Texas GOP Senate Runoff Gives Tea Party An Opportunity To Flex Its Muscles
The Republican race to succeed retiring Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison wasn't supposed to be tough. But it's become one of the hardest-fought and most expensive intraparty races in the country. Early...
View ArticleBack To The Debt Debacle: A Look At What's Changed
It was just a year ago that the House rejected a deal with President Obama and threatened to allow the U.S. to default on debt obligations coming due. The Tea Party refusal to raise the debt ceiling...
View ArticleIt's All Politics, Aug. 2, 2012
Holy mackerel, it's the holy site edition of the podcast. NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin look back at the memorable — and controversial — moments of Mitt Romney's foreign trip, and then look ahead to...
View ArticleOlder, Tougher — But Will The Tea Party Be Stronger?
The 2010 elections were a coming of age for the Tea Party, with big gains in Congress and in statehouses. As 2012 approached, the movement was looking for similar success. Then came this year's GOP...
View ArticleWill Tea Party Star Marco Rubio Get GOP VP Nod?
Among the Tea Party successes in the 2010 congressional elections was U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. He is now one of those on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's short list of possible...
View ArticleControversial Members Of Congress Come And Go
Is civility about to stage a comeback in Washington? Some of the most controversial members of Congress have lost their seats. Still, there appears to be little danger that vitriol is about to go out...
View ArticleAllen West, Controversial Tea Party Firebrand, Concedes In Florida House Race
After two weeks, legal challenges and plenty of barbs with his opponent, Rep. Allen West, the Republican Tea Party firebrand, conceded defeat this morning.
View ArticleFor Tea Party Activists In Florida, The Health Care Battle Goes On
President Obama's re-election sent a message to state capitals: The war over the president's health care overhaul is finished. Even in Florida, where Republican leaders led the legal battle against...
View ArticleSouth Carolina's New Senator A Tea Party Favorite, Staunch Obama Critic
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley named a fellow Republican, Rep. Tim Scott, as the state's next senator on Monday. He replaces retiring Republican Sen. Jim DeMint and will make history as the first...
View ArticleBoehner's Power Outage Dimming Obama's Options As Well
The most important measure of power on Capitol Hill can be summed up with a question: "Do you have the votes?"For House Speaker John Boehner, the answer once again appears to be "no." In a move that's...
View ArticleIs The Party Over For The Tea Party?
It's a little bit early, but the Tea Party is hitting its sophomore slump.A few of the prominent members of Congress elected as part of the Tea Party wave in 2010 lost their seats in November.
View ArticleTea Party Group Apologizes To Rove For Photoshopping Him As Nazi
The conservative group Tea Party Patriots has apologized to GOP strategist Karl Rove after an "outside vendor" sent an email with a photoshopped image of Rove wearing a Nazi uniform."Wipe that smirk...
View ArticleRepublicans Face Off Over Strategy For Picking Candidates
Republicans have a steep hill to climb if they want to take control of the Senate next year. The GOP would need to pick up six seats in 2014.There are plenty of open seats and vulnerable Democrats up...
View ArticleIRS Inquiries Crossed The Line, Tea Party Groups Say
Tea Party activists are calling for a full investigation, and possibly lawsuits, following revelations that the Internal Revenue Service flagged so-called patriot groups for extra scrutiny in...
View ArticleRead The Report On IRS's 'Inappropriate' Scrutiny Of Groups
The language is not dramatic, but the message is clear: A much-anticipated report from the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration is straightforward about how Internal Revenue...
View ArticleBoehner: Who's Going To Jail For What IRS Did?
He doesn't want to know who's going to resign, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters Wednesday morning.He wants to know: "Who's going to jail" for what IRS personnel did to some...
View ArticleTen Things We Learned From the IRS-Inspector General Report
Scintillating isn't how you'd describe the report issued by the Treasury inspector general's report on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.It was written, after all, by...
View ArticleOne Reason To Apply For Tax-Exempt Status: Anonymity
Revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted some conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny have put a spotlight on a part of the tax code increasingly popular with...
View ArticleObama: 'I Certainly Did Not Know' What The IRS Was Doing
Update at 5:38 p.m. ET. One More IRS Official To LeaveAnother official is out at the embattled agency.The Associated Press reports that Joseph Grant, commissioner of the IRS' tax exempt and government...
View ArticleGingrich Cautions GOP About 'Overreach' On Scandals
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was front-and-center during the Republican-led impeachment of President Clinton in 1998, is cautioning his GOP colleagues about the risk of appearing to be too...
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