BUDGET/GOP: “Congratulations to @SpeakerRyan, @GOPLeader, @SteveScalise and to the Republican Party on Budget passage yesterday. Now for biggest Tax Cuts” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 06:09am […]
Category: GOP
10/27/2017
2016 ELECTION/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican lawmakers say they’re approaching the end of their investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election even though the most politically explosive issue — whether associates of President Donald Trump colluded with the Kremlin — remains unresolved. That will present Democrats who have spent a year amplifying suspicions about […]
10/26/2017
DEMS/GOP/POLITICS: “Six Democrats are crowding into a House primary race here to challenge an incumbent Republican in next year’s midterm election. One identifies with the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ movement. Another calls himself a ‘practical progressive.’ Two already have more campaign cash than the incumbent, Rep. John Culberson. It’s exactly the kind of congressional seat Democrats will […]
10/26/2017
GOP: “Do not underestimate the UNITY within the Republican Party!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 09:30am […]
10/25/2017
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “Republicans are still weighing adjustments to a popular retirement savings program, the chief of the House tax writing committee said Wednesday [10-25-17], contradicting President Donald Trump’s statement this week that it would be unchanged in the forthcoming tax overhaul proposal. Ahead of next week’s release of the House GOP tax overhaul bill, […]
10/25/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senator Jeff Flake said on Wednesday [10-25-17]he expected more Republican colleagues to speak out against Donald Trump’s behavior as well as his policies, one day after denouncing the Republican president in a speech… Flake’s criticism came on the same day that Republican Senator Bob Corker lashed out at Trump as […]
10/25/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jeff Flake, with an 18% approval rating in Arizona, said ‘a lot of my colleagues have spoken out.’ Really, they just gave me a standing O!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 25, 2017 07:33am […]
10/25/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The meeting with Republican Senators yesterday, outside of Flake and Corker, was a love fest with standing ovations and great ideas for USA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 25, 2017 06:30am […]
10/25/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The reason Flake and Corker dropped out of the Senate race is very simple, they had zero chance of being elected. Now act so hurt & wounded!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 25, 2017 06:27am […]
10/24/2017
GOP/TAXES: “So nice being with Republican Senators today. Multiple standing ovations! Most are great people who want big Tax Cuts and success for U.S.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2017 05:20pm […]
10/24/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-24-17] asked Republican senators for a show-of-hands poll on two candidates he is considering to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. The president, who was on Capitol Hill at a Senate GOP caucus lunch, asked the group which candidate they preferred to lead the […]
10/24/2017
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key Senate Republicans have begun privately discussing the contours of an immigration plan to shield the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who will lose work permits and deportation protections starting early next year. Preliminary talks show that influential GOP senators are eager to devise a legislative fix for Deferred Action for Childhood […]
10/23/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Republicans returning to Washington will decide in coming days whether to embrace or set aside a bipartisan health bill that has gained traction in Congress, a decision potentially made harder by President Donald Trump’s statements praising the effort but opposing the bill itself. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said on Sunday [10-22-17] […]
10/23/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump vowed on Monday [10-23-17] to protect a popular retirement savings program, pledging to leave it untouched in the forthcoming Republican tax overhaul plan… Mr. Trump’s comments point to a challenge Republicans face as they race to write and pass a tax plan: They have ambitious targets for rate cuts […]
10/23/2017
GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. John McCain lamented the manifestations of economic inequality in Vietnam War-era military service in an interview that aired Sunday night, criticizing those who ‘found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur’ to avoid military service. The remark appeared a criticism of President Donald Trump, who was […]
10/23/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Once upon a time, Lindsey Graham called Donald Trump a ‘jackass.’ Never to be outdone in the put-down department, Trump labeled the South Carolina senator a ‘lightweight’ and an ‘idiot’ who ‘seems to me not as bright as Rick Perry.’ Two years after that campaign smackdown, Trump and Graham act like […]
10/22/2017
GOP/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is siding with Republican Senate incumbents in key re-election races, potentially putting him on a collision course with Steve Bannon, the onetime White House chief strategist who has declared a ‘season of war’ on their party’s establishment. The two men have praised each other and their efforts in […]
10/22/2017
DEMS/GOP: “Wacky Congresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party, a disaster for Dems. You watch her in action & vote R!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 22, 2017 07:02am […]
10/20/2017
GOP: “Washington hasn’t ever been known for its round-the-clock nightlife. A group of Republican senators is looking to change that. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, 11 Senate Republicans urged their leader to keep the Senate open for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ‘to advance the president’s agenda.’… Having […]
10/20/2017
GOP/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the largest meeting of organized labor next week, U.S. unions are shutting out politicians so they can determine who their friends are. The question for labor unions is how to deal with a Republican White House that many of its members oppose but whose policies also appeal to significant elements of […]
10/20/2017
BUDGET/GOP: “The Budget passed late last night, 51 to 49. We got ZERO Democrat votes with only Rand Paul (he will vote for Tax Cuts) voting against… This now allows for the passage of large scale Tax Cuts (and Reform), which will be the biggest in the history of our country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/19/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES: “Republicans are going for the big Budget approval today, first step toward massive tax cuts. I think we have the votes, but who knows?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2017 05:54am […]
10/19/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After criticizing the Federal Reserve for the past eight years, Republicans have a chance to change the course of the central bank when President Donald Trump nominates someone to take the helm in early 2018. But they are divided over which direction monetary policy should take. GOP efforts to subject the […]
10/18/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “In a sign of mounting frustration among Republicans in Washington, Representative Pat Tiberi of Ohio, a senior lawmaker with close ties to his party’s leaders, is expected to resign and take up an executive post with a business group in his home state, according to three Republicans briefed on his plans. An abrupt […]
10/17/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Senate GOP leaders are desperate for a show of legislative unity on tax reform after the collapse of Obamacare repeal. But they’re unlikely to get it thanks to Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. The frequent GOP contrarian is digging in against the budget as written — an ominous […]
10/17/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. John McCain took aim at nationalist, isolationist rhetoric that has swept through the Republican party and secured a toehold in the White House, in remarks Monday [10-16-17] night accepting an award honoring his fight for liberty around the world. ‘To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of […]
10/17/2017
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has nominated 50 candidates to lifetime appointments to the federal bench — including a man who asserted transgender children were evidence of ‘Satan’s plan,’ one deemed unqualified by the American Bar Association and a handful of prolific bloggers. And the GOP has unanimously stuck by Trump’s judges. Senate […]
10/16/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose relationship has been tense for months, offered a united front Monday [10-16-17] to promote their plans to rewrite the tax code as the Senate nears a critical vote. The White House had asked for the meeting over a week ago, according […]
10/16/2017
GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/STEVE BANNON: [Reporter: “Mr. President, do you approve of Steve Bannon’s war on Mitch McConnell and the Republican establishment?”] “Well, Steve is very committed. He’s a friend of mine, and he’s very committed to getting things passed. I mean, look, I have — despite what the press writes, I have great relationships with actually […]
10/14/2017
DEMS/GOP: “The Democrats in the Southwest part of Virginia have been abandoned by their Party. Republican Ed Gillespie will never let you down!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 14, 2017 04:27pm […]
10/13/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and congressional Republicans in recent weeks have renewed the fight over opening part of an enormous wildlife refuge in northern Alaska to oil and gas exploration. The battle over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which pits Republicans in Washington and much of the political and business establishment in Alaska […]
10/12/2017
ETHICS/GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “The House Ethics Committee said Thursday [10-12-17] it will continue to look into New York GOP Rep. Chris Collins’ dealings with an Australian biotech company, but has not moved ahead with a full-scale investigation into the matter. The Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent watchdog, had unanimously recommended that the Ethics Committee launch […]
10/12/2017
ECONOMY/GOP/TAXES: “The Republican plan to overhaul the U.S. tax code would likely lift economic growth in the short term, economists say, but they are split over whether the boost would last longer than a few years. An overwhelming majority of forecasters in The Wall Street Journal’s monthly survey of economists said the GOP tax plan […]
10/11/2017
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reiterated his authority to handle judicial nominations Wednesday [10-11-17], after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would end the practice of securing home-state senators’ approval before advancing judicial nominees. Mr. McConnell (R., Ky.) told The Weekly Standard he would no longer […]
10/11/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Populist conservative groups are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other members of the Senate Republican leadership team to resign from their top roles, saying the lawmakers have ‘made war with your own grassroots’ while failing to deliver on promises… Some of the leaders also threatened to oppose any Senate Republicans […]
10/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/GOP/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s expected policy shift on Iran would put the GOP Congress in a difficult but familiar position: tackling issues that they opposed during the Obama administration but now look at in the new light of being the governing majority on Capitol Hill with a Republican in the White House. […]
10/11/2017
DEMS/GOP/TAXES: “The Democrats want MASSIVE tax increases & soft, crime producing borders.The Republicans want the biggest tax cut in history & the WALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 11, 2017 05:36am […]
10/9/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A public feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and Senate Republican maverick Bob Corker could narrow the path for tax reform in the U.S. Senate, where a Republican go-it-alone effort is already showing signs of disunity. Days after the Republican-controlled Congress took two important steps toward advancing tax legislation, a Trump-Corker […]
10/9/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and a senior Republican senator traded personal barbs on Twitter Sunday [10-8-17], the latest example of tensions between the president and senators in his party. Mr. Trump criticized Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who had recently suggested there is ‘chaos’ in the […]
10/8/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘The Republican Party is racking up record amounts of small dollar donations – fueled by Trump supporters…..’ @nypost Thank you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2017 06:58pm […]
10/7/2017
GOP/MEDIA: “More and more people are suggesting that Republicans (and me) should be given Equal Time on T.V. when you look at the one-sided coverage?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 7, 2017 07:04am […]
10/5/2017
GOP: “Republicans are confronting a growing revolt from their top donors, who are cutting off the party in protest over its inability to get anything done. Tensions reached a boiling point at a recent dinner at the home of Los Angeles billionaire Robert Day. In full view of around two dozen guests, Thomas Wachtell, a […]
10/4/2017
GOP/GUNS/POLITICS: “In a departure from years of opposition to new gun control measures, some congressional Republicans started to show cautious interest Wednesday in legislation that would restrict devices that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire rapidly like automatic weapons. Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said he would like a hearing on […]
10/4/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Republicans left out many details from the tax-code outline they released last week, and few are more important for middle-income households than the fate of the child tax credit. They plan to bump up the $1,000 per-child credit for children under age 17, but they haven’t settled on how much or at what income […]
10/3/2017
GOP/GUNS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans said Tuesday [10-3-17] they don’t expect legislation that would make it easier to buy gun silencers to come to the House floor in the aftermath of this week’s shooting in Las Vegas. Some Democrats, meanwhile, pushed to end the sale of ‘bump stocks,’ devices that increase the rate […]
10/3/2017
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key Senate Republicans signaled Tuesday [10-3-17] support for legislation allowing so-called Dreamers to stay in the U.S., but said they want it paired with immigration enforcement inside the U.S., as well as border security. Those conditions would make finding agreement difficult. Democrats say they want Congress to legalize young undocumented immigrants brought […]
10/2/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and Republican leaders have positioned their sweeping tax rewrite as a way to cut taxes on the middle class. But some top officials are now saying the plan may not benefit everyone in that income group. The acknowledgment could complicate the administration’s ability to sell the tax plan, which is […]
10/1/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES/TREASURY: “Trump administration officials pushed back Sunday [10-1-17] against criticism that the emerging GOP tax plan would provide its biggest benefits to the wealthy. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on Sunday news programs that key details of the plan remained undecided and thus it was too early to […]
9/30/2017
GOP/LOBBYING/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The sweeping tax rewrite unveiled by President Trump and Republican lawmakers this past week leaves many of the details to Congress, but two sentences in the nine-page framework have Washington lobbyists salivating over a payday that some industry experts predict could top $1 billion. Tucked away on Page 8, the sentences refer […]
9/29/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES: “The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee, in a crucial step forward for tax reform legislation, on Friday [9-29-17] released a fiscal 2018 budget resolution that would allow tax cuts to lose up to $1.5 trillion in revenue over the next decade. The measure, which could be marked up for a full Senate vote next […]
9/28/2017
DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and top aides have urged conservative Republicans in Congress to craft legislation protecting ‘Dreamers’ brought illegally to the United States as children, a move that could jeopardize efforts to work with Democrats on the issue. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and other […]
9/28/2017
GOP/POLITICS/TAXES: “A day after announcing their ambitious tax plan, Republicans debated scaling back one of their largest and most controversial proposals to pay for lower tax rates: repeal of the individual deduction for state and local taxes. Faced with the potential for defections by House Republicans from high-tax states such as New York and New […]
9/28/2017
GOP/LGBTQ/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday [9-28-17] that the White House does not agree with comments by Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, that many found offensive, including that homosexual conduct should be made illegal and that Muslims should not be allowed to serve in Congress… Moore’s remarks, which […]
9/27/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and GOP leaders proposed sharply reducing tax rates on businesses and many individuals, kicking off a major legislative push to overhaul the nation’s tax code this year.According to an estimate from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the framework calls for about $5.8 trillion in tax cuts […]
9/27/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A sweeping Republican plan to overhaul the U.S. tax code proposes to sharply reduce tax rates on businesses and many individuals, kicking off an effort by President Donald Trump and congressional leaders to build momentum for a challenging legislative push in the months ahead. The plan calls for a 20% corporate tax […]
9/26/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Republicans face a daunting challenge as their tax plan comes into sharper focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box. This week’s planned release of a unified GOP blueprint from the Senate, the House and the Trump administration marks the beginning of a race […]
9/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The Republicans’ latest effort to repeal large parts of the Affordable Care Act this year suffered a likely death blow Monday [9-25-17], when Sen. Susan Collins’s declared opposition left it without enough votes to pass. With no Democrats expected to support the legislation, Republican leaders can lose no more than two GOP votes […]
9/25/2017
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION: “A new Senate GOP proposal is being released Monday [9-25-17] that creates a pathway to legalization for so-called Dreamers, but it won’t allow them to sponsor family members to the United States — one of several provisions that make the bill far more conservative than other relief measures for young undocumented immigrants… Tillis and […]
9/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Republicans pushing a last-ditch effort to topple the Affordable Care Act neared a critical deadline armed with changes to the bill’s text and a new Trump administration analysis aimed at winning over wavering senators… The updated version of the bill sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R., La.), circulating […]
9/21/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Opponents of a Republican plan to dismantle most of the Affordable Care Act are scrambling to ramp up a resistance campaign before a possible Senate vote next week on a bill many never expected would gain traction. With such a narrow window, consumer and other groups are seeking to pressure specific GOP senators […]
9/21/2017
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s deal with congressional Democrats to keep the government funded and provide hurricane relief is drawing strong support from across the political spectrum, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found. The poll found 71% of adults in the U.S. approved and 8% disapproved of Mr. Trump bypassing GOP […]
9/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to hold a vote next week on the latest GOP effort to unwind the Affordable Care Act, his spokesman said Wednesday as Republicans scrambled to secure enough support to pass the bill… After falling short of repealing the 2010 law, known as Obamacare, this summer, Senate Republicans are […]
9/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senator (Doctor) Bill Cassidy is a class act who really cares about people and their Health(care), he doesn’t lie-just wants to help people!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2017 08:06pm […]
9/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I would not sign Graham-Cassidy if it did not include coverage of pre-existing conditions. It does! A great Bill. Repeal & Replace.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2017 06:07pm […]
9/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “I hope Republican Senators will vote for Graham-Cassidy and fulfill their promise to Repeal & Replace ObamaCare. Money direct to States!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2017 07:16am […]
9/19/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “A last-chance push by Republicans to scrap the Affordable Care Act gained momentum but still faced formidable odds Tuesday [9-19-17], with some key Republican senators wavering in their support days before a possible vote. The latest drive to repeal most of the ACA has the backing of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), […]
9/19/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Senate Republicans reached a deal Tuesday [9-18-17] that would allow tax cuts over the next decade, bridging party divides over trade-offs between tax cuts and budget deficits and taking an important step toward tax-overhaul legislation… Mr. Toomey had been seeking tax cuts that might reduce revenues by as much as $2 trillion over a […]
9/18/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES: “Senate Republicans are considering writing a budget that would allow for up to $1.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade, said people familiar with the discussions. Budget talks are continuing and no final decision has been reached yet. A budget that creates fiscal room for a $1.5 trillion tax cut, if adopted, […]
9/14/2017
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top congressional Republicans signaled Thursday [9-14-17] that they wouldn’t be pressured into enacting an immigration framework reached between President Donald Trump and top Democrats, as conservatives reacted with alarm to news of a fledgling deal to protect young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Mr. Trump, who ran for president […]
9/14/2017
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican leaders had muscled through their failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, punted on the perennial brinkmanship over the debt ceiling and finally reached the one issue that all of the party’s factions wanted to be on, tax reform. Then, over a Chinese dinner at the White House with the two […]
9/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A few weeks after Donald Trump won the presidential election last year, the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll asked Trump voters why they went for the man who had just shocked the world. Four in 10 Trump voters said one of the primary reasons was that he would change business as […]
9/8/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES: “A crucial Republican senator said he could accept a tax-policy framework that would let the GOP cut taxes by about $250 billion over the next decade and possibly hundreds of billions of dollars more, staking out a position that could help shape the party’s planned tax overhaul. Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), a pivotal […]
9/8/2017
GOP/STEVE BANNON: “Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told CBS this week that Washington’s ‘Republican establishment,’ including the top GOP leaders in both houses of Congress, ‘is trying to nullify the 2016 election.’ That more traditional Republicans are looking to undermine President Donald Trump, Bannon said, is as ‘obvious as night follows day.’ ‘The […]
9/8/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Republicans must start the Tax Reform/Tax Cut legislation ASAP. Don’t wait until the end of September. Needed now more than ever. Hurry!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2017 07:57am […]
9/8/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE: “Republicans, sorry, but I’ve been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn’t happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will… never allow the Republicans to pass even great legislation. 8 Dems control – will rarely get 60 (vs. 51) votes. It is a Repub Death Wish!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2017 […]
9/7/2017
DEMS/GOP/NATIONAL DEBT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signaled he was open to making more deals with Democrats in Congress despite anger from fellow Republicans over a bipartisan agreement that passed the Senate Thursday yoking hurricane aid to an extension of the government’s ability to borrow. For months, Mr. Trump has publicly mused about negotiating with […]
9/7/2017
GOP/PAUL RYAN: “Leaders of the House Freedom Caucus downplayed differences with Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday [9-7-17], despite reports that they confronted him Wednesday with concerns about his leadership. Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said House conservatives are frustrated at leadership’s tactical decisions — from going home for the August recess to advocating for […]
9/6/2017
GOP/SUPREME COURT/VOTING: “Breaking ranks with many of their fellow Republicans, a group of prominent politicians filed briefs on Tuesday [9-5-17] urging the Supreme Court to rule that extreme political gerrymandering — the drawing of voting districts to give lopsided advantages to the party in power — violates the Constitution. The briefs were signed by Republicans […]
9/6/2017
CRISIS/GOP/NATIONAL DEBT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump stunned Republicans on Wednesday [9-6-17] when he overrode pleas from GOP congressional leaders and sided with Democrats on a proposal to attach emergency aid for Hurricane Harvey victims to measures to keep the government funded and its borrowing limit suspended until mid-December. Mr. Trump’s decision to strike a […]
9/6/2017
DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION: “Democrats and Republicans scrambling to protect Dreamers before a March deadline will almost certainly have to swallow tougher immigration measures in return. GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, from the top tiers of leadership down to key rank and file, are quickly coalescing around pairing a measure that codifies the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
9/5/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES: “The U.S. policy makers on taxes known collectively as the ‘Big Six’ gathered Tuesday [9-5-17] with President Donald Trump at the White House—and they have some big decisions to make. Republicans are trying to rewrite significant portions of the tax system by year’s end, giving them little time to agree on policy changes and […]
9/4/2017
BUDGET/GOP/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress returns Tuesday [9-5-17] from its summer break and, in a test of the uneasy alliance between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, will have to grapple with keeping the federal government open, paying U.S. creditors and passing a hurricane-aid bill. The list is long, and the time is short. The Trump […]
9/1/2017
BUDGET/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “If Republicans want to try again to repeal the Affordable Care Act with just a simple majority, they only have until the end of September to do it. That’s according to Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ranking member on the Senate’s budget committee. According to Sanders, the Senate parliamentarian declared Friday that the Senate’s 2017 […]
9/1/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A number of Senate Republicans are gathering behind a bipartisan push to shore up the Affordable Care Act, reflecting a growing divide between President Donald Trump and many GOP senators. Republicans brushed off a call by Mr. Trump to continue working on a repeal of the 2010 health-care law after their bill […]
8/28/2017
CRISIS/GOP/POLITICS/TEXAS: “Texas Republicans in Congress once stood nearly united against a bill to send billions of dollars in aid to Northeastern states recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Sen. Ted Cruz even ripped the legislation as ‘a Christmas tree’ with billions of dollars in extraneous goodies. New York and New Jersey Republicans haven’t forgotten the slight. And […]
8/27/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tensions between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are rising, as lawmakers are being blamed by the president, House colleagues and many voters for the party’s failure to pass a major legislative initiative… Next month, the Republican-led Congress must pass a measure to keep the government funded beyond Sept. 30, when a […]
8/25/2017
DEMS/GOP/POLITICS: “If Senate Republicans don’t get rid of the Filibuster Rule and go to a 51% majority, few bills will be passed. 8 Dems control the Senate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 25, 2017 05:33am […]
8/24/2017
GOP/LEGAL/POLITICS/SUPREME COURT: “A U.S. court on Thursday [8-24-17] rejected a bid by Republican voters to throw out congressional districts drawn by Democratic lawmakers in Maryland. The three-judge panel sitting in Baltimore, divided 2-1, also put any further action in the case on hold pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming decision in a similar case from […]
8/24/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICAL FIGURES: “The only problem I have with Mitch McConnell is that, after hearing Repeal & Replace for 7 years, he failed!That should NEVER have happened!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2017 08:42am […]
8/24/2017
GOP/POLITICS/NATIONAL DEBT/VA/VETS: “I requested that Mitch M & Paul R tie the Debt Ceiling legislation into the popular V.A. Bill (which just passed) for easy approval. They… didn’t do it so now we have a big deal with Dems holding them up (as usual) on Debt Ceiling approval. Could have been so easy-now a mess!” […]
8/23/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “If Republican Senate doesn’t get rid of the Filibuster Rule & go to a simple majority, which the Dems would do, they are just wasting time!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 23, 2017 08:50am […]
8/21/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s impulse to punch back at Republicans who challenge him is dividing the party in Arizona and threatening the 2018 re-election of Sen. Jeff Flake, one of the party’s most vulnerable incumbents. Mr. Flake opposes Mr. Trump’s trade and border-wall plans, has criticized the president’s remarks about protests over a Confederate […]
8/21/2017
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Scott Garrett to lead the Export-Import Bank has opened up yet another front in the Republican Party’s civil war. Pro-business trade groups, free-market advocates and even social conservatives and gay-rights activists are targeting GOP senators with competing lobbying efforts as they clash over Garrett’s […]
8/20/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump returns to the White House Sunday [8-20-17] after a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, amid signs he has alienated some congressional Republicans by saying both white-nationalist demonstrators and counterprotesters deserved blame for the recent violent clash in Virginia. Mr. Trump has a long to-do list: He […]
8/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “A fast-approaching deadline for insurers to commit to selling health plans next year under the Affordable Care Act is pressuring Republican lawmakers to decide quickly whether to shore up the law and ease the path for insurers or continue efforts to roll it back. Lawmakers returning to the Capitol from recess on Sept. 5 […]
8/17/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is no annulling this marriage. For several weeks, congressional Republicans have grown more brazen, inch by careful inch, in creating a measure of distance from President Trump. Perhaps he should not declare war on the face of a female host of ‘Morning Joe,’ they have suggested, or antagonize Senator Mitch McConnell […]
8/17/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/GOP/TAXES: “With a sweeping overhaul of the tax code on the horizon, two Senate Democrats believe this is the moment to broach the third rail of climate change policy: a carbon tax. The plan by the senators, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Brian Schatz of Hawaii, to level a $49 per metric ton […]
8/17/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s specific attacks on about a half-dozen U.S. senators, all but one of whom are fellow Republicans, in just the past four weeks are prompting senators to protect their own while casting a wary eye at an unpredictable White House. Mr. Trump’s latest target is Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), […]
8/17/2017
GOP/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Taking down statues of Confederate figures is ‘just like’ removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks, Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday [8-17-17], adding that the white nationalist and far-left protesters in Charlottesville over the weekend were ‘equally as bad’ and ‘disgusting.’ The Republican governor made the comments during an appearance […]
8/17/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Great to see that Dr. Kelli Ward is running against Flake Jeff Flake, who is WEAK on borders, crime and a non-factor in Senate. He’s toxic!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 05:56am […]