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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite House GOP Leaves Retreat With a Plan
Republicans don't have a firm policy agenda yet, but Paul Ryan vows that they will by the time the party has a presidential nominee.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Narrower Agenda Brings a Calmer Hill GOP
House Republicans have fewer internal splits than a year ago, but they differ with their Senate counterparts on the policy front.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Ryan Cracks the Whip on Late Members
The speaker really wants lawmakers to show up on time. To prove it, he closed a vote when nearly a third of the House hadn't shown up yet.
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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Ryan, McConnell Lead in Different Directions
The Hill's top two Republicans have divergent goals this election year.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite From Reluctant Recruit to Happy Warrior
"I think people are relieved," Paul Ryan says of his speakership so far, projecting confidence about his 2016 agenda.
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AP Photo/Susan Walsh Despite Foes on Both Sides, House and Senate Easily Clear Final Spending and Tax Bills
The two packages drew complaints from both the Right and Left, but GOP and Democratic leaders were able to cobble together a big majority anyway.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The Number That Haunts Republicans, and How Paul Ryan Wants to Fix It
Party leadership says the "vote no, hope yes" era is hurting their leverage at the bargaining table.
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AP Photo/Susan Walsh The Ryan-Pelosi Relationship Passes its First Test
The two leaders bridged a wide generational gap to cut their first deal, and neither came out as the clear winner.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Paul Ryan Announces Funding Deal, Asks Caucus for Support
The new speaker asked fellow Republicans to back a $1.1 trillion spending bill, even after many of the riders they’d sought were left on the cutting-room floor.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Spending Talks Will Drag on Another Week
Congress will approve another CR to give negotiators on omnibus and tax packages more time.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The Last Two Trains Are Delayed in the Station
The omnibus spending bill and the tax-extender package are moving slowly, and Congress may need to stay in town at least through the weekend to finish its work.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Paul Ryan Hits Trump for Proposal to Bar Muslims
"This is not conservatism," the House speaker declared in response to the GOP presidential front-runner's plan.
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AP Photo/Molly Riley Partisan Sniping Muddles Timeline for Finishing Omnibus
House leaders kicked off the week by blaming the other side for slow negotiations.
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AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Visa Waiver Deal Could Smooth Path for an Omnibus
The agreement on visas may ease some pressure on negotiators, though plenty of thorny issues remain.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite As Shutdown Clock Ticks, Parties Trade Barbs Over Omnibus
Neither House Democrats nor Republicans believe the other side is making good-faith efforts to reach a deal.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Freedom Caucus to Battle McConnell on Campaign Finance
Conservatives fear a move on the omnibus to raise party spending limits will help the establishment at the expense of outside groups.
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AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki The December Election That Matters
About a dozen House Republicans are jockeying for valuable seats on the GOP Steering Committee, part of a broader effort to devolve power from leadership to the rank and file..
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AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin House Vote Gives GOP the Upper Hand in Refugee Fight
Enough Democrats backed Thursday's bill that it will be hard for the White House to head off future efforts.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The Issue That Could Finally Unite Republicans
The GOP has been divided over what should go in an omnibus spending bill. Could blocking Syrian refugees bring them together?
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite GOP Leaders Race to Get Ahead of Refugee Issue
The House will move separate legislation, as top Republicans hope to avoid a shutdown crisis over funding the resettlement program.
