Tag: Thom Tillis

North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis backed selling birth control without a prescription at a debate Wednesday, the latest Republican to back an idea aimed at winning over women voters. (AP Photo)

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis joining Democrats in vote to block Trump’s emergency declaration

Daniel Chaitin · February 26, 2019 12:58 am

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following a closed-door luncheon on Capitol Hill.

Republicans are desperate to avoid shutdown but fear crossing Trump

David M. Drucker · January 31, 2019 5:03 am

Sen. John Cornyn, the second-ranking Senate Republican, and Rep. Fred Upton think the Children's Health Insurance Program will be included in next week's spending bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Gang of 20’ emerges in Senate to push for a border wall deal

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2019 5:00 am

Donald Trump

Trump equivocates on shutdown strategy with moves to avert harsh consequences

David M. Drucker · January 10, 2019 5:05 am

In a statement aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday, "The worst possible thing you can do is meet with President Trump in person and try to play him."

GOP, Dem senators will try again to protect Robert Mueller from being fired

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2019 4:12 pm

This photo shows packs of Kool menthol cigarettes displayed with other tobacco products at Ted's Market in San Francisco.

Black advocacy groups cheer FDA’s push to ban menthol cigarettes

Robert King · November 15, 2018 11:47 pm

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, flanked by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, holds a news conference to refute Senate Democrats who are intensifying their fight over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's stint as staff secretary at the White House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018.

GOP hoping for a quieter Day 2 with Brett Kavanaugh

Susan Ferrechio · September 5, 2018 4:00 am

Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., third from left, laughs as she gets her arm raised by former Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, third from right, as they pose for a photograph with members of the Women's Coalition after a news conference at a campaign event for McSally's U.S. Senate primary race Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Phoenix. McSally, Kelli Ward and former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are vying for the Republican nomination, but there are no plans currently for a televised debate for the Republican candidates, on the Democratic side, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema and activist Deedra Abboud haven't had a televised debate either. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Martha McSally pulls away to take home Arizona GOP Senate nod

Al Weaver · August 29, 2018 3:26 am

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,Â speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Policy Response to Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Elections' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Washington.

Susan Collins doesn’t believe GOP pre-existing conditions bill goes far enough

Robert King · August 27, 2018 10:42 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to the media about national security as Sen. Thom Tillis listens.

Confronting Democratic attacks, Republicans propose codifying insurance protections for sick people

Robert King · August 24, 2018 5:29 pm

Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Trump, departs following his appearance in federal court on Aug. 21, 2018, in New York.

GOP senators see Michael Cohen as just another distraction ahead of midterm elections

Al Weaver · August 22, 2018 9:39 pm

The Senate majority whip said that Congress would pass long-term funding for the Children's Health Insurance Plan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate GOP warns Trump against Putin visit to White House in the fall

Al Weaver · July 23, 2018 11:15 pm