Tag: Republican Party

This week, a small group of Republican senators, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, demanded that the full repeal of âObamacareâ be linked to a spending bill needed to keep the government open after the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year. (AP/Rick Bowmer, File)

Senate Republicans will push for ‘permanent delay’ of Obamacare during recess

Rebecca Berg · August 2, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., says legislation being prepared by House Republicans to cut food stamp funding is a "messaging" bill. (AP File)

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House Republicans calls for more food stamp cuts

Sean Lengell · August 2, 2013 4:00 am

House Budget Committee member Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., right, accompanied by committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and other committee members, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, to unveil a "comprehensive reform effort aimed to repair the broken budget process". (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republicans plot strategy to renew Obamacare fight in the fall

David M. Drucker · August 2, 2013 4:00 am

Nancy Ruth Mace becomes the first female graduate of The Citadel, Saturday, May 8, 1999, in Charleston, S.C. She will mount a Republican primary challenge against Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina next year. (AP/Mic Smith)

Nancy Mace to challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham in SC GOP primary

Rebecca Berg · August 2, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at a press conference on Capitol Hill, where she told reporters that Congress has too much critical, unfinished work to be leaving for a five-week recess in August. (Graeme Jennings/WashingtonExaminer)

Nancy Pelosi takes parting shots at GOP before House leaves town

Steve Contorno · August 2, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., decried the federal government for making the lives of ordinary Americans more difficult. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP hints at hard times ahead as they leave town for summer break

Tim Mak · August 2, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, arrives for the start of a markup of the fiscal year 2014 appropriations bills for State, foreign operations, financial services and general government, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Morning Examiner: Libertarian populists giving establishment Republicans headaches

Conn Carroll · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

GOP turns protesters’ cantaloupes over to local food bank

Tim Mak · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

âI think [House Republicans] ought to vote to defund Obamacare,â Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

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Rand Paul open to compromise on defunding Obamacare

Joel Gehrke · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said he's worried that congressional Republicans could squander GOP unity on Obamacare, and the public's dissatisfaction with the law, because of a fresh disagreement over political strategy. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Thune to GOP: Feud could derail effort to defund Obamacare

David M. Drucker · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters that no decisions have been made on how to proceed with the continuing resolution. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)

Boehner: No decision on defunding Obamacare

Sean Lengell · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., say the 1.7 percent improvement in the nation's economy is too low. (AP File)

Democrats blame Republicans, sequester for slow economic recovery

Steve Contorno · July 31, 2013 4:00 am