House Republicans Slam Administration For "Attacking" DOMA

In Tuesday Supreme Court filing, House Republican leaders defend the 1996 law defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

Chris Geidner 3 months ago 11 responses

Top Republican Touts Minority Outreach For 2014

Tough optics at the GOP retreat.

John Stanton 4 months ago 2 responses

Democrats Welcome Republicans To GOP Retreat With Snarky Video

As House Republicans meet in Williamsburg, Virginia, Democrats make a supercut of the party’s disunity. “Good luck with that.”

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago 7 responses

Obama Looks To Saddle Republicans With Blame For Debt Limit Fight

Hoping to build off GOP’s fiscal cliff collapse, Obama accuses them of making America a “dead beat nation.”

John Stanton 4 months ago 3 responses

8 Things House Republicans Can Do At Their Fancy Retreat Next Week

House Republicans will travel next week to Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va., for a three-day retreat. They’ll have plenty of ways to spend their free time.

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago 6 responses

Republicans Open New Congress Slamming "Lapdog" Democrats With Corgis

“Nancy Pelosi’s Obedience School.”

John Stanton 4 months ago 5 responses

Lieberman Begins

Few political figures in recent memory leave as conflicted a legacy as Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, whose stellar, frustrating political career ends Wednesday. But documents from his time at Yale University show how his beliefs and record reflect the influence of his closest mentors, liberal and conservative.

Zeke Miller 4 months ago 3 responses

Outraged Congressman Suggests He’ll Abandon Republican Party Over Sandy Relief

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m on my own,” says New York Rep. Pete King. Also says New Yorkers should stop donating to his party.

Dorsey Shaw 4 months ago 30 responses

Obama: “Modestly Optimistic” Much Of Fiscal Cliff Will Be Averted

Urges Senate leaders to strike a deal. Hill leaders indicate sequester, debt ceiling likely to be excluded from final agreement.

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago respond

Source: Obama Not Making New Offer To Avert Fiscal Cliff

Markets plunge.

Zeke Miller 4 months ago 2 responses

Obama, Congress Go Home Without Getting It Done

With no fiscal cliff deal, Obama encourages lawmakers to “cool off, drink some eggnog.”

Zeke Miller 4 months ago 7 responses

Paul Ryan Vanishes In Fiscal Cliff Talks

The former running mate and current House Republican budget chief keeps an unusually low profile. “I’m not commenting on any of that stuff.”

Rebecca Berg 5 months ago 12 responses

Obama To Republicans On Fiscal Cliff: “Take The Deal”

“They keep on finding ways to say no,” says the president.

Zeke Miller 5 months ago respond

House Republicans Go Both Ways On Budget Math

Boehner objects to gimmicks when Obama tries them.

Zeke Miller 5 months ago respond

Pressure Mounts To Appoint The First Female Secretary Of Defense

Obama’s flirts with a trio of white guys for the top posts. “If he wants smooth sailing, send us [Michelle] Flournoy,” says a Senate Republican staffer.

Zeke Miller 5 months ago 2 responses

Obama Makes Peace With Business

A rush to make up after a bitter election. “A tactical shift,” says an executive.

Zeke Miller 5 months ago 5 responses

Geithner: Obama Will Go Over “Fiscal Cliff” If Republicans Don’t Raise Tax Rates On Rich

Geithner says he’s is confident that Republicans would bear the blame.

Zeke Miller 5 months ago respond

Obama To Call On Republicans To Stop Holding Middle Class Tax Cuts “Hostage” In Fiscal Cliff Talks

New escalation in tone as negotiations remain stalled.

Zeke Miller 5 months ago 2 responses

Immigration Advocates Say They Want More Than Republicans’ Piecemeal Reforms

“It’s almost as though they didn’t hear the call of voters on election day,” says Gutierrez.

John Stanton 5 months ago 1 response

Chris Hayes Goes Off On Andrew Cuomo

The New York governor appears to be trying to run for president from the center. Liberals would prefer not to let him.

BuzzFeed Politics 6 months ago respond

Key House Republican Warns Party To Learn From Mistakes Of 2012

Likely incoming chief of House Republican campaign shop Greg Walden tells colleagues work must start “right away.”

John Stanton 6 months ago 8 responses

Time For The Republican Party To Discover The Internet

Google is not a social network, and other elementary errors.

Vincent Harris 6 months ago 18 responses

Where To Move If You’re A Republican Looking For Love

Scottsdale, Arizona. That’s where Republican online daters get the most attention.

Hillary Reinsberg 6 months ago 20 responses

The Original Tea Party Activist Says It’s Not Their Fault

Keli Carender says it’s time to copy the Obama campaign.

Rosie Gray 6 months ago 24 responses

A New Republican Generation Gets Ready To Take Over

“Oldsters,” watch your backs.

Zeke Miller 6 months ago 48 responses

11 Reasons Why Republicans Shouldn’t Leave America

Don’t pack your bags for Canada just yet friends!

Krutika Mallikarjuna 6 months ago 115 responses

Huckabee: Republicans "Pathetic" At Reaching Out To People Of Color

“It’s a group of people who should be, frankly, with us based on the real policy of conservatism.”

Dorsey Shaw 6 months ago 17 responses

Ryan Warns Evangelicals: Obama Threatens “Judeo-Christian Values”

The Republican vice presidential nominee tries to fire up the Evangelical vote. In private, a departure from the moderate rhetoric of the closing days.

Zeke Miller 6 months ago 105 responses

Democrats Urge Court To Unseal Conservative Republican’s Divorce Documents

Tennessee Republican who pressured mistress to have an abortion finds himself under increased scrutiny just weeks before election.

John Stanton 6 months ago 9 responses