Tag: Republicans

Kelli Ward Leads Martha McSally in Arizona Poll

David Byler · November 15, 2017 6:53 pm

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is losing support from party leaders on Capitol Hill, but not necessarily back in the Cotton State, where it'll matter most come Election Day. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Alabama Republicans, fearing Roy Moore’s base, decline to push him out of Senate race

David M. Drucker · November 15, 2017 5:01 am

An altered tax reform bill was released Tuesday by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Tax reform legislation carries high political stakes for President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress, who view passage as critical to the GOP's success at the 2018 polls. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New Senate tax bill phases out most individual tax cuts in 2025

Joseph Lawler · November 15, 2017 3:57 am

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Tuesday showed off boxes of petitions supporting the Republican tax reform bill that is set for a vote later this week. In spite of those boxes, there are still some leaders in the Republican Party who are wary about the legislative package, or opposed to it altogether. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top New York fundraiser quits state GOP job over tax reform opposition

Diana Stancy Correll · November 15, 2017 3:34 am

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore now faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls. He has, however, not "stepped aside" as Republican Party leaders have asked. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A Senate seat is not worth Roy Moore

Timothy P. Carney · November 15, 2017 3:17 am

Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., brokered a bipartisan deal that would fund Obamacare insurer payments for two years in exchange for more flexibility for states to waive the law's regulations. But Senate Republicans crafting tax reform legislation have put that deal in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats mum on abandoning Alexander-Murray if GOP guts Obamacare individual mandate

Kimberly Leonard · November 15, 2017 1:08 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has said he opposes a bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare in return for repealing the law's individual mandate that everyone buy insurance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare stabilization deal draws opposition from some House Republicans

Robert King · November 14, 2017 11:52 pm

A series of sexual assault and harassment allegations have emerged since last month against Hollywood elites, starting with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who allegedly sexually abused women over the course of 40 years. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP, File)

Republican offers tax reform amendment to combat sexual assault in Hollywood

Diana Stancy Correll · November 14, 2017 11:17 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said Tuesday that getting rid of Obamacare's individual mandate, which forces all Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty, will disrupt the marketplaces and cause people to pay more. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Patty Murray stops short of abandoning bipartisan Obamacare deal

Robert King · November 14, 2017 9:59 pm

Senate Republican leaders are optimistic that inserting the individual mandate repeal in the GOP tax reform bill "will be helpful." Republicans made the announcement following a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file members. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate GOP tax bill will attack Obamacare’s individual mandate

Susan Ferrechio, Robert King · November 14, 2017 7:41 pm

"My view is, they wouldn't have served the breakfast they served this morning if they had the votes to spare," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

House passage of tax reform hinges on … breakfast?

Susan Ferrechio · November 14, 2017 4:18 pm

Scorecard: Where GOP Senators Stand on Roy Moore

Tws Staff · November 14, 2017 10:40 am