Tag: Democratic Party

The Republican National Committee hauled in $11.1 million in December, making it one of nine months in 2017 that it broke its fundraising records for those months.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

GOP expects to double up Democrats on 2017 donations

Anna Giaritelli · January 18, 2018 4:13 pm

Declines in spending in recent years have left the military too small, over-worked, and saddled with aging aircraft that cannot fly, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Paul Ryan: ‘We have simply pushed our military past the breaking point’

Travis J. Tritten · January 18, 2018 1:45 pm

A loud and influential coalition of grassroots progressives has applied enormous pressure on the party for months to demand a clean Dream Act from Republicans and nothing less. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

DACA negotiations reveal consequences of Democrats’ increasingly radical base

Emily Jashinsky · January 18, 2018 4:06 am

"It's the opposite of what I campaigned for," President Trump said of the deal. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump slams ‘horrible’ and ‘very, very weak’ bipartisan immigration deal

Sarah Bedford · January 17, 2018 8:51 pm

Sen. Cory Booker blew up at Kirstjen Nielsen after she said she never heard President Trump say some countries in Africa and elsewhere are "shithole" countries. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

RNC: Dems silent after Cory Booker’s ‘mansplaining’ to DHS chief Kirstjen Nielsen

Pete Kasperowicz · January 17, 2018 7:23 pm

Democrat Patty Schachtner defeated her Republican opponent Adam Jarchow in the race to replace a state senator who recently resigned after sixteen years to serve as Gov. Scott Walker's agriculture secretary. Schachtner's victory flipped the district from red to blue. (Patty for Senate Campaign via AP)

Beltway Confidential

What happened in Wisconsin last night?

Emily Jashinsky · January 17, 2018 6:43 pm

Democrats' history on immigration is one of empty rhetoric and base deception. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

You think Democrats want to fix immigration? Dream on!

Washington Examiner · January 17, 2018 5:01 am

The Republican Party is looking for opportunities to roll back what could be a Democratic washouts in the 2018 midterm elections. Governors' races could be the ticket. (iStock)

Can blue state Republican governors survive a blue wave?

Kristen Soltis Anderson · January 17, 2018 4:11 am

Some hard figures help explain why the Reagan administration tax reforms were enacted with the support of so-called "Reagan Democrats" in Congress, while not a single Democrat voted for the 2017 tax reform. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)

Beltway Confidential

The Trump tax reform won’t match the Reagan ones

John Mueller · January 17, 2018 3:56 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign account tweeted a GIF of the leader smiling contently, shortly after Trump slammed his former senior adviser Steve Bannon in a statement for his comments in a new book excerpt. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nevada Democrats introduce ‘Mitch McTurtle’ mascot to mock Mitch McConnell

Katie Leach · January 16, 2018 8:15 pm

President Trump is set to give his first State of the Union address on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Here are the Democrats skipping Trump’s State of the Union speech

Al Weaver · January 16, 2018 7:25 pm

By perpetuating this news cycle, President Trump has handed Sen. Dick Durbin and company a club to beat him over the head with. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is playing right into Dicky Durbin’s hands

Philip Wegmann · January 16, 2018 7:15 pm