Republicans
Biden offers major change in tax proposal in effort to lure Republicans on infrastructure plan
Even with the new concession on taxes, though, the White House’s roughly $1 trillion plan still amounts to four times as much as Republicans have been willing to spend to improve the country’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections. Entering the meeting, GOP leaders had endorsed roughly $257 billion in new spending, while maintaining …
Dems push new plan to end N.J.’s COVID health emergency. Republicans still unhappy.
Two weeks after the first version fell apart because of bipartisan concerns, top state lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a new proposal to end New Jersey’s 15-month-old public health emergency over COVID-19 while still allowing Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration multiple powers to keep managing the pandemic through the year’s end. The plan — which includes a …
Reporters admit dismissing Wuhan lab leak theory in part because Republicans proposed it
Media top headlines May 31 ABC’s Jonathan Karl saying some journalists have ‘egg’ on their faces over the Wuhan lab leak theory and more round today’s top media headlines Journalists continued to acknowledge Sunday that the media’s longstanding dismissal of the Wuhan “lab-leak” theory was in part due to Republicans pitching it. Once widely cast …
Senate Republicans appear poised to block bill to create January 6 commission
Senate Republicans appeared set early Friday to block the House-passed bill creating a commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Although most Republicans appeared unified in their opposition to the bill, worrying that a commission would drag into next year and potentially affect GOP chances of retaking Congress in the 2022 midterms, a few argue …
Key vote on January 6 timing unclear after Republicans bog down Senate floor overnight
The timing of the vote to create the independent panel is still not known because it’s unclear how long Republicans will drag out the fight over the previous bill. At least eight Republicans have requested time to speak on the floor overnight — for up to an hour each — to voice their objections to …
Biden mocks Republicans for promoting recovery plan they voted against
Biden and his aides say they believe that gaining the support of the majority of Americans — as well as Republican governors, mayors and local officials across the country — could help them secure the backing of congressional Republicans or even give Democrats momentum to push through the plans on a party-line vote. “We’ve turned …
Arizona Republicans fight back against election fraud claims
PHOENIX (AP) — The top Republicans in Arizona’s largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election Monday, calling on fellow members of the GOP and business leaders to speak out against an unprecedented partisan election audit. The GOP-dominated Maricopa County Board of Supervisors cast the audit as a sham that’s …
Opinion: The census is a lucky break for Republicans
The census provides the basis for redrawing Congressional and other legislative district lines every 10 years. Although state legislatures, or in some case special districting commissions, are responsible for dividing states with Congressional district lines, the national census determines how many representatives each state gets. Every decade a few states gain seats, some lose them …
Republicans pray for truce after Trump attacks on McConnell
“We’ve got issues as a party, with the demographic trends going against us, and we don’t have a lot of margin for error,” said Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), observing that the Trump-McConnell feud is still in “full flare” at the moment. “When it comes to the infighting politically, I don’t know how that can help …
Republicans Have Been Waiting for a Matt Gaetz Scandal to Break
After Rep. Matt Gaetz accused a Florida lawyer of a $25 million extortion scheme to make sex trafficking allegations disappear, Republicans on and off Capitol Hill on Wednesday largely kept their mouths shut. Gaetz—the Trump-loving, Fox News-grinning, 38-year-old Florida Republican—has a less-than-sterling reputation among his congressional colleagues. More than a half-dozen lawmakers have spoken to …
