onto the GOP have outraged Americans.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Examiner Editorial: Obama manipulated vets, seniors, children in shutdown

Editorial Writer · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

A Republican member of the House likened the showdown over Obamacare to the battle of Gettysburg. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

GOP congressman: We stumbled into war over Obamacare

Byron York · October 6, 2013 4:00 am

Various writers and even President Obama have blamed partisan redistricting for creating a more "polarized" atmosphere in which congressmen are less less vulnerable to voters who think differently. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Don’t blame the government shutdown on redistricting

David Freddoso · October 6, 2013 4:00 am

Exclusive: Obama admin allows government union reps to work during shutdown

Susan Crabtree · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

A statue of George Washington is seen amidst American flags adn the Tea Party flag during a rally at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Tea Party is the solution, not the problem

Star Parker · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

The election of Tea Party conservatives like Rand Paul indicated the end of K Street's stronghold on the GOP. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

Tea Party loosens K Street’s stranglehold on the GOP

Timothy P. Carney · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference about the ongoing budget fight, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The government limped into a third day of partial shutdown Thursday with no sign of a way out after a White House conversation between President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders seemed only to harden the stances of Democrats and Republicans. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Nancy Pelosi: Republicans can’t even talk to themselves

Washington Examiner · October 4, 2013 12:19 pm

Big Ideas: On libertarians, Kansas’ taxes and inequality

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, is taking a behind-the-scenes approach. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg )

Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Obama’s behind-the-scenes budget warrior

Susan Crabtree · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Speaker John Boehner has said he lacks the votes for a clean CR and is demanding that the president negotiate with Republicans over further spending cuts and changes to Obamacare. (AP Photo)

Day 4: House GOP stands firm, demands Dems negotiate end of government shutdown

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