Tag: Republicans

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by House Ways and Means chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, and Melissa Bercier of Couch Clarity, Ill., center, speaks during a roundtable with American taxpayers on tax reform on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Washington.

House GOP pushes ahead with safety net reforms

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2018 4:00 am

U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson speaks during a press conference for the opening of Parisian Macao in Macau, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Adelson was set to throw open the doors Tuesday to the French-themed Parisian Macao, the mogul's fifth property in the former Portuguese colony.

Sheldon Adelson donates $30 million to House Republicans, triple the amount in 2016

Anna Giaritelli · May 10, 2018 2:31 pm

How Conservatives Can Win Back Young Americans

Ben Shapiro · May 10, 2018 1:47 am

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell smiles as he leaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' healthcare bill which represents the party's long-awaited attempt to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. The measure represents the Senate GOP's effort to achieve a top tier priority for President Donald Trump and virtually all Republican members of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP exhales after Mitch McConnell foe Don Blankenship flames out

Al Weaver · May 10, 2018 12:08 am

FILE -- In this July 23, 2013 file photo is Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security hearing; "Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children". Denham, whose district is in California's agricultural heartland of the San Joaquin Valley, is not worried that Congress' failure to pass immigration legislation will hurt his reelection.

House Republicans file discharge petition to force debate on DACA

Laura Barrón-López · May 9, 2018 3:00 pm

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., walks to the elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in New York.

David Perdue renews push for Senate to work through August recess

Al Weaver · May 8, 2018 9:25 pm

Rev. Patrick Conroy, chaplain of the House of Representatives, waits to speak at memorial service for U.S. Capitol Police officers who lost their lives in the line on duty, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan has met with the House chaplain he ousted last month, then reinstated after the chaplain said a Ryan aide told him it might be time to put a non-Catholic in the job. Ryan told reporters he and Rev. Conroy talked about how to improve pastoral services over coffee today.

GOP blocks Democratic push to investigate House chaplain’s firing

Pete Kasperowicz · May 8, 2018 9:19 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Rev. Patrick Conroy, chaplain of the House of Representatives.

Paul Ryan has been meeting with embattled chaplain

Susan Ferrechio · May 8, 2018 2:42 pm

President Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.

House GOP signals support for Trump’s $15 billion rescission package

Susan Ferrechio · May 8, 2018 2:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

The attack ad that explains Republican fears over Don Blankenship in West Virginia

Philip Wegmann · May 7, 2018 7:30 pm

CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Trump tweeted March 13 that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. (CIA via AP)

National Security

Gina Haspel tried to withdraw from nomination to avoid damaging CIA’s reputation: Report

Joe Williams · May 6, 2018 6:30 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Upside-down American politics: Trump skates through scandal while party suffers amid booming economy

David M. Drucker · May 6, 2018 2:15 am