GOP plan promises to reclaim congressional powers
The plan is a product of a task force studded with Republican conservatives
The plan is a product of a task force studded with Republican conservatives
The amount of delegates awarded was based on the outcome of the March primary in Missouri
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s rivals are running out of chances to stop him from clinching the GOP nomination by the end of the primaries. Trump won more than 90 percent of the delegates at stake in the five contests on Tuesday. If Trump wins the Indiana primary next week, he will have a majority…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan concedes the “five-point” Republican legislative agenda he’s pursuing in Congress could be construed as competing with policy points the GOP presidential candidates are pushing in the primary season. But he argues that the party shouldn’t wait until its nominating convention in July to tell the public its priorities,…
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump celebrated his overwhelming New York primary victory in the glitzy midtown Manhattan skyscraper that bears his name, boasting it was rewarding to get such a triumph from “the people who know me best.” Yet the one county he lost in the state was his home borough of Manhattan. Trump’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the Republican National Committee has told House GOP lawmakers that the rules governing the party’s presidential nominating convention will be made by that gathering’s delegates, not a small group of Republican leaders. That’s what House Republicans say Reince Priebus told them at a private session Tuesday at GOP national…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans are uniting behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama’s successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility. Vulnerable GOP incumbents in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,…
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is being joined on the campaign trail by Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Cantor introduced Bush Wednesday to a large crowd on the campus of Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H. Cantor praised Bush for his record as Florida’s governor, commending his education reforms and…
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Donald Trump says he’s not getting enough credit for his 2nd place win in Iowa Monday. He tweets: “The media has not covered my long-shot great finish in Iowa fairly. Brought in record voters and got second highest vote total in history!” It was the third tweet from Trump since an…
Donald Trump is hanging out in Iowa for now, possibly for a Monday night party if he wins