Sentences with phrase «against the house republicans»

Today, the president traveled to M. Luis Construction in Rockville, Md., to deliver his latest in a series of strongly - worded attacks against House Republicans regarding the government shutdown.

«The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched an early campaign against House Republicans in key districts around the country.

Washington, DC — A group of leading U.S. Senators joined today with Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to speak out against the House Republican leadership's dangerous attacks on women's health programs and Planned Parenthood health centers.

Not exact matches

Even Democrats» least controversial demand, for disaster funding, faced pushback in 2017, with many Republicans in the House voting against various packages for hurricane and wildfire relief.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen should step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for voting against the final version of the GOP tax reform plan that passed Tuesday afternoon.

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he was taking the gloves off in his battle against Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House after taking a scorching from speakers at the Democratic National Convention.

Republican House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday cautioned against the U.S. imposing «indiscriminate» tariffs against China and he encouraged a wider public discussion before the U.S. takes new trade measures.

The NRCC ran ads against Lamb telling voters he would be identical to Pelosi if he made it to the House, which other Republican groups piled on in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

Speculation ran high that the former Republican nominee would consider a third run for the White House after he took to the stage on Thursday to speak out against current frontrunner Donald Trump.

In one sign of the likely Republican pushback against the president's budget proposal, Cory Fritz, a spokesman for Speaker of the House John Boehner (Republican, Ohio), had this to say in a blog post Thursday:

Holmes had been highly critical of both Moore, who was alleged of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when he was in his 30s, and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who had boosted Moore's candidacy since the primary against Republican Sen. Luther Strange, who was McConnell's preferred candidate.

Pelosi, a former House speaker, is a favorite target of Republicans, particularly as the GOP fights against a possible blue wave this fall.

But a Republican operative with close ties to the White House pushed back against the notion that this administration needs to repair its relationship with the press.

At the time, 90 House Republicans and 17 Senate Republicans voted against the package — citing the deficit, and that the relief aid was tied to the debt ceiling and continuing resolution proposal.

In 2013, 23 of 24 House Republicans from Texas voted against the aid package for Sandy; some members of Texas's Republican delegation, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R - TX), are signaling they're unlikely to have similar reservations this time around.

Several Republican leaders have come out against the proposed tariffs, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate leader Mitch McConnell.

April 19 — WASHINGTON — In a sign of deep worry about secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo's confirmation prospects, President Trump and other Republicans launched a concerted messaging blitz against Senate Democrats and GOP Sen.. The push came on the heels of the White House confirming news that Pompeo, the CIA director the president tapped to replace Rex...

The Senate's approach to state and local taxes is at odds with that of the House, where Republicans settled on a compromise — scrapping some of the state and local deductions but still allowing a deduction of up to $ 10,000 on property taxes — after GOP lawmakers from high - tax states revolted against an initial House plan to scrap the deduction entirely.

Last month, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee invited Hardaway and Richardson to speak at a hearing on «Filtering Practices of Social Media Platforms» as poster children for Facebook's bias against conservatives.

House Republicans and conservative media cast it as proof of Trump's long - running narrative of FBI bias against him; Democrats say it's deeply misleading, twisting and cherry - picking classified intelligence to make the president seem right.

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.

* OBAMACARE BECOMES WEAPON FOR DEMS: The New York Times reports that the tables have turned, and Democrats are using the Republicans» failed repeal vote as a weapon against them in multiple House races:

«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.

House Republicans and conservative media cast the Nunes memo as proof of Trump's long - running allegations of FBI bias against him.

Twelve Republicans voted against the final tax bill in the House.

The race pits the two wings of the House Republican Conference against each other, going all out to nominate rival candidates.

In 2013, American Atheists launched a billboard campaign against three Republican politicians: former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

She notes that Republican leaders like Indiana Rep. Mike Pence and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann have a foot in both camps, helping to spearhead the House fight against Obama's budget proposals and its attempt to defund Planned Parenthood.

If a republican is against government handouts and government funded health care and retirement plans, then they should give up the ones they are enjoying which we tax payers are paying for each and every republican house and senate member.

That we need to start a revolution because Obama won... this is why the republicans lost... catering to the extreme far right, extreme religiious, extreme Tea Baggers... the tea partty members in the house will continue to create more problems for the GOP untill they show they are going to work with this President instead of against him... Boenher better get a grip on his House or he will find himself out of a job... and the GOP better distance themselves from this NUT CASE TRUhouse will continue to create more problems for the GOP untill they show they are going to work with this President instead of against him... Boenher better get a grip on his House or he will find himself out of a job... and the GOP better distance themselves from this NUT CASE TRUHouse or he will find himself out of a job... and the GOP better distance themselves from this NUT CASE TRUMP...

The Republicans used the fear, hatred and bigotry of the Tea Partiers against Obama to win the House, and this year, they will use them to try to win back the White house and the SeHouse, and this year, they will use them to try to win back the White house and the Sehouse and the Senate.

At the same time, Blanche Lincoln survived (for now) and the Dems held on to John Murtha's old House seat in a Republican - leaning area, where again observers will try to draw grand conclusions from the fact that Mark Critz found it necessary to run against Obama's healthcare plan.

You can then ask: Why did all Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee vote against releasing the Republican memo?

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted to release the Nunes memo, but voted against releasing the Democratic memo.

Representative Mike Conaway, a senior committee Republican, said Republicans voted against releasing the Democrats» memo because the House of Representatives had not had a chance to read it.

Seven New York Republicans in the House of Representatives last week voted against the Republican - backed budget plan, with several citing concerns over the end to deductions.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last week launched new salvos against Republican Reps. John Faso and Claudia Tenney over their votes in support of the American Health Care Act, the House GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching a digital ad campaign against 10 House Republicans who voted for the health care bill.

Sanders also rallied in 2016 with Democratic House candidate Zephyr Teachout, who unsuccessfully sought a Hudson Valley district against Republican John Faso.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo came out firing against New York's House Republicans yesterday, blasting them for betraying their constituents as he launched a push to boot them from their jobs.

In some cases, Slaughter's unwillingness to «back down» has lead to some eyebrow raising attacks against her Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives.

Two weeks after Trump blocked the full release of a classified Democratic memo, the House intelligence committee published a redacted version of the document that aims to counter a narrative that Republicans on the committee have promoted for months — that the FBI and Justice Department conspired against Trump as they investigated his ties to Russia.

James Hohmann and the Daily 202 crew at the Post bring us a nice scoop today: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching a digital ad campaign against 10 House Republicans who voted...

Three days after Trump's inauguration, Democratic attorney Antonio Delgado bought a house in Rhinebeck and sold his house in New Jersey, then a month later he started running for Congress against Republican Rep. John Faso in NY - 19.

Such a huge loss by the Republican presidential nominee would pit two oft - voiced truisms against one another: that the House majority is securely in GOP hands because of the tilted redistricting process in 2011, and that the era of voters splitting presidential tickets is over.

But with the stars aligning for the Wisconsin Republican to become the next House speaker, Democrats say they'll now have a villain to run against, not just a stack of numbers.

Trump's apparent commitment to stand by incumbent Republican senators against his former campaign CEO and White House strategist shows that even a tradition - bucking president may hew to the party line in the interest of moving his agenda forward and maintaining a governing majority.

Several moderate House Republicans are firmly opposed to the farm bill or considering voting against it, providing leverage to conservatives who are trying to make their support contingent on securing a separate vote on an immigration bill.

Of 237 roll call votes in which four or more Republican House members voted against the majority of Republican members, Stefanik joined in splitting with the party 63 times, according to a Post-Star analysis of her 2016 voting record.

Former Rep. Paul Broun announced he's running for Congress in Georgia's 9th District, and he faces not just a primary against an incumbent fellow Republican but the haze of an ethics investigation dating back to his last term in the House.