Tag: House Republicans

Michael Avenatti helped the president while trying to remove him, but House Republicans hurt the president while trying to protect him.

House Republicans on Wednesday pushed forward with their plan to strengthen work requirements for food stamp recipients under the 2018 Farm Bill.

A draft of an amnesty plan for illegal aliens by White House advisers specifically excludes cracking down on sanctuary city jurisdictions, which harbor criminal illegal aliens from federal immigration officials.

The White House amnesty plan to potentially give citizenship to millions of illegal aliens “does not represent” President Trump’s commitment to implement an immigration policy that serves the interests of American citizens, Congressman Dave Brat (R-VA) says.

The White House has canceled their planned meeting with lawmakers to roll out their immigration “framework” that gives U.S. citizenship to at least 1.8 million illegal aliens, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demands more concessions from the administration.

A White House expansive amnesty plan crafted by top administration officials is the “beginning of the end” of a Republican majority in the House, a House Republican reportedly told the media.

Testimony released last week reveals new details about alleged payments by the law firm that represented Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to the former British spy who authored the largely discredited 35-page anti-Trump dossier.

President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a public campaign to push the Republican-controlled Congress to uphold the White House’s pro-American immigration agenda by ending extended-family immigration into the United States.

Republican efforts to enact tax reform face a serious challenge.

Even before the House bill was released Thursday, 60 percent of Americans said the plan favored the wealthy, according to a poll by ABC News/Washington Post. The poll was taken between October 29 and November 1, the day before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was released.

President Donald Trump praised the tax bill released by House Republicans, calling it a “historic” moment for American families and urged Congress to pass it by Christmas.

House Republicans delayed the release of their tax bill Tuesday night, a sign that the GOP leaders still have not resolved disputes between its members over tax breakers and how to pay for tax cuts.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says American workers “would get the raw end” of two amnesty plans being pushed by House Speaker Paul Ryan and a group of Senate Republicans.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) joined Reps. Diane Black (R-TN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Vicki Hartzler (R-MO), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) to announce a vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), a measure that would ban abortion past the fifth month of pregnancy.

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow to highlight five key facts about the GOP’s Obamacare replacement bill on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily.

Virginia Republican Rep. Dave Brat told reporters in the Speaker’s Lobby just off the House floor Tuesday afternoon that he and other members of the House Freedom Caucus are meeting soon with members of the group of moderates known as the Tuesday Group about reviving the Ryancare bill.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) told reporters after he met with the the House Republican Conference Tuesday that House Republicans have not given up trying to rescue the Obamacare regime created by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich told reporters Monday that if moderate House Republicans reach out to Democrats they could form a parliamentary majority that could break the current gridlock in Congress.

The Beltway consensus is that President Donald Trump lost so badly by pulling the American Health Care Act last Friday that he has permanently crippled his presidency. He may not achieve anything in his first 100 days (as if he hasn’t already); he may not even last a full term.

With Republicans unable to reach a deal to repeal and replace Obamacare, it appears that the Trump White House is fed up with the many factions in the House GOP conference, thus opening the door for Democrats, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told SiriusXM host Alex Marlow of Breitbart News Daily on Friday morning that he expects a vote on the House Obamacare replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the same day. Brooks is opposed to the bill.

The No. 2 House Democrat told Breitbart News late Thursday House Republicans will suffer at the polls no matter how they vote for the American Health Care Act, the health insurance industry rescue program crafted by Speaker Paul Ryan (R.-WI).

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) joked that “you might be asking the wrong guy” when SiriusXM host Alex Marlow asked him to explain the House Obamacare bill on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily.

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on the House Republicans’ healthcare plan says the included provision to defund Planned Parenthood would result in “additional births stemming from the reduced access” to “services that help women avert pregnancies.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is calling on House Republicans to withdraw the Obamacare 2.0 bill, the American Health Care Act, that House Speaker Paul Ryan put forward and “start over.”

President Donald Trump endorsed the House plan to tackle Obamacare, saying he was “proud” to support the process.

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee told Breitbart News he supports President Donald Trump’s promise to repeal the Johnson Amendment, a gag rule on certain non-profit and religious entities tying their non-profit status to their abstaining from political speech.

On Thursday, the U.S. House voted to revoke Obama’s Social Security gun ban, but Politico reported that the House voted “to rescind Obama gun background check rule.”

GOP leaders will use a fast-track congressional process to kill an anti-gun regulation issued by former President Barack Obama shortly before he left office.

Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) told reporters Thursday at the Republicans’ policy retreat here that they are committed to a 200-day program to implement the agenda of President Donald J. Trump.

Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) celebrated Wednesday, along with other House Republicans, President Donald J. Trump’s signing of executive orders initiating his promised wall along the Mexican border and clamping down on jurisdictions that flaunt their obligation to report immigrant lawbreakers — so-called “sanctuary cities.”

True to our nonpartisan mission, nine years ago, we worked with then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement to push for an independent body to help handle ethics investigations of House members.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told Breitbart News Daily Thursday that there was “a lot of excitement” in the new 115th Congress.

Capitol Hill conservatives and outside groups are resisting a last ditch effort by House Republicans to bring back the practice of earmarks on Wednesday, when their conference votes on rules for the next session of Congress.

The leader of the American Conservative Union told Breitbart News he is supporting Rep. Roger Williams (R.-Texas) to be the next leader of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the political wing for House Republicans.

Freedom Works, the national policy and logistics hub for Tea Party and conservative activists, called on House Republicans to postpone their scheduled election for leadership positions, including for Speaker of the House, until December.