GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Monday [7-9-18] released a statement backing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) against accusations that he turned a blind eye to sexual abuse decades ago. The Louisiana Republican is the first member of leadership to publicly back Jordan, who has long been a thorn in GOP leadership’s […]
Category: GOP
7/9/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ben Sasse has so far been spared the public floggings that Donald Trump inflicted on two since-vanquished GOP critics in the Senate, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker. But that may soon change. As the ‘never Trump’ faction of the Republican Party dwindles to a lonely few, the Nebraska senator has shown little […]
7/6/2018
ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/GOP/ME TOO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump understands what got him elected — a willingness to throw caution and decorum to the wind and to assail what his supporters see as rampant political correctness. On Thursday [7-5-18] night, when he mocked the #MeToo movement as his tour targeting red-state Democratic senators hit Montana, he […]
7/5/2018
GOP/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump came to Rep. Jim Jordan’s defense Thursday [7-5-18] after the Ohio Republican denied claims that he overlooked years of sexual abuse when he was a wrestling coach at Ohio State University…Trump further asserted Jordan’s innocence, saying he doesn’t believe the allegations. ‘I don’t believe them at all,’ Trump said. […]
7/5/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Matt Rosendale, the Republican looking to unseat Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester in November, is running as an unflinching supporter of President Donald Trump, welcoming the President’s visit to Great Falls on Thursday [7-5-18]. But Rosendale, the state auditor, was not always as enamored with the businessman-turned-politician as he is today. During one […]
7/3/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is now at full-scale war over trade policy with some of the Republican Party’s staunchest allies in big business, including executives at iconic American brands such as General Motors and Harley-Davidson who previously shied away from criticizing an often irascible president. Trump’s approach has created a high-stakes showdown without […]
7/2/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Republicans left Washington last week relieved that their ugly, months-long fight over immigration was behind them. The reality? It’s far from over. President Donald Trump has been pestering Congress to send him big money for his border wall with Mexico, a demand that could lead to a government shutdown just weeks […]
6/1/2018
GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Maine Republican whose vote could prove decisive in filling the Supreme Court’s vacant seat, said on Sunday [7-1-18] that she would not vote for a nominee who showed ‘hostility’ toward Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion…The remarks appeared to […]
6/30/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Either we need to elect more Republicans in November or Republicans must end the ridiculous 60 vote, or Filibuster, rule – or better yet, do both. Cryin’ Chuck would do it on day one, but we’ll never give him the chance. Some great legislation awaits – be smart!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/30/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I never pushed the Republicans in the House to vote for the Immigration Bill, either GOODLATTE 1 or 2, because it could never have gotten enough Democrats as long as there is the 60 vote threshold. I released many prior to the vote knowing we need more Republicans to win […]
6/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the Saturday before Utah’s primary, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams was hustling — knocking on doors and on the hunt for persuadable Republicans to support his congressional bid. Here in Utah’s Fourth District, a boot-shaped district covering the suburbs south of Salt Lake City, the primary election Tuesday was a […]
6/28/2018
DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans and Democrats readied for the battle to choose Justice Anthony Kennedy’s successor, with the White House dusting off the plan it used to win last year’s Supreme Court fight and Democrats searching for a way to derail President Donald Trump’s nominee amid a heated midterm election campaign. The White House […]
6/28/2018
ABORTION/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Susan Collins took a notable phone call Thursday [6-28-18] as she enters the eye of the Supreme Court confirmation storm: It was White House counsel Don McGahn, sounding out the moderate Maine Republican in what she called a ‘preliminary discussion’ of the high court vacancy. Republicans control the Senate by a […]
6/28/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republicans on Thursday [6-28-18] mounted a multi-front effort to rebuke and embarrass the GOP-led Justice Department, hauling Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein before an ’emergency’ hearing of the Judiciary Committee just as the House voted to accuse him of flouting congressional document requests. Face-to-face with Rosenstein and FBI […]
6/28/2018
FBI/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. House Republican allies of President Donald Trump shouted and attacked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday [6-28-18], alleging he was improperly withholding documents related to the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s 2016 campaign. The tense congressional hearing came as Republicans brought to the House floor a non-binding resolution that […]
6/28/2018
ABORTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s retirement announcement was less than a day old when liberal activists rallied on the steps of the Supreme Court on Thursday [6-28-18], invoking the names of two Republican senators who, they believe, hold the future of Roe v. Wade in their hands…Ms. Collins, of Maine, and Ms. Murkowski, […]
6/27/2018
DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced on Wednesday [6-27-18] that he would retire, setting the stage for a furious fight over the future direction of the Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy, 81, has long been the decisive vote in many closely divided cases. His retirement gives President Trump the opportunity to fundamentally change […]
6/27/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House resoundingly rejected a far-reaching immigration overhaul on Wednesday [6-27-18], despite a last-minute plea from President Trump, as internal divisions in the Republican ranks continued to hobble legislative efforts to protect the young unauthorized immigrants known as Dreamers. The 121-301 votes was an embarrassment to both Mr. Trump […]
6/27/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Just landed in North Dakota with @SenJohnHoeven and @RepKevinCramer. We will see everyone at Scheels Arena shortly! https://t.co/pakUigKB61“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 6:14 pm […]
6/27/2018
GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans plan to confirm a new Supreme Court justice to replace retiring Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections, according to interviews with nearly a dozen Republican senators. The Senate GOP is expected to execute a lightning strike confirmation despite their razor thin majority of 51 senators, which is effectively down […]
6/27/2018
DEMS/GOP/OBAMA/POLLS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Republican appointee who provided key swing votes for same-sex marriage, abortion access and affirmative action, has announced his retirement from the Supreme Court. This decision will affect the court for a long time to come as President Donald Trump will have his second chance to nominate a […]
6/27/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Wednesday [6-27-18] rejected an immigration bill devised as a compromise between different wings of the GOP, in a defeat for centrist Republicans aiming to show progress on the contentious issue before the midterm elections. With Democrats opposed to what they saw as the bill’s harsh treatment of […]
6/27/2018
BORDER/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE DEMS WON’T LET IT PASS IN THE SENATE. PASSAGE WILL SHOW THAT WE WANT STRONG BORDERS & SECURITY WHILE THE DEMS WANT OPEN BORDERS = CRIME. WIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump pleaded Monday [6-25-18] night with South Carolina Republicans to vote for Gov. Henry McMaster in a runoff election on Tuesday [6-26-18], warning conservatives that if the governor lost, his failure would be pinned on the president they came to see. Rallying a cozy high school gymnasium full of supporters […]
6/26/2018
ABORTION/GOP/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The consequences of President Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court — and the Republican blockade of President Obama’s nomination of Merrick B. Garland in 2016 for that seat — reverberated powerfully on Tuesday as the court’s conservative majority handed down major decisions on Mr. Trump’s travel […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump helped lift a pair of incumbent Republicans locked in difficult races to victory Tuesday [6-26-18] while the liberal wing of the Democratic Party scored its most significant successes yet in the primary season, with progressive candidates unseating the fourth-ranking House Democrat and claiming the nominations for governor in Maryland […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Any list of endangered House incumbents this cycle will have Barbara Comstock’s name at or near the top. Comstock, a two-term GOP lawmaker representing the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, is facing a challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jennifer Wexton, who won a six-way primary earlier this month with 42% of […]
6/26/2018
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republican leaders worked to build support among GOP lawmakers for a broad immigration bill tentatively set for a vote on Wednesday [6-27-18], aiming to minimize defections after President Donald Trump vacillated on whether he backed the measure. After meeting behind closed doors with rank-and-file Republicans, GOP leaders planned to spend the […]
6/25/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014, the last midterm election cycle. Democrats have appeared to be more enthusiastic than Republicans about the 2018 elections, showing up in massive numbers to protest President […]
6/25/2018
CANADA/CHINA/EU/GOP/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is taking his trade policy on the road this week. But the reception he is set to receive in a series of crucial 2018 states may not be what he had hoped. A series of threatening trade wars have become a weight on the President and Republicans across […]
6/25/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Republicans in Texas and North Carolina on Monday [6-25-18] in two more cases on the contentious issue of politicians manipulating electoral district boundaries for political gain, known as gerrymandering. The justices upheld a batch of Republican-drawn legislative districts in Texas, including two in the U.S. […]
6/24/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gov. Henry McMaster’s bid to hold on to his office depends on whether his alliance with President Donald Trump endears him to voters who would otherwise be disdainful of a career politician. The 71-year-old is telling voters ahead of Tuesday’s [6-26-18] gubernatorial primary runoff that he and the president aren’t just […]
6/22/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump appeared to give up hope on Friday [6-22-18] that the Republican-controlled Congress could succeed in passing an immigration bill this year, urging lawmakers in a Twitter post to stop ‘wasting their time.’ His advice is likely to kill current efforts to pass a measure that had little chance of succeeding. […]
6/22/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [6-22-18] that Republicans should wait until they have more solid majorities in Congress to pursue an immigration overhaul, throwing cold water on a House bill that has been delayed until next week…Republicans currently have a narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate and a 235-193 margin in the […]
6/22/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s border policy backtrack this week left his fellow Republicans with a choice: flip their own positions or stand firm. It was an easy decision. They changed to be consistent with the president. Still, the move carries risks. While Mr. Trump has long been forgiven by the GOP base for […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representative still plan to bring an immigration bill up for a vote next week, despite President Donald Trump’s urgings on Friday [6-22-18] to drop the effort until after November’s elections…Trump, faced with a public outcry over his policy that separated children from their […]
6/22/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two days ago, President Donald Trump promised House Republicans he’d have their backs ‘1,000 percent’ on immigration. On Friday [6-22-18], he told them to ‘stop wasting their time’ — putting GOP leaders in an impossible position and throwing the conference into chaos. But House Republican leaders say they plan […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Ron DeSantis, a top student at Yale and Harvard Law School, is running for Governor of the Great State of Florida. Ron is strong on Borders, tough on Crime & big on Cutting Taxes – Loves our Military & our Vets. He will be a Great Governor & has my […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congresswoman Martha Roby of Alabama has been a consistent and reliable vote for our Make America Great Again Agenda. She is in a Republican Primary run-off against a recent Nancy Pelosi voting Democrat. I fully endorse Martha for Alabama 2nd Congressional District!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2018 6:46 am […]
6/22/2018
DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November. Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2018 6:06 am […]
6/22/2018
DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Elect more Republicans in November and we will pass the finest, fairest and most comprehensive Immigration Bills anywhere in the world. Right now we have the dumbest and the worst. Dems are doing nothing but Obstructing. Remember their motto, RESIST! Ours is PRODUCE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2018 6:00 am […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “He styles himself as America’s best-known pimp, a strip-club owner who runs multiple brothels and looks set to win a seat as a Republican in the Nevada legislature with the blessing of many conservative Christian voters. Meet Dennis Hof, whose political rise reflects fundamental changes in electoral norms that have roiled the Republican […]
6/22/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers on Friday [6-22-18] to drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections, sending mixed signals to his party amid an ongoing crisis over his border policies. Trump, faced with a public outcry over his policy that separated children from their […]
6/21/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Days after President Donald Trump called Rep. Mark Sanford a ‘nasty guy’ behind closed doors at a GOP conference meeting in front of his colleagues, the South Carolina Republican says he fears Trump has fundamentally reshaped his party and that his fellow Republicans have let Trump get away with it…Sanford lost […]
6/21/2018
CHILDREN/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republican leaders on Thursday [6-21-18] delayed a vote on a broad immigration bill that would provide a path to citizenship for young, unauthorized immigrants while keeping migrant families together at the border. The measure had appeared destined to fail as Republicans remained at odds over immigration. The bill, a compromise […]
6/21/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican leaders delayed until Friday [6-22-18] a vote on an immigration bill designed to be a compromise between the party’s moderates and conservatives, amid concerns over whether the legislation had enough support to pass. The bill had been scheduled to be the second of two contentious votes Thursday [6-21-18] afternoon […]
6/21/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House will vote on two broad immigration proposals Thursday [6-21-18], but barring some major shift in momentum, both of those proposals are headed toward failure. Despite an all-out blitz from the Trump administration — including face-to-face entreaties from the President to skeptical House Republicans — to lock in the […]
6/21/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House is expected to vote Thursday [6-21-18] on the most robust piece of immigration legislation to come to the House floor in more than a decade, a dramatic showdown that will test some conservatives’ loyalty to President Donald Trump. After years of almost-votes, countless working groups and false alarms, […]
6/20/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Speaker Paul Ryan’s carefully crafted immigration bill appears headed toward defeat after tensions boiled over in the House ahead of Thursday’s [6-21-18] vote. In a rare dispute on the House floor Wednesday [6-20-18], Ryan and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows argued loudly with each other over what exactly was […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the three years since Donald J. Trump began his presidential bid by maligning Mexican immigrants, Representative Will Hurd, a Texas Republican in a Democratic-leaning district, has faced voters of all stripes who were angry about Mr. Trump’s divisive style. But Mr. Hurd, who represents a heavily Hispanic region that stretches […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announced legislation from a group of Republican senators that would stop the separation of immigrant children from their parents, according to a statement from his office that came right as Trump signed an executive order reversing the practice. The bill would allow undocumented immigrant families to stay together during […]
6/20/2018
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t worry, the Republicans, and your President, will fix it! https://t.co/xsbuPzXbHj“ – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 3:39 pm […]
6/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani’s love life is causing trouble for the White House. In a move that blindsided the West Wing and sent Hill Republicans into a tizzy, the president’s personal attorney is throwing his support behind an obscure House candidate in Louisiana trying to take out incumbent GOP Rep. Clay Higgins. […]
6/20/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Had a great meeting with the House GOP last night at the Capitol. They applauded and laughed loudly when I mentioned my experience with Mark Sanford. I have never been a fan of his!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 03:04 pm […]
6/20/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House mobilized an all-out Capitol Hill lobbying blitz Wednesday [6-20-18] afternoon in the hope of salvaging an immigration bill in the House that would give Trump his long-awaited border wall as well as a solution for family separations at the border. After a week of back and forth, […]
6/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is ramping up his political travel ahead of the midterm elections, eying November as the most potent referendum on his presidency even as he faces widespread condemnation over his administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy. Trump’s focus on the midterms, which Republicans believe will come with an invigoration of […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is meeting with Republicans Tuesday [6-19-18] on Capitol Hill at a pivotal moment — both for his presidency and his party — as the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares to hold major votes on two very different immigration bills this week…It’s the heart-wrenching stories of immigrant families […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday [6-19-18] evening to rally House Republicans behind an immigration bill he panned just five days ago. Now Republicans have to decide: Which Trump do they believe? Speaker Paul Ryan and his top lieutenants are well aware that only the president can give […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans scrambled on Tuesday [6-19-18] to craft legislation that would quell an outcry over the Trump administration’s separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, with an opinion poll showing most Americans oppose the policy. The family separations and detentions of children, highlighted by videos of youngsters in cages […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Republicans try to keep their midterm election strategy focused on the economy, tax cuts and falling unemployment, President Trump sent his clearest signal yet on Monday [6-18-18] that he intends to make divisive, racially charged issues like immigration central going into the campaign season. Facing bipartisan criticism over his administration’s family […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are growing anxious over President Donald Trump’s policy to break up families at the border — and now even his closest allies are trying to help find a way out of a growing political crisis. With the White House refusing to reverse the practice and demanding Congress step into the […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his Cabinet are refusing to publicly back down from their intensely controversial practice of separating migrant families at the border, despite pressure from fellow Republicans to ease up on what critics are calling a heartless policy…Trump hit back at the criticism during a space policy event at the […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker directed the state National Guard not to send any assets or personnel to the US-Mexico border because of the Trump administration’s ‘inhumane treatment’ of children, communications director Lizzy Guyton said in a statement. ‘I think it’s cruel and inhumane, and we told the National Guard to hold steady […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are openly admonishing the Trump administration’s practice of separating families at the border…Whether the blistering statements will manifest themselves into legislation remains to be seen. Such action would require GOP members to directly defy Trump, something the party has been hesitant to pursue in an election year. And the Senate […]
6/18/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A strange paradox is unfolding in Washington right now: As President Donald Trump acts less and less like a traditional Republican, traditional Republicans have become more and more afraid to cross him. In just the past couple of weeks, Mr. Trump has shredded the traditional Republican playbook on free trade. He has […]
6/18/2018
CHILDREN/DEMS/DHS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans are lining up two measures for potential floor votes – both a conservative bill and one that is the product of negotiations involving centrists in the chamber. But prospects for some kind of legislative breakthrough have been imperiled by controversy over the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy, which has led […]
6/18/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s romp through white, working-class America in 2016 was nowhere more traumatic for Democrats than in Wisconsin, which flipped Republican in a presidential race for the first time since 1984. Now, two years after his stunning victory in the state, shell-shocked Democrats are beginning to pick up the pieces, pouring money […]
6/17/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The young women had come from 48 states across the country, yearning for moments of belonging they rarely found at home. Cheyenne Martin, a 19-year-old student at Georgetown University, described being ridiculed by classmates for her desire to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency one day. But this weekend she […]
6/15/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [6-15-18] that he would not sign a compromise immigration bill worked out by Republican lawmakers in the House, severely damaging its prospects ahead of a vote planned for next week. Speaker Paul D. Ryan is planning to hold votes on two immigration measures: a […]
6/15/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-15-18] upended delicate House negotiations over immigration legislation by suggesting he wouldn’t sign a compromise measure, prompting a clarifying tweet from the president and leaving Republicans uncertain about how to proceed. In a morning interview with Fox News, Mr. Trump had indicated he wouldn’t sign […]
6/15/2018
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans were in full-on damage control Friday [6-15-18] morning as they sought to downplay President Donald Trump’s comments that he wouldn’t support the GOP compromise bill. After toiling away for weeks on a hard-fought compromise bill that tackled border security and even delivered Trump his campaign promise of a border wall, […]
6/14/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Family separations at the border have become a political football. Lawmakers and party leaders in Congress are increasingly fighting over how best to address the issue — blaming each other for the heart-wrenching situation. House Speaker Paul Ryan argued Thursday [6-14-18] that Congress should step up and resolve the problem with a […]
6/14/2018
CONGRESS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Congress’s highest-ranking Republican on Thursday said he could not guarantee passage of legislation in coming days that some lawmakers hoped would address the uncertain status of hundreds of thousands of young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants…The Dreamers are hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly Hispanic, who illegally entered the country years […]
6/14/2018
ECONOMY/GOP/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican Party is starting to show very big numbers. People are starting to see what is being done. Results are speaking loudly. North Korea and our greatest ever economy are leading the way!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2018 7:34 am […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RACISM/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Corey Stewart, the bombastic conservative who built his public image on championing Confederate symbols, won the Republican Senate nomination in Virginia. Stewart, a member of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, defeated state House member Nick Freitas and minister E.W. Jackson in Tuesday’s [6-12-18] primary. Freitas conceded the race Tuesday night, according […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to @KevinCramer on his huge win in North Dakota. We need Kevin in the Senate, and I strongly endorse him. Heidi voted NO on our Tax Cuts, and always will vote no when we need her. Kevin is strong on Crime & Borders, big on Cutting Taxes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13,2018 […]
6/13/2018
DEMS/GOP/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers from both parties, deeply mistrustful of a leader who has brutalized his own country, greeted a joint agreement between the United States and North Korea coolly on Tuesday [6-12-18] , with top Republicans warning President Trump that any final accord on Kim Jong-un’s nuclear program should be submitted to the […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Danny Tarkanian on his big GOP primary win in Nevada. Danny worked hard an got a great result. Looking good in November!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 3:17 pm […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Republican campaign arm doesn’t plan to get behind the party’s newly nominated candidate in Virginia, the group’s leader said, after a Tuesday primary that threatens to put the party on the defensive in several key races in the state..Corey Stewart, who won Tuesday’s primary, has repelled GOP leaders over […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Representative Mark Sanford is the latest Republican to learn a tough lesson – challenging President Donald Trump can be political suicide. The South Carolina Republican congressman’s upset loss on Tuesday [6-12-18] to a primary opponent who questioned his commitment to Trump, along with a recent setback for Trump critic Martha […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Claire McCaskill of the GREAT State of Missouri flew around in a luxurious private jet during her RV tour of the state. RV’s are not for her. People are really upset, so phony! Josh Hawley should win big, and has my full endorsement.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 3:11 pm […]
6/13/2018
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker ramped up his criticism of his Republican colleagues Wednesday [6-13-18], railing on GOP leadership for not wanting to take on President Donald Trump on core Republican issues like trade. ‘We’re in a strange place. It’s becoming a cultish thing, isn’t it?’ the Tennessee Republican told […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rep. Mark Sanford, a South Carolina Republican who’s a critic of President Donald Trump, will lose his GOP primary to his conservative challenger, state Rep. Katie Arrington, CNN projects. The outcome — one that national Republicans working on House races said as recently as Tuesday [6-12-18] morning they did not anticipate […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My political representatives didn’t want me to get involved in the Mark Sanford primary thinking that Sanford would easily win – but with a few hours left I felt that Katie was such a good candidate, and Sanford was so bad, I had to give it a shot. Congrats to Katie Arrington!” […]
6/12/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Five states hold primaries Tuesday [6-12-18] —Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia. Democrats will decide on their candidates for a handful of House seats they hope to win in November, while Republicans will determine the political cost of speaking out against President Donald Trump…When will Maine know who won its […]
6/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While President Donald Trump was busy rhetorically destroying America’s neighbor to the north and disrupting the broader G7 conference over the weekend, you could have heard a pin drop among congressional Republicans. And while the President was in Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — a meeting that Republicans […]
6/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Senator Bob Corker accused his fellow Republicans of being afraid to stand up to President Donald Trump on Tuesday [6-12-18], as his legislation to block the president’s ability to impose tariffs on national security grounds hit a roadblock in Congress. “‘We might poke the bear’ is the language I have been hearing […]
6/12/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Negotiations in the U.S. House of Representatives on immigration legislation were on the verge of collapse on Tuesday [6-12-18] as Republicans fought over how much protection to give undocumented ‘Dreamer’ immigrants and as President Donald Trump ramped up his war against illegal and legal immigrants. High-level talks were set for later on […]
6/8/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/OBAMACARE/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s decision not to defend key provisions of the Affordable Care Act could deal Democrats a sizable win going into the midterm elections, handing a party already prepared to run on health care a cudgel to use against vulnerable Republicans. Voters, both in interviews and a series of polls, have […]
6/8/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the Republican Party’s main challenges this November comes into plain view in the newest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll—and so does the GOP’s opportunity to address it. The party is suffering from an enthusiasm gap. Asked how interested they are in the midterm elections, 63% of Democrats rate themselves at […]
6/7/2018
CONGRESS/COURTS/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department won’t defend major provisions in the Affordable Care Act and is asking a federal court to strike down key elements of the law, a new blow to the health law and the stability of the individual insurance market. The department, in a brief it filed Thursday [6-7-18] […]
6/7/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney bluntly predicted here on Thursday [6-7-18] evening that President Donald Trump would win reelection in 2020. Addressing a group of major GOP donors, Romney — who bitterly collided with Trump during the 2016 campaign and implored his party to nominate someone else — also said Trump would easily […]
6/7/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A leader of House Republican moderates said Thursday [6-7-18] that a tentative deal with conservatives is being discussed to help young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants stay in the U.S. legally. It was unclear if the offer was a potential breakthrough in the GOP’s long-running schism over immigration or would devolve into another failed […]
6/7/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexican tariffs are roiling U.S. congressional campaigns in states where U.S. exporters could take a hit and President Donald Trump’s Republicans face tough races in November congressional elections. Mexico announced the levies this week in retaliation to Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on metal imports from Mexico and other countries. They fall […]
6/7/2018
GOP/SENATE/TARIFFS/TRADE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake hit Donald Trump on trade Thursday [7-6-18], slamming the President for ‘acting on a whim to punish this country or that one,’ through trade tariffs…Flake joined Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, and a bipartisan group of senators Wednesday [6-6-18] sponsoring legislation that […]
6/7/2018
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’$3 billion payoff: 101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts’ https://t.co/x1a1OJuRgd“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2018 10:50 am […]
6/7/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday [6-7-18] struggled to agree on immigration legislation that could be voted on before November’s congressional elections, as party members disagreed on key issues such as the future of illegal ‘Dreamer’ immigrants. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan convened the closed-door meeting for 235 […]
6/7/2018
ARIZONA/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How could Jeff Flake, who is setting record low polling numbers in Arizona and was therefore humiliatingly forced out of his own Senate seat without even a fight (and who doesn’t have a clue), think about running for office, even a lower one, again? Let’s face it, he’s a Flake!” -Donald Trump, […]
6/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are showing considerably more interest in the fall elections than are Republicans, and voters overall are signaling they would like control of Congress to flip to the Democrats, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. The Democratic advantages come at the same time President Donald Trump’s approval rating has improved […]
6/6/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republicans are bracing for a two-hour conference meeting Thursday [6-7-18] morning on immigration, which could determine the fate of moderate members’ efforts to force a vote on several immigration bills. ‘I think a lot of it hangs on that meeting tomorrow,’ said Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, who has signed a House […]