Tag: Tea Party

The IRS cannot predict what loopholes and workarounds corporations and individuals might find under the revised tax code Republicans are expected to pass Tuesday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

GOP looks to increase IRS funding to implement tax law, after years of cuts

Joseph Lawler · January 11, 2018 11:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

Democratic anti-Trump resistance is a dog-and-pony show

Becket Adams · January 11, 2018 9:36 pm

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has earned a reputation as a skilled legislative tactician, appearing to always triumph in the face of adversity. The perception of his tenure as Republican leader, however, is belied by reality. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The GOP is in a civil war, and Mitch McConnell is making it worse

James Wallner · November 13, 2017 10:50 pm

President Trump has made the GOP's outreach problems worse, with rhetoric (and in some cases, actions) that have turned off establishment Republicans and other voters the party should we wooing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican leaders need to do outreach — to their own party’s base

W. James Antle III · November 12, 2017 5:01 am

Afternoon Links: The Fall Culture Wars, Boehner Unplugged, and Dog Law

Jim Swift · October 30, 2017 8:12 pm

The IRS cannot predict what loopholes and workarounds corporations and individuals might find under the revised tax code Republicans are expected to pass Tuesday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives were targeted by a weaponized IRS; all they got was this lousy apology

Becket Adams · October 27, 2017 9:38 pm

The Department of Justice has settled cases now pending approval by district courts involving Tea Party groups who claim their tax-exempt status was delayed by the IRS because of their connection to conservative ideals.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department settles cases in lawsuits alleging targeting conservative groups by IRS

Kelly Cohen · October 26, 2017 12:00 pm

A group of conservative organizations are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team to step down. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative groups call for Mitch McConnell’s ouster: ‘You have done nothing’

Susan Ferrechio · October 11, 2017 3:21 pm

The real smashers of norms have always been Democrats. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Who’s breaking America’s norms now?

Noemie Emery · October 10, 2017 4:01 am

The president's failure to close the deal in Alabama reveals the extent to which years of fanning the flames against the Republican establishment has unleashed a revolt that won't yield, even for a celebrated outsider like Trump. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Not even Trump can tame the revolt against the Republican establishment

David M. Drucker · September 29, 2017 12:00 pm

"The framework released today represents a transformation of America's tax code and would help the middle class," FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon said in a statement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tea Party group supports GOP tax plan

Susan Ferrechio · September 27, 2017 3:33 pm

The latest wave crashed on Trump or, more accurately, on his candidate, and instead swept Roy Moore into the general election. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Alabama tide portends another angry voter wave

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2017 1:29 am