Tag: Ted Cruz

As Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, roils fellow Republicans with his loud and unyielding opposition to any government funding bill that would also fund Obamacare, an emerging dichotomy between Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Cruz has been thrown into high relief.ÃÂ (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are not as similar as they look

Rebecca Berg · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz during a closed-door lunch on Wednesday argued to his Republican colleagues that the campaign he led to defund Obamacare has bolstered the GOP's political position in dealing with the government shutdown.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

The Left is ‘terrified out of their minds,’ says Ted Cruz

Charlie Spiering · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

In this Spet. 30, 2013, photo, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., walks towards the House Chamber on Capitol Hill, in Washington. The Republican Partyâs two Kings in Congress both voted against GOP leadersâ latest effort to prevent President Barack Obamaâs health care overhaul from becoming entrenched, but for opposite reasons. Peter King says it was a mistake to link curbing âObamacareâ with averting a government shutdown. Iowa congressman Steve King characterizes Boehnerâs measure to delay making millions of people buy health insurance for year as a retreat from defunding the new health care law entirely. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Peter King says Ted Cruz conservatives want to ‘hijack’ GOP

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2013 12:11 pm

Even the commemoration of Constitution Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, exposes the hyperpartisan divide in Congress. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Blame James Madison for the government shutdown

Michael Barone · October 2, 2013 4:00 am

How the government shutdown is like the 1986 comedy ‘Ruthless People’

Beltway Confidential

How the government shutdown is like the 1986 comedy ‘Ruthless People’

Sean Higgins · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., questions national security and intelligence officials as they testify before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding NSA surveillance in Washington last year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House Republicans frustrated with own defunding fight

David M. Drucker · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The Tea Party and the voice of the people

Timothy P. Carney · September 30, 2013 12:00 am

White House throws a government shutdown fundraiser

White House throws a government shutdown fundraiser

Paul Bedard · September 30, 2013 12:00 am

Ted Cruz: Shutdown will be Harry Reid’s fault

Ted Cruz: Shutdown will be Harry Reid’s fault

Rebecca Berg · September 29, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Lois Frankel, R-Fla., took time to read from Dr. Seuss on the floor to illustrate what she termed the "ridiculousness" of the government shutdown talk. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

VIDEO: During budget fight, Democrat reads Dr. Seuss on the House floor

Charlie Spiering · September 29, 2013 4:00 am

"I think what became clear this week is that [Ted Cruz] can't be president," Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said Friday on "Morning Joe." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Battleground Texas: Joaquin Castro says Ted Cruz ‘can’t be president’

Joel Gehrke · September 28, 2013 4:00 am

Moderator David Gregory on the set of "Meet the Press," in Washington. (AP/NBC, William B. Plowman)

Beltway Confidential

David Gregory builds argument against Ted Cruz around factual error on defunding-Obamacare letter

Joel Gehrke · September 28, 2013 12:00 am