Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year
The Office of Congressman Darrell Issa(WASHINTON) — Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s …
Rand Paul and Bobby Jindal Visit Early Primary States
United States Senate(WASHINGTON) — It may seem like the 2012 presidential race just ended, but two Republicans stoked speculation that they could be in the running in 2016 when they addressed groups Friday evening in the two earliest of early states: …
GOP Address: Rep. Martha Roby on Flexibility for Working Parents
Photo By Douglas Graham/Roll Call/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In this week’s Republican address, Alabama Congresswoman Martha Roby spoke about the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, a bill passed by the House of Representatives this week.On the …
Rep. Steve King Passes on Iowa Senate Seat
OFFICE OF REP. STEVE KING(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Steve King of Iowa, an outspoken conservative firebrand, will not seek the Republican nomination for his state’s open Senate seat, ABC News has learned.“I will not run for Senate in 2014,”…
Republicans Hope Gabriel Gomez Is the Next Scott Brown
Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Republican Gabriel Gomez is the underdog in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election. There’s no other way to look at it when you see the Democratic advantage in voter registration in th…
Lindsey Graham: Boston Bombings were an Intelligence Failure
Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Cal(WASHINGTON) — Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation, Senator Lindsey Graham expressed his belief that the Boston Marathon bombings were the result of intelligence failures.
Graham said that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the dead bom…
Marco Rubio: Immigration Bill Doesn’t ‘Give’ Anything Away
Michael Bonfigli /The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Days before a bipartisan immigration bill is scheduled to be presented, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida argued Sunday morning on This Week that a key provision of th…
Obama to Dine with Second Group of Senate Republicans
Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Look who’s coming for dinner again: Senate Republicans.On Wednesday, April 10, President Obama will dine with a new group of 12 Republican senators.Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., wa…
Rand Paul Sounds Like Candidate for 2016
United States Senate(WASHINGTON) — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul went about as far saying he was interested in running for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination without actually coming around and saying it.Interviewed on Fox News on Sunday, Paul wouldn’t …
Biden: ‘No Leadership’ in GOP
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Republican Party is struggling with an identity crisis, with “no leadership” and “the tail wagging the dog.”“There is no leaders…
GOP Weekly Address: Sen. Mike Lee Says Budgets Are About Setting Priorities
US Senate(WASHINGTON) — In this week’s Republican address, Sen. Mike Lee, R-UT, says the budget produced by Senate Democrats “grows the government, not the economy,” while the budget passed by House Republicans this week “reduces spending and de…
Tom Tancredo Disavows Rand Paul, Calls Him ‘Softer’ Than Obama on Immigration
(WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., regrets his previous endorsement of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., disavowing the former ally because he has “flip-flopped” on immigration.“Rand Paul began his speech in Spanish and it went d…
GOP Chair Calls for Earlier Conventions, Expanded Outreach to Minorities
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As the Republican Party tries to bounce back from its loss in November’s presidential election, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus outlined some of the tactical changes the Party must&nbs…
Rand Paul Edges Marco Rubio in CPAC Straw Poll
United States Senate(NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — Could Rand Paul run for president in 2016?The Kentucky senator emerged as the potential 2016 presidential candidate preferred by the largest share of those who participated in a straw poll at the 2013 Conse…
John Boehner: The ‘Talk About Raising Revenue Is Over’
TOBY JORRIN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz during an exclusive interview for This Week that talk of including revenue as part of an effort to strike a so-called “grand barga…
Ted Cruz: ‘Count Me a Proud Wacko Bird’
Douglas Graham/Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he’s willing to embrace the “wacko bird” label given to him by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., if it means he is defending the Constitution.“If standing for liberty…
Sarah Palin Compares Obama to Bernie Madoff, Sips from a Big Gulp and Jokes About Her (Gun) ‘Rack’
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Sarah Palin served up a generous helping of conservative red meat on Saturday, comparing President Obama to white-collar criminal Bernie Madoff, mocking New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his support of a jumbo…
John Boehner ‘Can’t Imagine’ His Gay Marriage Views Shifting
ABC/Martin H. Simon(WASHINGTON) — Hours after Sen. Rob Portman, the Ohio Republican, bucked his party and came out in support of gay marriage, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, reaffirmed his position against it in a wide-ranging, exclusive intervie…
Jeb Bush Calls Media ‘Crack Addicts’ for Politics
Paul Morigi/WireImage(WASHINGTON) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called the media “crack addicts” Sunday after he was asked who is more likely to end up in the White House one day — him or Sen. Marco Rubio, his fellow Floridian for w…
Republicans Attack Ashley Judd
Mike Coppola/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Republicans are going on the offense against actress Ashley Judd.Judd, a Democrat, may or may not challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the nation’s second-most-powerful Republican, for his Ken…