A new rift has opened in the House Republican caucus over how best to carry out President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Make America Great Again” agenda. Conservative hardliners left the House GOP’s annual issues conference this week arguing leadership hasn’t found a path forward to effectively overhaul the federal government.
Ten years ago this month, nine conservative House Republicans, frustrated with the party’s leadership, met at the conference’s retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania, to form their own caucus. “The original working title was the Reasonable Nutjob Caucus,
After two-and-half days of meeting with members, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans are still on schedule. But major questions over strategy aren’t resolved.
Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, who is seeking to oust Sen. Bill Cassidy in 2026, is calling the senator a "RINO," or "Republican in name only."
Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is often considered an institutionalist who has insisted upon the importance of Congressional power. “I don’t think putting a hold on things is extraordinary.”
The House GOP’s Main Street Caucus has turned into a critical behind-the-scenes force for striking deals in the fractious, slim majority — and is set to grow even more important as its leaders
The Treasury Department will begin using accounting moves soon to keep from defaulting. The House Freedom Caucus says its proposal would buy two years of time.
State Rep. J.D. Williams says he made a mistake leaking a Moms For Liberty and Honor Wyoming voting stance spreadsheet to Democrats and
Republican lawmakers are hammering out the best way to implement a massive conservative policy overhaul in the upcoming Trump administration. Congressional Republicans seek to use the budget […]
Speaker Mike Johnson’s power within the Republican Party is about to be tested unlike anything he has faced, with Donald Trump’s agenda on the line.
The hard-line House Freedom Caucus is again pressing House Speaker Mike Johnson to follow their lead to pass President Trump’s agenda, this time offering a pathway to avoid a spending showdown in March.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their “phase one” proposal Thursday for legislation to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, calling for billions of dollars in ...