Tag: Republicans

Beltway Confidential

Republicans can still get healthcare reform done easily

Grover Norquist, Alex Hendrie · November 28, 2018 9:32 pm

"We have to have a way to restore confidence of the American people in their elected officials and the leaders of this country," Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said.

Undecided Tim Scott could still sink Trump’s judicial nominee in the Senate

Susan Ferrechio · November 28, 2018 7:47 pm

Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., pauses as he talks about his appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., to fill Sen. John McCain's seat in the U.S. Senate at a news conference in Phoenix.

Jon Kyl readies fast getaway after just two months in Senate

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · November 28, 2018 6:55 pm

Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, speaks at a news conference at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.

Maine Republican Bruce Poliquin seeks new election if Democrat’s victory isn’t invalidated

Diana Stancy Correll · November 28, 2018 5:29 pm

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Republican Senate win in Mississippi gives Mitch McConnell three votes to spare to confirm Trump judges

Philip Klein · November 28, 2018 3:33 am

President Trump encourages voters to support Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

GOP easily holds onto Mississippi seat after Trump rallies, extending Senate majority

Al Weaver · November 28, 2018 3:24 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens to a question as he speaks to the media after a Republican policy luncheon.

McConnell not budging on bill to protect Robert Mueller

Susan Ferrechio · November 27, 2018 10:37 pm

President Trump pauses while he takes questions on a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. The new deal, reached just before a midnight deadline imposed by the U.S., will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump had called a job-killing disaster.

Vote on Trump’s NAFTA replacement unlikely this year, top House Republican says

Colin Wilhelm · November 27, 2018 9:44 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group, walk through Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

Freedom Caucus asks Kevin McCarthy for the keys to the GOP

Philip Wegmann · November 27, 2018 9:39 pm

Representative Kevin Brady, a Republican from Texas and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, arrives to a joint statement with President Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

House Republicans set up end-of-year tax policy showdown

Colin Wilhelm · November 27, 2018 9:19 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., confer during a news conference on June 13, 2018.

Top House Republican aims for new tax law in lame-duck session

Colin Wilhelm · November 27, 2018 3:54 am

Judging Mitch: The battle over McConnell’s legacy

Daniel Foster · November 27, 2018 12:00 am