WP: Paul Ryan widens the crack between Hill Republicans and Donald Trump

WP: Paul Ryan widens the crack between Hill Republicans and Donald Trump

By Amber Phillips January 13 at 11:53 AM Just a week after the election, the cracks were starting to show between Trump and Republicans on some pretty major issues. Now that the election is over and it’s time for Republicans to govern, they appear to be growing wider. Deportation forces? Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s use of the phrase, House Speaker […]

Rachel Maddow: The first rumblings of an anti-Trump movement. “Indivisible” guide a factor in GOP’s reversal of bill to gut the House Ethics Office

Rachel Maddow: The first rumblings of an anti-Trump movement. “Indivisible” guide a factor in GOP’s reversal of bill to gut the House Ethics Office

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 1/4/17  Resistance to Donald Trump begins to grow with local roots Rachel Maddow looks at examples of a burgeoning anti-Trump movement taking shape with local, grassroots organizing, in some ways mirroring the tea party’s anti-Obama movement. What is the ‘Indivisible’ guide? Rachel explains the online organizing guide, written by former congressional staffers, […]

NPR: Late Night Deal To Gut House Ethics Office Backfires. Trump Tweets to Take Credit

NPR: Late Night Deal To Gut House Ethics Office Backfires. Trump Tweets to Take Credit

Susan Davis, Brian Naylor January 3rd, 2017  After a storm of criticism, including from President-elect Donald Trump, House Republicans have reversed themselves and restored the current rules of the Office of Congressional Ethics. GOP members met Tuesday afternoon and agreed by unanimous consent to withdraw a change to House rules approved late Monday evening, before […]