Republican Party News
Featuring coverage of Republican priorities, legislation, and internal debates, this section examines how the party shapes U.S. politics from a conservative perspective.
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Ted Cruz Pushes to Rename Street Outside Cuban Embassy After Slain Dissident
On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a resolution to rename the street in front of Cuba’s embassy in Washington, D.C. after slain Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá. Often described as the Nelson Mandela of Cuba, Payá, along with fellow dissident Harold Cepero, was killed in a car accident in 2012. Payá’s death is widely believed to… -
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Ted Cruz: Because of Iran Deal, Jihadists ‘Will Use Our Money to Murder Americans’
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz says if the nuclear weapons deal with Iran goes through, the White House will become directly responsible for supporting terrorism around the globe. “The Obama administration will become the world’s leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism,” Cruz tells The Daily Signal. “Billions of dollars will flow to Iran. Iran is… -
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Rand Paul Vows to End Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is vowing to do everything in his power to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the wake of another undercover video showing a senior executive haggling over the price of aborted baby body parts. “This is baby parts we’re talking about,” Paul said in an interview on Fox News… -
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Why Lindsey Graham Believes the Iran Deal Supports Terrorism
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Sen. Lindsey Graham says the deal the White House cut with the Iranian regime amounts to America cutting a check in the name of radical Islamic terrorism. “The most logical consequence of this deal is that the most radical regime in the region, the Iranian ayatollah and his henchmen, are going to get… -
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Ted Cruz Willing to Use ‘Any and All’ Tools to Stop Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
With talk of the Export-Import Bank’s reauthorization continuing on Capitol Hill, Sen. Ted Cruz said today he plans to use “any and all” tools possible to stop the 81-year-old agency from coming back to life. Speaking to reporters in front of the U.S. Capitol today, Cruz, R-Texas, raised the prospect of filibustering a highway funding… -
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The New York Times Leaves Ted Cruz’s Book Off Bestseller List
The New York Times has refused to include a book written by Sen. Ted Cruz on its bestseller list. Cruz, R-Texas, who is a 2016 presidential candidate, published his book, “A Time for Truth,” on June 30. On Thursday, Politico reported that the book “sold 11,854 copies in its first week:” That’s more than 18… -
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Lindsey Graham: Removing Confederate Flag From South Carolina Capital Was ‘Right Decision’
MANCHESTER, N.H. – During a meet and greet here Friday, Sen. Lindsey Graham said that it has “been a tough three weeks” in his home state of South Carolina. He addressed the controversy surrounding the confederate battle flag that, until today, flew on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. “The flag came down today, it was… -
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Rand Paul Exposes $25,000 Federal Grant for Oscars Museum
Sen. Rand Paul put Hollywood in the spotlight Monday revealing a $25,000 federal grant billing taxpayers for the building of an Oscars museum. The National Endowment for the Arts is sending the federal dollars to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science to help build what the academy claims as the “world’s premier museum”… -
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How ‘Robert Bork’s America’ Gave Us Justice Kennedy’s America
It would go down in history as Sen. Edward Kennedy’s “Robert Bork’s America” speech. Judge Bork, a brilliant constitutional scholar, had been nominated by President Reagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, was having none of it. Just minutes after Bork was nominated in July… -
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If Elected President, Lindsey Graham Would Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Defeat ISIS
MASON CITY, Iowa— At Music Man Square here Wednesday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham touted himself as a “very good commander-in-chief” who would do “whatever it takes” to defeat ISIS if he were to win the presidency in 2016. “I’m running for president because I’m very much worried about where we’re going,” said Graham, R-S.C., who… -
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Ted Cruz: ‘Tragic’ Supreme Court Decisions Are ‘Judicial Activism’
DES MOINES, Iowa—At a campaign appearance here, Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday railed against two “tragic” Supreme Court decisions, criticizing the verdicts as “judicial activism.” “Both decisions were judicial activism, plain and simple,” said Cruz, referring to the Supreme Court’s decisions to legalize gay marriage and allow nationwide health care subsidies under Obamacare. “Even in… -
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John Boehner Spokesman Attacks Reporter: ‘A Prop for Freedom Caucus Propaganda’
House conservatives have suffered their share of retribution from GOP leadership over the past few years. Now, it appears journalists could be in store for punishment, too. Roll Call reporter Matt Fuller, who has covered the conservatives’ clash with leadership, was on the receiving end of a personal attack from Speaker John Boehner’s top communicator… -
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Exclusive: Ted Cruz on the ‘Age of Cronyism’ in Washington
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sat down for an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal to talk about what he describes as the “age of cronyism” in Washington. From the backroom deals being made to push through President Obama’s trade agenda to the fight over the Export-Import Bank, sugar subsidies and the ongoing battle to repeal Obamacare,… -
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Sean Hannity: ‘We Need a New Speaker’
Conservative talk-radio host Sean Hannity voiced outrage over Speaker John Boehner’s treatment of House conservatives, calling leadership’s punishment of members “disgusting.” “How pathetic in my opinion that John Boehner is so petty,” says @SeanHannity During an interview Wednesday with two lawmakers who bucked party leadership, Hannity directed his criticism at Boehner, the Ohio Republican, for… -
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Why Ken Buck Is the Latest Conservative to Be Punished by House Republican Leadership
Freshman Rep. Ken Buck is now the latest conservative member to face retribution from House Republican leadership, as his fellow freshman lawmakers will gather tomorrow to decide if he will remain freshman class president. Buck, of Colorado, joins a growing number of conservatives who have been punished by the party’s top leaders for bucking the… -
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Ted Cruz: ‘Washington Fairness’ Is ‘Hammer the Little Guy, Help the Big Guy’
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz spoke out today against the cozy relationship between lawmakers on Capitol Hill and corporations’ lobbyists, or what he calls the “Washington Cartel.” He criticized lawmakers with open “ears and wallets” for appeasing special interests while hurting U.S. taxpayers. “Let me explain to you how it works: A bill is set to… -
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Ted Cruz Reverses Trade Position Hours Before Vote
Sen. Ted Cruz switched his position on major trade legislation that expedites presidential trade negotiations, announcing early Tuesday he would vote against the bill just hours before the Senate voted to narrowly pass the deal. The Texas Republican publicized his vote reversal in an op-ed for Breitbart News, citing immigration provisions covered under Trade Promotion… -
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Rand Paul Warns GOP Leadership: Don’t Give Us ‘Obamacare Lite’
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., tells The Daily Signal that he’s not in favor of a GOP plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for a couple of years if the Supreme Court rules they are unconstitutional in the King v. Burwell case. “By keeping parts of Obamacare and letting it sputter on for awhile and saying we’re just… -
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Lindsey Graham Introduces Senate Plan to Ban Late-Term Abortions
Getting one step closer to what could be the most significant pro-life victory since the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, Sen. Lindsey Graham today introduced a measure in the U.S. Senate that would drastically limit women’s ability to access abortions past a certain point in their pregnancy. The legislation, called the Pain-Capable Unborn… -
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Senator Rand Paul Cracks Down on Government Waste and Corporate Welfare
This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management will hold a hearing on “Wasteful Spending in the Federal Government.” Romina Boccia, the Grover M. Hermann Research Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs and Research Manager at The Heritage Foundation, will testify on eliminating wasteful government spending by cutting corporate welfare. Corporate welfare, one form of crony capitalism, redistributes taxpayer resources to well-connected interest groups, rather…