Tag: Thom Tillis

Sen. John Cornyn said passing a third 2018 stopgap bill, or continuing resolution, may be all the two parties can agree on by the end of next week because of the significant and numerous disagreements. (AP)

Fight over border wall could force lawmakers to pass another short term spending deal

Susan Ferrechio · January 9, 2018 12:37 am

Democrats are carefully wording their position on the matter after angering immigration activists in December, when they refused to block a temporary government spending bill that did not legalize the Dreamers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats’ push to add Dreamer language in spending bill fizzles

Susan Ferrechio · January 5, 2018 5:01 am

Republicans want the deal to include significant border security provisions, including the authorization to fund a southern border wall system, as well as changes to the nation's chain migration laws. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP senator: Trump ‘would not sign’ immigration bill without border wall funding

Susan Ferrechio · January 4, 2018 7:26 pm

After Sen. Orrin Hatch announced his retirement on Tuesday, some of his fellow Republicans in the Senate praised him on Twitter for his long tenure in the upper chamber. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

GOP senators heap praise on Orrin Hatch after his retirement announcement

Melissa Quinn · January 2, 2018 7:59 pm

People look at prototypes of a border wall Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in San Diego.

Trump’s 2018 immigration plan: Overhaul the system and build the border wall

Anna Giaritelli · December 29, 2017 5:01 am

With the tax package passed and ready for the president's desk, Republicans are relieved to have gotten a big-ticket item done in 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Republicans leave for Christmas break believing they can govern

Al Weaver · December 25, 2017 5:01 am

The White House has given Congress until March to craft legislation to address the fallout from President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta).

White House, bipartisan group of senators ease way for DACA deal in January: Report

Naomi Lim · December 20, 2017 3:25 am

Matt Leopold and David Ross were confirmed Thursday to serve as the Environmental Protection Agency's general counsel and head of the EPA's Office of Water, respectively. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Senate confirms two Trump EPA nominees after Dourson withdrawal

John Siciliano · December 14, 2017 11:50 pm

This 2017 photos shows the Environmental Protection Agency Building in Washington, D.C. Michael Dourson, President Trump's nominee to head the EPA's chemicals office, faced trouble winning the votes he needed to be confirmed by the Senate, with even some Republicans saying they wouldn't approve him because of his ties to the chemical industry. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s controversial pick to lead EPA chemicals office withdraws nomination

Josh Siegel · December 14, 2017 12:47 am

U.S. Senate GOP candidate Roy Moore did not concede defeat to his Democratic opponent Doug Jones in Alabama's special elections Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Senate Republicans ‘relieved’ after Roy Moore defeat and aren’t too worried about their smaller majority

Al Weaver · December 13, 2017 6:42 pm

Some legal analysts believe special counsel Robert Mueller is building a case against President Trump, others contend he's found nothing but proof of Trump's innocence and his probe is running amok. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Republicans express confidence in Robert Mueller probe as Trump fumes

David M. Drucker · December 7, 2017 5:01 am

Republican senators, including Sen. David Perdue of Georgia (pictured), met Thursday to talk in a closed door meeting about the proposed tax plan, which faced immediate criticism for its proposal to slow down the corporate rate cut even before details were formally made public.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Republicans balk at corporate tax cut delay

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 6:58 pm