Tag: Republicans

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has said he hopes a House Intelligence Committee memo penned by the Democratic minority will not be redacted, but critics say it was written specifically so that it would be and Democrats could complain later. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Scheming, speculation behind scenes as Democrats push intel memo

Byron York · February 7, 2018 3:42 am

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D- N.Y., has penned a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., demanding the Democratic minority on the panel be clued in to the GOP's probe into potentially improper surveillance techniques used by the FBI and Justice Department. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats ask FBI, DOJ to include them in process to produce materials about alleged FISA violations

Diana Stancy Correll · February 7, 2018 3:10 am

The ad features apparent middle-class Americans holding signs showcasing the different benefits they are receiving from the new tax bill. (iStock photo)

American Action Network touts tax reform’s benefits to the middle class in new ad

Tristan Justice · February 6, 2018 6:18 pm

"This is no more than a political ploy by the Hispanic Caucus to convince their base that illegal aliens deserve the same constitutional rights as legal citizens," Paul Gosar said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. (Flickr)

Rep. Paul Gosar fires back after House votes to kill Democrats’ resolution filed against him

Mandy Mayfield · February 6, 2018 5:50 pm

"Frankly, I don't think we're making a lot of progress," Steny Hoyer told reporters Tuesday morning about the ongoing meetings between him, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Steny Hoyer casts doubt on Dreamer deal as negotiations falter with congressional leaders

Al Weaver · February 6, 2018 5:26 pm

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., said, "My guess is that after the Democratic rebuttal is released, and I'm confident it will be, you'll probably see a Republican rebuttal to the rebuttal." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP might write another memo to rebut Democrats

Pete Kasperowicz · February 6, 2018 1:28 pm

"I've never seen this president participate in an effort that did anything other than make him look good," said Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., who sits on the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

House Democrat: Trump will fight against full release of Dem surveillance memo

Pete Kasperowicz · February 6, 2018 1:01 pm

Media outlets have accused the GOP of attacking the FBI, but Republican criticism has been directed at the bureau's leadership, not the institution itself. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Republicans and those ‘attacks’ on the FBI

Byron York · February 6, 2018 4:38 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has warned GOP lawmakers to be prepared for a game of "ping pong" with the Senate over a spending bill that Congress must pass this week to keep the government funded. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Get ready for a game of chicken on government funding this week

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2018 1:45 am

The 2015 USA Freedom Act established amici curiae for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, but according to an outgoing amicus, the advisers are almost never, if ever, asked for their input. (iStock)

National Security

Former FISA court adviser ‘might have argued that the Steele dossier was unreliable’ if he was asked

Steven Nelson · February 6, 2018 12:37 am

GOP lawmakers in the Senate say they plan to bring an immigration reform package to the floor next week. That is, if the government doesn't shut down this week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate will take up immigration reform next week

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2018 12:22 am

The U.S. stock-market selloff that began Friday with drops of 666 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average didn't let up Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Here’s why the Dow is dropping

James Langford · February 5, 2018 10:30 pm