NEW YORK (AP) — One after another, the nation’s most powerful Republicans responded to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary remarks about white supremacists. Yet few mentioned the president. The Senate’s top Republican, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, condemned “hate and bigotry.” House Speaker Paul Ryan charged that, “White supremacy is repulsive.” Neither criticized the president’s insistence that […]
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Government-wide spending bill headed for a House vote
In this May 2, 2017, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. A government-wide spending bill that President Donald Trump seemed to criticize Tuesday morning but now calls “a clear win for the American people” is headed for a House […]
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Outlook looking bleak for GOP on 'Obamacare' repeal bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans’ long-promised effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare” was in serious trouble Friday ahead of a do-or-die vote demanded by President Donald Trump. Short of support, Speaker Paul Ryan met with Trump at the White House to discuss how to go forward. The outcome was uncertain, the atmosphere charged. Trump had insisted […]
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Paul LePage to Paul Ryan: GOP plan caters to big-government lobbyists
In this Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference at the State House in Augusta, Maine. GOP Gov. Paul LePage is telling Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan that the country needs a truly conservative, free-market replacement of former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) […]
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GOP plan to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare repeal concerns Collins
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Republicans would slash federal dollars for Planned Parenthood as part of the GOP effort to repeal the health care law. Ryan spoke a day after a special House panel issued a report criticizing the organization, which provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services, for […]
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U.S. House re-elects Rep. Paul Ryan as Speaker of the house
Ryan promises to be bold in a time of change Updated 2:30 p.m.: House Speaker Paul Ryan says his message to the American people is that “we hear you, we will do right by you and we will deliver.” Ryan was speaking in the House chamber after winning election Tuesday to serve his first full […]
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Political roundup: Ryan gains speaker nomination; Carson is out
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of post-election developments (all times EST): GOP reps nominate Ryan as U.S. House speaker Updated 2:17 p.m.: Speaker Paul Ryan unanimously won his GOP colleagues’ votes for another term at the helm of the House on Tuesday. He told fellow Republicans he had President-elect Donald Trump’s support, and heralded “the dawn […]
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Trump accuses Hillary Rodham Clinton of trading jobs for donations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): Trump is responding to emails released by the conservative group Judicial Watch that shed light on ties between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation. Republicans have alleged the emails show improper influence on the State Department by the Clinton family’s charitable […]