Tag: Democratic Party

Thankfully, the attempt by the former CFPB head Richard Cordray to choose his own successor is faltering. (Flickr)

CFPB leadership fight exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy

Colin Hanna · February 21, 2018 5:01 am

In this Dec. 20, 2017 photo, President Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other members of Congress, pauses as he speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

People like the tax cut now that they see it is a tax cut

Timothy P. Carney · February 20, 2018 9:06 pm

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Joe Donnelly has a Mike Pence problem

Philip Wegmann · February 20, 2018 1:07 pm

While Democratic leadership, including Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, initially called for largely replacing the law, key party officials in recent days have conspicuously declined to say that repeal is the goal.

‘Repeal and replace’ Trump’s tax cuts? Democrats won’t go there

Joseph Lawler · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Unions should earn their money and membership the way most institutions do, by convincing people that they are worth joining and funding. (AP)

Remember freedom of association? Union membership should not be forced

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2018 10:16 pm

Rick Saccone (pictured center), a Republican state lawmaker running for a House seat in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, gets a tour of Rosedale Technical College on Feb. 12 in Kennedy Township, Pa. Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election to fill the seat previously held by Rep. Tim Murphy, who resigned in October. (Justin Merriman for the Washington Examiner)

Could Rick Saccone disrupt the Democratic narrative in the Pennsylvania special election?

Salena Zito · February 18, 2018 5:01 am

Texas' AFL-CIO has recently endorsed Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas as O'Rourke tries to win against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. It was a reversal from a commitment the union made to not endorse any candidate in the 2018 Senate election. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Texas AFL-CIO reverses course, endorses Ted Cruz challenger

Robert King · February 17, 2018 8:56 pm

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro said in an interview that Democrats need to "compete everywhere" and that the party can't take anything for granted. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

2020 hopeful Julian Castro visits New Hampshire, says Democrats need to learn from Clinton’s loss

Robert King · February 17, 2018 4:23 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was one of several Democrats who opposed the the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, saying the bill was "dangerous and cruel." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats have moved far to the nation’s left on abortion

Ken Blackwell · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

Democrats are being urged to point out the disparity between immediate benefits for lower and middle-class Americans and the nation's top earners, especially as they head home for the next week during the week-long recess. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats struggle with rising popularity of GOP tax law

Al Weaver · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Friday that the tax windfall companies received after the GOP tax plan passed hasn't materialized in workers' paychecks as promised. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats assail $120 billion in stock buybacks in 2018 as new ‘GOP tax scam’

Anna Giaritelli · February 16, 2018 10:31 pm

More than 50 Democrats, led by top Senate Banking Committee Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio, (pictured above) wrote Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney Friday to warn that reorganizing the bureau's Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity and removing its enforcement role "will frustrate the CFPB's efforts to ensure all 'consumers are protected from unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices and from discrimination.'" (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Democrats press Mick Mulvaney on CFPB fair lending enforcement

Joseph Lawler · February 16, 2018 6:39 pm