Tag: Republican Party

Energy and Environment

Obama’s climate warrior set to battle with GOP

Brian Hughes · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney could have lost the 2012 election even if he had won 70 percent of the Hispanic vote.

Examiner Editorial: Immigration bill not a political game-changer for GOP

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

Republican mascot

Republicans on the attack against corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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While many Democrats are feeling some disappointment with President Obama, the Republican party is divided on several issues.

Dems struggle with scandals, GOP can’t agree on policy

Michael Barone · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

"Our Democratic colleagues should stop trying to derail the investigation by defending IRS officials with distorted claims equating the systematic scrutiny of Tea Party groups with the more routine screening progressive groups received," said House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell lssa, R-Calif., in a statement today. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

GOP investigators to Dems: ‘Stop trying to derail’ IRS investigation

Joel Gehrke · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., two of the authors of the immigration reform bill crafted by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight," shakes hands on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2013, prior to the final vote. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Senate Republican support for immigration ‘reform’ down from 2006, 1986

Ashe Schow · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, says Democrats will continually move the goal post in negotiations. (AP file)

Beltway Confidential

House conservatives to leadership: Stop negotiating with Democrats

Ashe Schow · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., would be going against popular opinion in his state if he voted for comprehensive immigration reform, says National Republican Senate Committee spokesman Brad Dayspring. (AP file)

Beltway Confidential

GOP gaffe muddies message on immigration

Tim Mak · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Many Republicans think that Mitt RomneyÃ¢â¬â¢s 51%-47% defeat and the DemocratsÃ¢â¬â¢ 49%-48% plurality in the 2012 House popular vote signals that Republicans face challenges but not doom. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans need not despair

Michael Barone · June 26, 2013 4:00 am

The nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency has drawn criticism from Republicans. (AP photo)

Beltway Confidential

More GOP senators join McCarthy warpath, as Democrats urge caution

Susan Crabtree · June 26, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives threaten to oust Boehner if he allows vote on immigration bill favored by Democrats

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, says that border security is the No. 1 issue related to immigration reform. (AP file)

Beltway Confidential

Immigration reform faces much tougher path in GOP House

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