Tag: Senate

President Trump, frustrated with the pace of business on Capitol Hill, suggested to reporters on Thursday an openness to seeing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ousted if he can't deliver healthcare reform, an overhaul of the U.S. tax code, and infrastructure spending. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s relationship with Hill Republicans disintegrates in public

David M. Drucker · August 11, 2017 4:01 am

"We've certainly had a hard time, here, agreeing on much," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., a prominent Trump critic on the Right. "That's reflected in the dearth of legislation passing." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump critic Jeff Flake stands by Mitch McConnell after president attacks him

Josh Siegel · August 10, 2017 10:20 pm

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is proposing a solution to the GOP's healthcare woes that pleases West Virginians -- one that would keep parts of Obamacare, but let people and companies escape the law's mandates, and also boost funding to fight opioid addiction. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Shelley Moore Capito: Kill Obamacare mandates, but keep the subsidies

Susan Ferrechio · August 9, 2017 4:01 am

"Article I makes this very clear." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Sen. Dan Sullivan: Trump needs authorization from Congress for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2017 12:57 am

Orrin Hatch: Cunning Linguist

Benjamin Parker · August 7, 2017 8:12 pm

A spokesman for Manchin declined to confirm whether the senator would take the Energy Department post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Manchin: ‘I don’t give a s–t’ if I win re-election

Al Weaver · August 7, 2017 4:58 pm

Have You Met Burlington Bernie?

Alice B. Lloyd · August 7, 2017 9:30 am

The problem facing GOP lawmakers like Sen. Orrin Hatch is that if they want to eliminate those $700 billion in taxes as part of tax reform without adding to the deficit, they would have to do so by eliminating a proportionate amount tax breaks. (AP Photo, File/Cliff Owen)

Obamacare repeal failure gives Republicans a tax headache

Joseph Lawler · August 7, 2017 4:01 am

Their votes should be considered a stain on their record of service. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

The dishonorable Obamacare six: These Republican senators have a stain on their voting records

Larry Hart · August 3, 2017 5:13 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said Thursday Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold hearings on healthcare when it returns to Washington next month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate finance panel to hold bipartisan health hearings

Robert King · August 3, 2017 3:11 pm

Hatch: ‘Health care, as far as I’m concerned, is over’

Andrew Egger · August 2, 2017 9:46 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., wants a consensus on stabilizing the individual market and keeping insurance premiums down. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Lamar Alexander maps out ‘limited’ bipartisan Obamacare deal

Robert King · August 2, 2017 5:09 pm