Tag: Democratic Party

"I was hoping to get through my life without having to witness an outwardly, explicitly racist American President. My luck ran out.," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., shortly after walking out on President Trump's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Luis Gutierrez walks out of Trump’s State of the Union as progressives write off bipartisanship permanently

Philip Wegmann · January 31, 2018 4:29 am

The young congressman appeared to have a healthy heaping of Vaseline or ChapStick slathered at the corners of his mouth. (CSPAN)

Beltway Confidential

What was going on with Rep. Joe Kennedy’s mouth during his State of the Union rebuttal?

Becket Adams · January 31, 2018 4:11 am

"Bullies may land a punch. They might leave a mark," Rep. Joseph Kennedy III said Tuesday night as he delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union speech from Falls River, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Joe Kennedy knocks Trump as a bully, pitches Democrats ‘Better Deal’ agenda

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 3:44 am

During the State of the Union address, Democratic lawmakers booed twice when President Trump mentioned his preferred policy on family-based chain migration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats boo Trump at mention of chain migration: WATCH

Gabby Morrongiello · January 31, 2018 3:23 am

President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Washington Secrets

DNC: ‘State of the Lies’

Paul Bedard · January 31, 2018 2:53 am

President Trump is set to give his first State of the Union address Tuesday. No less than six Democrats have announced separate rebuttals to Trump's address. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

The danger of split political personalities and the six different Democrat responses to the State of the Union

Philip Wegmann · January 31, 2018 12:37 am

The Democrats have chosen Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., to give the State of the Union rebuttal. The party of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden is giving this speech opportunity to someone 30 years their junior. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Red Alert Politics

Young relative of JFK to deliver Democratic ‘State of the Union’ response

Angela Morabito · January 30, 2018 9:46 pm

The questions for Democrats: Is Trump asking for three times more than he wants? (Chris Kleponis/Pool via Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: On immigration, Trump goes for it all

Byron York · January 30, 2018 9:40 pm

Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., announced his bid to run for president on July 28, 2017.

Rep. John Delaney airing 2020 presidential campaign ads in Iowa on Super Bowl Sunday

Tristan Justice · January 30, 2018 6:10 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., center, told reporters Tuesday that even though government funding will expire after Feb. 8 — right in the middle of the Democratic retreat — they will still leave the Capitol and head to the shore for their annual gathering. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats still plan on attending annual retreat despite next week’s funding battle

Al Weaver · January 30, 2018 5:48 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said a memo authored by Democrats on the intelligence panel that is meant to serve as a rebuttal to the GOP memo will be released to the public after it is screened by the Department of Justice to ensure it does not contain information damaging to national security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Paul Ryan backs memo release, cites possible ‘malfeasance at the FBI’

Susan Ferrechio · January 30, 2018 3:42 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., spoke just hours after the House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release a GOP memo that Republicans say describes abuses of federal surveillance authority. "They voted unanimously to not allow the public to see that, and that's a shame," he said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Democrat accuses GOP of releasing ‘brainwashing’ surveillance memo

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2018 12:43 pm