Tag: Republicans

"We can't let the politics of the moment cloud our judgment," Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said. "If there's classified information in that memo, it shouldn't be released." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Kennedy: Memo on alleged surveillance abuses shouldn’t be released if it contains classified information

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 3:51 pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray was allowed to read the four-page classified memo, which alleges bias at the FBI and Department of Justice. The memo also allegedly details abuses in a classified surveillance program known commonly as FISA. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FBI Director Christopher Wray opposes release of House Intel’s surveillance memo: Report

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2018 3:31 pm

Now the new GOP tax law is passed, the National Association of Realtors is projecting price growth of only 1 to 3 percent and, in some expensive, high-tax markets, there will likely be a decline. (iStock)

Realtors fought — and will continue to fight — for homeowners

Elizabeth Mendenhall · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

"[Inaudible] release the memo," Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., can be heard saying. Trump responded: "Don't worry, 100 percent." (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump on hot mic says he will ‘100 percent’ release Devin Nunes memo

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2018 4:19 am

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., presented the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have essentially banned abortion past 20 weeks, for a cloture vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Of course Republicans couldn’t pass the pro-life Pain Capable bill — they’re just grandstanding

Nicole Russell · January 31, 2018 2:07 am

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., wrote: "No one threatens my guest. You'll have to go through me and break my bones first. #ProtectDREAMers." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gerry Connolly responds to Paul Gosar calling for illegal immigrants to be arrested and deported at State of the Union

Katie Leach · January 30, 2018 9:08 pm

National Security

House passes $659 billion defense bill in symbolic vote

Travis J. Tritten · January 30, 2018 8:58 pm

"Of all the places where the Rule of Law needs to be enforced, it should be in the hallowed halls of Congress," Rep. Paul Gosar said on Twitter ahead of Trump's address.

Paul Gosar calls for illegal immigrants attending State of the Union to be arrested, deported

Melissa Quinn · January 30, 2018 7:02 pm

House GOP aides said the Treasury has not given them a specific date, but said the impression on the Hill is that Congress has more than just a week to deal with it. (iStock photo)

GOP sees late February deadline for debt ceiling

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2018 6:36 pm

House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., said, "House Intel should vote to release the Schiff counter-memo. It's basically a sloppy, Chewbacca defense rejoinder to the Nunes memo that unwittingly buttresses concerns raised in the Nunes memo." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

National Security

Ron DeSantis: Democrats’ countersurveillance memo is a ‘sloppy, Chewbacca defense’ to Republicans’ FISA memo

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2018 6:33 pm

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, under the chairmanship of Devin Nunes, R-Calif., have voted to make public a memo they say details surveillance abuses of the Obama administration. Democrats on the committee and elsewhere were against the move. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Memo war: GOP to release memo aimed at Justice Department, while Dems push memo aimed at GOP

Byron York · January 30, 2018 5:52 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday told CNN's Chris Cuomo that House Republicans are "deadly afraid of the Russia investigation" and are going to great lengths to impede it or distract from it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi: House Republicans are trying to ‘cover up’ the Russia probe by releasing FISA memo

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 4:44 am