Tag: Republicans

EPA's workforce numbers are expected to drop to levels unseen since President Ronald Reagan was in office, according to an agency official. The agency unveiled its program to begin buying out employees in June to meet President Trump's goal of reining in the agency's budget.

Energy and Environment

EPA staff levels to hit 30-year low this month

John Siciliano · September 6, 2017 4:07 pm

"What I would say to Mr. Gutierrez, sit down with a Republican in the House and try to find a solution instead of slandering Gen. Kelly," Graham said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lindsey Graham to Luis Gutierrez: ‘Try to find a solution instead of slandering’ John Kelly over DACA

Melissa Quinn · September 6, 2017 2:15 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised the Trump administration's move to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Mitch McConnell praises Trump’s DACA move but doesn’t commit to fast immigration fix

Susan Ferrechio · September 5, 2017 6:28 pm

Cotton said it is the legislative branch's responsibility to deal with the situation instead of the executive branch, but Congress should not extend the DACA program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Tom Cotton to oppose clean DACA extension after Trump calls for legislative fix

Al Weaver · September 5, 2017 5:43 pm

"It's time to give our president and the American people what they are asking for," wrote Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Luther Strange sides with Trump over McConnell by backing filibuster change

Al Weaver · September 5, 2017 3:25 pm

The Senate HELP committee is holding hearings in September to stabilize the Obamacare exchanges, which are facing fewer choices and higher gross premiums for next year. (iStock photo)

4 things Congress is considering to stabilize Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · September 5, 2017 2:59 pm

The House will not attach a debt ceiling measure to an $8 billion spending bill to aid flood-ravaged Texas, according to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

House will not heed Trump administration’s call to attach debt ceiling hike to Hurricane Harvey funding

Susan Ferrechio · September 5, 2017 2:13 pm

Leon Panetta, former U.S. secretary of defense, is urging Congress to permanently protect the hundreds of thousands of people who are protected from deportation under the DACA program. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Leon Panetta: Dreamers are part of our ‘first line of defense’

Anna Giaritelli · September 5, 2017 11:40 am

A woman holds up a sign in support of the Obama administration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, during an immigration reform rally at the White House in Washington last month.

Two GOP lawmakers rip Trump over decision to end DACA for vastly different reasons

Kyle Feldscher · September 4, 2017 1:28 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to introduce a bill in September that would expand the current federal Medicare program for those 65 or older to all people. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Sen. Kamala Harris endorses Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-all bill

Anna Giaritelli · August 31, 2017 1:51 am

"I am absolutely trapped in my house," Babin told CNN. "I don't have a way to get out until flood waters recede here." (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Texas Rep. Brian Babin trapped inside southeastern Texas home, says family is fine

Melissa Quinn · August 30, 2017 6:38 pm

With congressional Republicans no longer holding back as much in their criticism of Trump's actions and behavior, it feels like the divide within the Republican Party is deep. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Forget Obamacare repeal and tax reform. After Trump and Tea Party, big issues are over.

Kristen Soltis Anderson · August 30, 2017 12:54 pm