Tag: HardRight

House G.O.P. Begins Push on Hard-Right Spending Bills, Teeing Up Future Battles

House G.O.P. Begins Push on Hard-Right Spending Bills, Teeing Up Future Battles

The Republican-led House loaded its funding measures with provisions that have no chance of becoming law, as both parties look toward a bigger fight l [...]
Johnson Names Hard-Right Trump Allies to Intelligence Panel, Prompting Concerns

Johnson Names Hard-Right Trump Allies to Intelligence Panel, Prompting Concerns

Both Representatives Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Ronny Jackson of Texas are close allies of the former president who have faced legal and ethical [...]
Johnson Says He’ll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands

Johnson Says He’ll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands

The House speaker is facing intense pressure from far-right Republicans to abandon the agreement he struck with Democrats to keep the government from [...]
Johnson Says He’ll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands

Johnson Says He’ll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands

The House speaker is facing intense pressure from far-right Republicans to abandon the agreement he struck with Democrats to keep the government from [...]
Progressive Freshmen Toil to Find Their Footing in a Hard-Right House

Progressive Freshmen Toil to Find Their Footing in a Hard-Right House

Stymied on legislation and far from the ideological base of power in the Republican-led House, Representative Becca Balint of Vermont and her fellow l [...]
Trump and DeSantis Push for Mass Deportations, Escalating Hard-Right Immigration Proposals

Trump and DeSantis Push for Mass Deportations, Escalating Hard-Right Immigration Proposals

In dueling speeches in California, the two Republican candidates pushed for mass deportations, a position that is as extreme as it may be unfeasible. [...]
Hard-Right Republicans Gird for ‘War’ on Debt Ceiling Deal

Hard-Right Republicans Gird for ‘War’ on Debt Ceiling Deal

White House and congressional Republican negotiators worked around the clock as Memorial Day weekend began to try to reach a deal to raise the nation’ [...]
Italy’s Hard-Right Lurch Raises New Concerns in Washington

Italy’s Hard-Right Lurch Raises New Concerns in Washington

The Biden administration pledged to work with the country’s new leaders despite worries. Several Republicans hailed the Italian election results. www [...]
Why a Narrow, Hard-Right Republican House Majority Could Spell Chaos

Why a Narrow, Hard-Right Republican House Majority Could Spell Chaos

Kevin McCarthy, who would become speaker if Republicans retake the chamber, could face a series of headaches. But beyond him, the nation might struggl [...]
Why Texas Gov. Greg Abbott turned hard-right ahead of the 2022 primary

Why Texas Gov. Greg Abbott turned hard-right ahead of the 2022 primary

Greg Abbott, Texas’s dependably conservative Republican governor, is running for reelection this year. He’s campaigning on the back of a record pac [...]
Lauren Boebert, Exhausting-Proper Gun Activist, Wins in Colorado Home District

Lauren Boebert, Exhausting-Proper Gun Activist, Wins in Colorado Home District

Lauren Boebert, a Glock-wearing conservative firebrand, gained the race for Colorado’s sprawling Third Congressional District on Wednesday, holding [...]
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