Sentences with phrase «republican nomine»

For example, when political newcomer David Brat successfully challenged House Republican majority leader Eric Cantor to represent Virginia in the U.S. Congress, it came as a surprise only to those reporters who didn't bother to go to Virginia and talk to «actual humans,» as Rutenberg observes (echoing an earlier analysis by Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi).

Just about every piece of key legislation that is likely to be revamped or introduced under Trump and the Republican - majority Congress affects small businesses.

Donald Trump (L) walks onstage past CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer during the CNN Republican presidential debate on December 15, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada

It has been based on the production of lies developed by the fossil fuel industry through industry - funded conservative think - tanks, laundered through conservative foundations, spun and repeated by right - wing media outlets, and adopted as ideology by the Republican Party.

Women pose nude for photographer Spencer Tunick's art installation «Everything She Says Means Everything» near the location of the Republican National Convention.

While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has generally downplayed the seriousness of the public health crisis, Clinton yesterday toured a Miami neighborhood health clinic near ground zero of the Zika outbreak and admonished lawmakers for having adjourned until after Labor Day without resolving a partisan impasse over the urgently needed spending bill.

The Democratic Party's victory on Tuesday in the governor's race appears to have cemented the move toward climate regulations, with Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam beating Republican challenger Ed Gillespie.

The Republican president fulfilled his campaign promise to pull out of the 2015 accord in June, when he announced tersely «We're getting out.»

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump reacts to balloons, confetti and electronic fireworks as he stands with his son Barron (L) at the conclusion of the final session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016.

A campaign bus from Herman Cain's 2012 Republican candidacy is covered with signs for the comedian Samantha Bee amid preparations for the arrival of visitors and delegates.

The Fed Audit, which has consistently been fought by the Senate, could easily be dropped - with Republican legislators being able to point to the endorsement of the beltway's leading libertarian think tanks as evidence of being tough on the Fed.

The newly released Republican tax bill from the House of Representatives has a whole lot going on.

«And that's saying a lot given that the governor went through a recall election,» he said, referring to former Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker.

Their tendency has been to largely ignore, or to understate, or to deflect attention from the Republican shenanigans and abuses.

(After the March 24 failure, it would be nearly unthinkable for the Republican leadership in Congress to call for a vote without being sure of the count ahead of time.)

Cambridge Analytica was created around 2013 initially with a focus on U.S. elections, with $ 15 million in backing from billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer and a name chosen by future Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, the New York Times reported.

Benioff raised more than $ 500,000 for President Barack Obama's second term election, but also gave $ 10,000 to Paul Ryan's run for House before the Republican was named Mitt Romney's running mate in the 2012 election.

In denying Democrats even a jot of Republican co-authorship, the GOP has thrust the law wholly into the Democrats» hands, and that includes Healthcare.gov's embarrassing rollout, a fiasco damaging enough to undo the wounds Republicans self - inflicted in the government shutdown.

During the freewheeling meeting, Trump made several statements that appeared to worry Republican lawmakers, including telling Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania that he might be «afraid of the NRA,» referring to the National Rifle Association, an influential gun - rights organization.

Legend's most recent response came after West shared a screenshot of a text conversation with someone named Steve about the history of the Republican party.

They invited Republican lobbyists to dinner with McConnell in a private room at Carmine's, a family - style Italian restaurant in downtown Washington, with no apparent price of admission.

They also had nothing to do with Republican hypocrisy on gay marriage.

As Donald Trump's position at the front of the Republican presidential race has become more and more unshakeable, the media's attitude towards him has changed gradually from a position of somewhat gleeful ridicule to concern that this man actually has a shot at becoming president of the United States — and that the media itself may have helped put him there.

Pelosi's commitment to stay on board provides a big relief for Republican operatives who were privately fretting that she would bow out of leadership to make way for a new generation, as Business Insider reported in March.

An incredible investigation into the Republican tax plan revealing that many of the biggest tax - avoidance schemes were left untouched — and a cottage industry has sprung up to cash in on one of them.

After one of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz's first appearances on cable news, he got a call from someone offering some advice.

The Kentucky Republican said the current pace of debt accumulation is unsustainable, arguing there should be significant spending cuts to get the debt under control.

In February, he told a Dallas sports radio program he'd consider running as vice president with his fellow billionaire Trump, who is now the presumptive Republican nominee.

The drama began with the very first Republican debate last August, when the Fox anchor asked the candidate whether he had the right temperament to be president, given that he had referred to women using derogatory terms such as «fat pigs» and «disgusting animals.»

The bill was introduced by Republican California Assemblyman Heath Flora, who represents the area near Modesto, California, which is about 90 miles away from San Francisco.

The current Republican control of the House has made the prospect of passing a similar bill even more unlikely.

«Abe Lincoln freed and protected the slaves and he was Republican.

Mark Cuban speculated Tuesday about the scope of Donald Trump's wealth, after the Federal Election Commission released a dismal campaign - finance report from the presumptive Republican nominee.

While Democratic candidate Vermont senator Bernie Sanders would go as high as $ 15, a number of Republican candidates say they favor only a small bump up in wages.

Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican who recently announced plans to retire next year, said he was mulling over the two bills, which differ based on the time frame of when the three - judge panels could take action.

And Kelly needs to show that she can command a prime - time audience and also conduct a strong, critical interview with the man who will almost certainly become the Republican Party's nominee.

Both companies offered competing live streams of the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer, but both were low - key events that drew little fanfare from either company.

Citadel's Ken Griffin tells CNBC that Republican efforts to cut back taxes may be going a bit too far.

Unlike his other policy pillars, this has wide support in the Republican - controlled Congress.

With polls reporting a tidy lead over Republican candidate Joe Lhota, Democrat Bill de Blasio is probably readying his victory speech.

Amid speculation that her reign as top House Democrat could be coming to an end, Republican operatives were jumping with joy on Tuesday when Pelosi announced she is not going anywhere.

«I'm hearing from two small processors of steel in my district in Texas,» Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling told Fortune, «one that makes shelving, and one that makes steel buildings.

«You'd expect a policy this bad from a leftist administration, not a supposedly Republican one,» Sasse said in a statement.

Gaetz is one of four Republican members of Congress who have told Business Insider that Trump often likes to give them a call moments after they appear on cable news.

The issue had been simmering since conservative deficit hawks began calling out the Republican profligacy of the Bush era.

Tantalizingly close to achieving his career ambition of seizing control of the Senate, the Kentucky Republican is also as close as he's been during five terms in the chamber to being sent packing.

It is also likely to fall short of another Republican goal of paying for itself — analyses have found that it will add roughly $ 1 trillion to the deficit over 10 years.

He later reiterated his support with an op - ed in The Washington Post in which he wrote, «Trump's heretical denial of Republican dogma about government incapacity is exactly what we need to move the party — and the country — in a new direction.»

When the bill came up for a vote on Dec. 24, 2009, not a single Senate Republican backed it.

But with the Republican bill in need of major surgery, the politics for the president are straightforward: Going after the industry, one of the country's least popular, would fulfill a promise he made to cash - strapped voters; it would allow him to highlight the unsavory deal the Obama administration cut with the sector to buy its neutrality during the original consideration of the law; and it would generate tens of billions of dollars Republicans could use to preserve some coverage for the estimated 24 million who'd lose it under their initial proposal.