California Republican Party Chair Jim Brulte is sounding a warning on the GOP needing to appeal more to Asian and Latino Americans. California House Republicans don’t know how to do that.
Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, rallied House Republicans to fight for border wall funding — in one last show of leverage before Democrats take the chamber next month.
The House Freedom Caucus and other conservatives are urging President Donald Trump not to sign a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown because it has no money for his border wall.
The administration of President Donald Trump is attempting to make much more people meet work requirements if they want government assistance for purchasing food, a week after Congress passed a farm bill with no major changes to the program.
Kamala Harris is trying to corner the Indian-American vote for a possible 2020 run. But first, she’ll have to make sure Indian-Americans know who she is
The Austin-based Texas Public Policy Foundation is getting traction on plans for criminal justice reform and health care that make GOP leaders uneasy, but the group has found a friendly ear at President Donald Trump’s White House.
Sensing that Pat Roberts is vulnerable, former federal prosecutor Barry Grissom is laying the groundwork to mount a challenge against the Kansas Republican who is nearing his fourth decade in Congress.
California Rep. Jim Costa has voted twice to limit debate on cutting military assistance to Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, bucking the vast majority of his party in both votes.
At a time when both parties have retreated to their corners on immigration and the border, Texas Sen. John Cornyn is still huddling with Democrats on ideas unlikely to satisfy the GOP base.
Who is Mark Harris? The former pastor of First Baptist Church in Charlotte, Harris’ rise paralleled the fusion of the religious right and the Republican Party. He won the 9th District congressional seat over Democrat Dan McCready, but that’s in jeopardy.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was personally invested in legalizing hemp across the nation and is expected to tout his efforts as he runs for re-election in 2020
Kevin Yoder was supposed to broker a compromise on a border wall. Instead, he’s watching from the sidelines as President Donald Trump’s standoff with Democratic leaders threatens to shut down the federal government.
Rep. Adam Smith, about to become the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday that Congress’ War Powers Resolution would do little to stop the White House from being involved with the conflict in Yemen.
The farm bill passed by Congress is mostly a status quo bill, with little changes to current programs, and several provisions essential to California agriculture will remain the same as the last farm bill passed five years ago.
The Senate easily passed a farm policy bill that makes few changes to the federal food assistance program. It now heads to the House, where some Republicans are still bristling over concessions in the final bill.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing stripping rules that would have enforced federal clean water regulations on thousands of bodies of water in the United States.
Despite a promise by House Republicans to use the farm bill to crack down on state-level abuse of the federal food aid program, California and other states Republicans consistently accuse of abusing the system are coming out basically unscathed.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, wants his GOP colleagues to get smarter about the judges they nominate, urging them to steer clear of candidates with questionable records on race. Republicans aren’t getting the message.
TJ Cox and other Democrats running for office in California and throughout the country who used health care promises as the cornerstone of their campaigns have some promises to deliver on if they want to keep those voters in 2020.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, answers questions from reporters on at the U.S. Capitol about the government shutdown. On Thursday, Dec. 27, Roberts was the only senator from either party on Capitol Hill.
