Red States Called Moochers as Hillary Defends Tunnel Project Hillary Clinton came to the defense of the Gateway Project and accused President Donald Trump of playing politics by holding back federal funds as several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation criticized
Republican House efforts to cut funding.
Not exact matches
But as that occurred before the advent of the Tea Party, which was sparked in large part out of concern over the government's profligate spending, such an
effort this time around would likely run into greater resistance, particularly from rank - and - file conservative
House Republicans.
But he blasted
House Republicans»
efforts, pointing to a «scathingly political statement» from
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney the day after the attack.
Lamb also made considerable
efforts to distance himself from
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a popular punching bag for the National
Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 - A U.S. Senate tax - cut bill, differing from one in the
House of Representatives, was expected to be unveiled on Thursday, complicating a
Republican tax overhaul push and increasing skepticism on Wall Street about the
effort.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a massive $ 1.5 trillion tax bill, capping off a yearlong
effort by the White
House and
Republicans in Congress to slash tax rates for both corporations and individuals.
The company has ramped up
efforts to hire
Republican lobbying firms and in -
house lobbyists to change the composition of its Washington office.
His actions then represented a key milepost on the Texas
Republican's path to becoming a powerful
House committee chairman and a pivotal player in the GOP
effort to reduce financial regulation in the Trump era.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin is among the
Republicans from outside California who have contributed to the campaign to repeal the state's gas - tax increase, showing the
effort has national interest from GOP leaders who see it as a way to boost their party's chances in the Golden State for this year's election.
Senate
Republicans are forging their own path on the
effort to overhaul the U.S. tax code, offering a plan Thursday that would delay an immediate corporate tax cut President Trump has demanded and blow up
House Republicans» carefully crafted compromise on a controversial tax deduction.
House Republicans on Thursday released the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, kicking off a new, more public phase of their
effort to rewrite the nation's tax code.
A number of
Republican House members insisted on only a partial repeal in the
House bill, but the Senate has gone for a full repeal in an
effort to raise more money to pay for tax cuts elsewhere.
But now a stubborn standoff between a powerful
House Republican, Senate Democrats and the White
House threatens to derail the
effort entirely.
«This does bring a sense of urgency to getting this done over the next month with the speaker leaving,» said Representative Stephen Fincher, who has led
House Republican efforts to renew the export credit agency's charter, which expired nearly three months ago.
Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by
House Speaker Ryan and
Republican Members of the
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful
effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes.
«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by
House Speaker Ryan and
Republican Members of the
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful
effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a statement.
That in and of itself isn't necessarily unusual, but combined with an ongoing war of words among
House Republicans with regards to Rosenstein, it points to an
effort to delegitimize the deputy attorney general within the GOP and among Trump's supporters, an
effort that Trump himself has engaged in on Twitter.
In last week's down - to - the - wire budget battle between the White
House and
Republican leaders, for example, it was a GOP
effort to defund Planned Parenthood — a longtime enemy of Christian conservatives — that emerged as a final stumbling block.
Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about
efforts by
House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food... [Continue reading]
Keep in mind that in writing this kind of editorial (and in making her White
House statement on Monday), the First Lady is engaging in an unusually political discourse, in that she's specifically taking issue with
Republican - backed
efforts to gut the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act.
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Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about
efforts by
House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.
Now that
Republicans have control of both the
House and Senate, it seems all the more likely that the SNA will succeed in this
effort.
If there really is a weakening of resolve among
House Republicans, this means that grass roots
efforts and negative press are working, so please keep up the pressure.
Ken Mehlman, chairman of the
Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch voter identification and turnout
effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual
House contests.
The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
effort to flip
Republican - held seats in the
House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the
effort should be focused on the state Senate.
His
efforts were not enough to save
House incumbents like Reps. Mike Arcuri, Scott Murphy, Mike McMahon and John Hall, who all lost to their
Republican opponents last Tuesday (two more — Dan Maffei and Tim Bishop — are hanging by the proverbial thread).
The White
House stepped up its push to revive legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act by placating the most conservative
House members, but the
effort risked alienating more moderate
Republicans whose votes President Trump needs just as much.
But the
House seat has not been on the radar of national
efforts to flip the seat to the Democratic column like those to the south, including the districts represented by
Republican freshman Claudia Tenney and John Faso.
A Democratic - aligned super PAC that is trying to make a difference in several key
House races and one state Senate campaign is increasing its
efforts in the NY - 24
House race between
Republican Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, Democrat Dan Maffei and Green Party candidate Ursula Rozum.
The
Republican - controlled state Senate put up a potential roadblock to a growing
effort to speed up repairs at the NYC
Housing Authority.
President Trump backed the
effort from
Republican Senators David Perdue and Tom Cotton in a speech at the White
House.
This
effort was supported by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro), among others, but did not pass the
Republican - controlled
House.
With the GOP in control of the
House, Log Cabin
Republicans has said it would push for the legislation and has maintained it has a shot at passage because it relates to lowering taxes, an
effort that
Republicans traditionally favor.
After failing to reapportion seats in 1921 in an
effort to avoid losing the strength in their two
house majority, the
Republican led Congress (and Presidency) passed the Act to ensure their Congressional power would remain intact for the foreseeable future.
But now, McLaughlin, a state assemblyman from Rensselaer County, is stepping up his
efforts to shame his fellow
Republicans in the upper
house into holding hearings on water quality issues in Hoosick Falls.
«Majorities of Upstate New York voters clearly despise President Trump,
House Republicans and their collective
effort to pass a health care bill that would have increased premiums and kicked people off their health insurance.
The juggernaut GOP - affiliated group Crossroads GPS will soon announce a massive $ 8.1 million television and radio
effort for
House Republicans slated to begin Saturday and run for three weeks.
The initiative included television ads, online videos and robo - calls, however, despite the DCCC's best
efforts, the plan was ineffective as the
Republican controlled
House repealed all or parts of the Affordable Care Act more than 33 times.
House Republican leader Themis Klarides, the highest ranking female legislative leader in either party, applauded the
effort.
By month's end,
Republicans aim to have six «Victory Centers» set up to help with turnout
efforts in the six targeted
House races in Illinois, according to a GOP aide.
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo's
effort to target at least six New York
House Republicans in 2018 has already raised about a million bucks, a source tied to the
effort said.
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«Sparked by the conservative activist group Club for Growth,» the repeal movement has won the support of Sen. Jim DeMint (R - SC) and
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R - OH), who said
Republicans would «have an
effort to repeal the bill.»
While
Republicans and Democrats are spending almost equally on their Web
efforts, Democrats are spending dramatically more on in -
house staff.
The state
Republican Party plans a massive get - out - the - vote
effort for its Congressional candidates this fall, a move that Chairman Ed Cox says is being fueled in part by
House Speaker John Boehner's team.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized on Wednesday
Republican House members from New York who have supported broad changes to the Affordable Care Act, potential cuts that would impact hospitals and tax reform
efforts as «reprehensible.»
It's a ratcheting up of rhetoric by Cuomo, who has vowed to help unseat
Republican House lawmakers in New York who backed Obamacare repeal
efforts, namely a provision that would shift the burden of Medicaid spending from county governments to the state.
The DCCC, the campaign arm of
House Democrats, views New York as one of the key battleground states in its
effort to flip enough
Republican seats to gain control of the
House in the November election.
Several
Republican donors said watching that
effort run into headwinds among conservative
House members, combined with the tortured standoff over the government shutdown and potential debt default, had left a sour taste in their mouths.